Finished the Veteran Hoplite unit for my Athenian army, a smaller eighteen man phalanx made up from Immortal plastics. To reflect their veteran status, the front rank all wear a bronze cuirass, though this is purely aesthetic, the unit as a whole is equipped with light armour.
I did consider painting them up with uniform shields or tunics but in the end decided just to have them all sport blue and/or white plumes on their helmets. Their Spartan enemies will be uniform enough I suspect.
This just leaves the cavalry to do...
Athenian painted running total:
125/125 infantry
0/16 cavalry
Nice work, lovely bronze colour you've managed.
ReplyDeleteThe frustrating thing about painting hoplites? The shield covers 50% of what you've painted!
Well I will probably be looking at them from behind anyway! :-)
DeleteWonderful shields! A great unit, really!
ReplyDeleteNice, what will you do about the cavalry though?
ReplyDeleteare they actual shields hoplite soldiers would have
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