Not been able to do much on this project because we were having some building work done and the wife insisted I do another sort of painting! However, back now and here is my latest unit: slingers for my Persian/Median satrap:
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Although these are satrapal forces rather than levy I wanted them to look a bit rough (slingers were at teh bottom of the heap) so they are uniformed but very dowdy.
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I have another 24 slingers to paint
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Close up - great faces as ever. There are just two poses but the sling and arm on the "firing" slinger can be bent to give some variety.
Since slingers are a bit boring here is another unit I had already completed: Kappadocian Noble Cavalry:
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Glorious in purple
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Nice cloaks too.
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This is a very versatile unit that can be used for a large range of different armies. I have another six to add to the unit so I can either have it as one large unit (8 bases) or two small units (4 + 4)
Not useful for Plataea but on the early Achaemenid list: scythed chariots:
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These are all Newline chariots but with a Zvezda charioteer for variety but who is that in the middle chariot?
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This is what you get if you buy the character figure "Darius" from Newline: basically their scythed chariot with the Darius figure (later Achaemenid I know but he could double for one of the earlier King of Kings and indeed Xerxes travelled by chariot quite a bit). The shield is an extra.
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Close up.