"Assyrian Infantry" Topic
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| Brummie Lad | 01 Aug 2014 5:33 a.m. PST |
Hi all, Managed to make a start on my Assyrian army, at last, and so here is the first unit of Assyrian medium infantry:
with some more pictures on the blog: link Thanks for looking
Ryan |
| Sobieski | 01 Aug 2014 5:50 a.m. PST |
What is the evidence for Assyrian shield colours, do you know? |
| wrgmr1 | 01 Aug 2014 8:20 a.m. PST |
Nice work, love the colors. |
Trebian  | 01 Aug 2014 8:35 a.m. PST |
Shamed you into starting them, did I? Nice looking figures. I'll start photographing mine from further away now, to stop any comparisons. |
| Royston Papworth | 01 Aug 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
weren't the colours mentioned in the old WRG book? Every time I see Assyrians I am reminded of the pile of Foundry Assyrians I've had for about 15 years..I really must paint them…It's just the 9 Chariots are so daunting a prospect to paint… |
 oldbob  | 01 Aug 2014 11:28 a.m. PST |
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| darclegion | 01 Aug 2014 2:13 p.m. PST |
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| Fireymonkeyboy | 02 Aug 2014 1:24 p.m. PST |
Nice – what make are the figs? FMB |
| Brummie Lad | 03 Aug 2014 2:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the comments everyone. Sobieski: Assyrian palace releifs have blues and reds left on them on the soldiers, from what I have read, and I think that is where the colours are generally taken from. Trebian: You certainly did  Bindon: Just imagine how awesome they will look when completed though! Firemonkey: These are Hat 1:72 plastics. Ryan |
| Trebian | 03 Aug 2014 9:14 a.m. PST |
Brummie Lad, Good to see I've had a positive effect on at least one person. For the colours on mine they're mainly blues and reds, with a few multi-coloured shields. As I'm using the same figures for both Babylonian and Assyrian armies I've divided the colours/shield designs up so I can tell the armies apart as much as to comply with historical predecessors. Lots of people ask what the figures are when you post pictures of Hat figures. I think that they are terribly unfairly overlooked by a lot of wargamers who can't see any further than the Perrys and Warlord Games. The early boxes are okay, but the later stuff, – including the Assyrians – is simply superb and really affordable. Trebian |
| Sobieski | 04 Aug 2014 4:56 p.m. PST |
Thanks, Brummie. I plan to do 'em in 10mm before the end of the year, so that's useful information. |
| Brummie Lad | 13 Aug 2014 12:01 a.m. PST |
Trebian, I'm doing pretty much the same. My "regular" Assyrian army will be blue tunics with red shields, with the exception of the Guard units. I'll do my Babylonians differently, but of course, they could all still be used for both sides, especially with all the internal fighting that took place. I agree about the Hat stuff, there are some dodgy ones out there, but event the "okay" figures, when given a decent paint job and ranked up can still look pretty impressive. Sobieski: I look forward to seeing some pictures when they're completed |
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