Warlord Games' Macedonian Phalangites
I've succumbed to the temptation of another 28mm unit for my rapidly growing, yet disparate forces of an "Ancient Mediterranean" nature and decided to work on a box of the Warlord Games plastic Macedonian Hoplites.
There are 10 sprues in the box with for figures on each. As my normal units tend to be of 24 figures, i can se myself endind up with a second pack to create a three units at least.
Construction is relatively straightforward with only a head (there are 6 per sprue) pike arm (6 again) and a shield to attach to the body. Effectively the sprue cives an opportunity to make a file of four figures. the only real variation is in the poses available for the two rear ranks. However as the discipline of a phalanx would have been very tight, I elected to use the same two poses for the first set of 24 men. Note I've chosen to add the shields later.
Just to get a sense of the challenges they present, I've begun by doing a 2 x 2 block of the first and second rank figures which I still base to the old WRG norm of a 15mm frontage. The 2 x 2 gives stability and stops pikes from getting entangled. The whole unit will be 3x(2x2) 2x(1x4) 1x(1x2) and 2x(1x1) In painting them I realised I'd perhaps made a mistake in attaching th pike arms early. It was difficult to get at the detail behind.
So here they are, finished off with a wash of Coat d'Armes light brown Supershader. The decals come with the box.
That's very helpful, Jeremy. I just received the first box of these today (I'd ordered and paid for four boxes, so I'm sensing a bit of foreshadowing...).
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