30 October 2023

Greeks, part 5

 Finally, a little bit of progress with my classical Greeks:





One stand of 15mm Spartan cavalry from Xyston.  These are on a super-size base - 80mm x 60mm - and are rated as 'Bad Horse' for Triumph.  Triumph has a few extra unit types compared to DBA; this would be Light Cavalry for DBA.  The base is not finished as I have yet to get an appropriate mat for the game, and I want to get some units painted before then.


Next element is some hoplites:



Fourteen hoplites for a Heavy Foot unit in Triumph, on a 80mm x 30mm base.  This element has a pair of the new thermoplastic figures from Plastic Soldier Company along with a dozen metal Xyston originals.


Slowly, but surely!



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21 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag30 October, 2023 17:25

    Nice work! I would not have guessed that these horsemen were 15mm.

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    1. El Grego31 October, 2023 05:15

      Thanks! The Xyston figures paint up really well.

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  2. rross30 October, 2023 22:27

    Some very nice painting Greg - initially, I thought these were 28mm!

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  3. Neil Scott30 October, 2023 23:43

    Very nice

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  4. DeanM31 October, 2023 07:39

    Great looking Spartans, Greg. I also thought they were 28mm.

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  5. Ray Rousell31 October, 2023 10:18

    Crackin work Sir!

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  6. Lawrence H31 October, 2023 12:55

    Xyston are my favourite ancient figures and you have done a terrific job on them Greg. The supersize base is a great idea which might help stop the javelins from pinging off as seems to happen quite frequently with mine.

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    1. El Grego31 October, 2023 14:41

      Thanks. I do hope the larger base will help with protecting the figures.

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  7. caveadsum147131 October, 2023 13:27

    Great looking painting, I'm also in the
    " thinking they were 28mm, they're that good club!" You've got such a nice clean style I do worry that they take as long as 28mm figures! Looking forward to the hopolites, everybody loves hopolites!
    Best Iain

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    1. El Grego31 October, 2023 14:43

      Thank you! I do worry about the amount of time spent on this, but it should be much shorter than 28mms as washes are doing a lot of work on these figures, along with good sculpts.

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  8. roma91231 October, 2023 17:27

    Nice work on the Spartan cavalry. I have a few on the painting table just now; basing for ADLG so smaller base and less figures per stand.

    Xyston are an excellent choice for this period. Their figures have a lot of character, that's needed in hoplite armies.

    Cheers, Ross

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    1. El Grego31 October, 2023 18:32

      Thanks. I really like the Xyston figures.

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  9. Prufrock01 November, 2023 04:10

    Beautiful work! I have a few of those to paint up myself. Will come back to these for some inspiration!

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  10. A Miniatures Hobby Room09 November, 2023 20:29

    Great work on the Spartans! And I love that you use the round electrical tape boxes like I do for unpainted mini project storage.

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    1. El Grego10 November, 2023 06:41

      Thank you. I like to use them to keep each unit organized before I can paint them.

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    2. A Miniatures Hobby Room10 November, 2023 07:20

      Exactly! I had all of our electrician and intrument techs saving them for me for years.

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