Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

More figures off the lead pile, Five bases of mounted natives From above Clippity clop Back view Off they go   Two more units of foot and two extra bases. These have less figures as they can act as scouts in the foot version (or I didn't have enough figures for all the bases - you pick!). Top down Wound markers (in ReG you need two per unit, as my army might need 21 units, thats an awful LOT of possible wounds).   Oh well, here's the next batch of five units done then... Four more bow armed cavalry units. That's every other figures view Top view On patrol Heading off Defo looking more horde like, now up to 15 units Extra unit of shooty cav, taking me up to the maximum of five Plus a spare base, coz I couldn't count Camp, which is a rebase appart from one horse team and one woman with a gun. "Now we have to go home..." Travois on the Lewis & Clark trail? Grey and harsh....

 Following on from seeing the successful Spartan commission , Roger, whom I did the Cathars for , asked me to do a Helleistic Spartan force in 15mm Xyston (that will also double as Ptolemaic and Asiatic or other Alexandrian successor state), and spears from Museum Miniatures Range 'Z'. Pike unit 1 (the guard) and three units of spear armed hoplites plus generals to finish of this commission. The no 1 pikes Simple, but heavy Perfect ranks, unlike 8 & 9! Onwards Players eye view Generals Top view Side on Back view to show the generals Spears 1 It's a big mass I do like the way they rank up Spears 2 - marines? Had to pick the sheilds nicely Off they go Charge! Spears 3 - Spartan spears I REALLY REALLY love this shot! Mean and moody More nudity than... Just so you can see the back and shields Big mass  There are at least 9 units of pikes to do, plus a lot of extras, so I started with the middle units of his army list, pike blocks 4, 5, 6, & 7, ...