"Best 15mm Hoplites in production?" Topic

I have a bunch of nice Xyston hoplites, and want to add to that army. However, Xyston don't seem to be around.

What are the best, and most compatible figure lines for the Xyston?

Thanks!

Museum has some new 3d sculpted Hoplites that look pretty good.

Xyston are available from Scotia Grendel and Donnington. They are also in ultracast from Plastic Soldier.

The Museum hoplites are more 5th century whereas Xyston are 4th century – the mix of helmets changes.
As the Graf Ulrich says, Xyston are still available.

If you want a mix, Forged in Battle's later Hoplite Greeks have a similar mix of helmets to Xyston and the style is pretty compatible* – see link though to be honest this compares Xyston Macedonians and FiB Etruscans.
It helps that the shields are pretty much the same – the Gauls from each company stand out a lot more from each other as their shields are very different in size.

I have Xyston, Forged in Battle (Westwind), and Museum Miniatures Hoplites. They are all good figures but Museum and Xyston are slightly better. Some of the Xyston molds (for the metal figures) are showing their age and require a bit of work, besides the drilling of hands for the spears. The others come with them cast on.

It is best not to mix them in the same unit, but they look quite good in separate units.

Blue Moon just came out with a range of 15/18mm hoplites and Persians for Thermopolee
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Russ Dunaway

I don't seem to be able to open Scotia Grendel's web pages – my computer says they don't exist – bizarre.

Donnington's web page does work for me. The shipping charge for a few boxes was 40 UK Pounds, or over $50 USD U.S., which nearly doubles the cost. I have nothing polite to say about that, but several foul-mouthed things.

Ideally, US distributors are best –

Found out that Noble Knight Games has a bunch, for which I'm grateful, including some discounts and the cheaper DBA army boxes. Their stocking is a bit erratic, but I did find what I needed, and I got FREE SHIPPING!

Still, more US Distributors would be welcome…

Anyway, a shout out of gratitude to Noble Knight [who I forget even have miniatures most of the time] and to those who've made suggestions here altho they didn't work out.

Happy Hopliting!

How much better, scupted, molded, and made in America?

Russ Dunaway