| Fireymonkeyboy | 02 Feb 2012 1:29 p.m. PST |
Hi, Just toying with some ideas. I have a pile of Xyston spartans in Pilos. How anachronistic would it be to use them as later, hellenic Spartans – giving them pikes instead of spears? It's not an era I know much about, but was curious. FMB |
| elsyrsyn | 02 Feb 2012 2:04 p.m. PST |
Far as I know, it would not be too anachronistic at all. Doug |
| JJartist | 02 Feb 2012 2:36 p.m. PST |
I don't think the pylos style went out of style.. at least we don't have much evidence of later Spartan gear.
JJ |
| TKindred | 02 Feb 2012 3:20 p.m. PST |
What JJ says. And the Pylos pattern wasn't strictly a Spartan thing. It could be found all over Greece. |
| RelliK | 02 Feb 2012 4:06 p.m. PST |
I wouldn't doubt parts of Italy (Taras) and North Africa as well… |
| FABET01 | 02 Feb 2012 4:30 p.m. PST |
And armor is exspensive. The old stuff would certainly be handed down or found stored in old armories. |
| ancientsgamer | 03 Feb 2012 1:58 p.m. PST |
I have some earlier Spartans that I am going to convert to later by giving them pikes. The problem I run into is that most of the figures are posed in an overhead thrust position. Luckily they are Essex and should be 'bendy" enough. The other direction to go is to make them even earlier and have them be armoured with spear. If you are using FoG, Armoured spear is very, very tough! |
| Fireymonkeyboy | 03 Feb 2012 3:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the replies, gang. @ ancientsgamer, no this would be for Impetus. I can't decide whether to use them as persian / pell. war era, of give them pikes and put them up against successors. FMB |
| HarryHotspurEsq | 03 Feb 2012 4:22 p.m. PST |
If you rearm them with pikes, make sure you give them the smaller round pelta as a shield rather than the larger hoplon. Otherwise, they should work fine. |
 piper909  | 21 Feb 2012 12:15 a.m. PST |
Cleomenes III, the reformer king of the later 3rd century BC, is noted for rearming the Spartan phalanx in the Macedonian style, i.e. with pikes and presumably smaller shields/peltai. So yes, this is an accurate depiction, but strictly speaking, not until the time of Cleomenes III (r. 236-222 BC), as far as I know the ancient sources to indicate. |
