Four stands of Italian hoplites of 24 figures each are ready for combat. The hoplites are based in three ranks of eight files. Under CCA, the hoplites will be treated as medium infantry. Rather than having these four stands form one CCA element as in the block game, I use one stand per CCA element and track hits. Thus, each stand can absorb four hits before elimination.
When I first pulled these 24 stands from the bag, I thought 96 figures all at once may be too big of a bite to chew. I was pleasantly surprised that this mob of figures was completed in only a couple of painting sessions. Seeing how relatively painless the hoplites were to complete, 96 Triarii are in the painting queue awaiting the chance to follow their brethren.
Looking very nice!
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Thanks but these pale in comparison to your beautiful Strathbogie regiment.
DeleteMan Jonathan that is some tasty 6mm magic!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you do it. I purchased some 10mm Naps recently and I couldn't dream of getting that much detail on them!
Cheers
Paul
Thanks, Paul!
DeleteSome very nice figures there. I have a Anglo Saxon 6mm army I am trying to ignore
ReplyDeleteIan
Ignoring does no good.
DeleteThey look great. I like how you did the shields. The large amount of Bronze, off-set by intermittent color makes the unit appear more animated.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jake! A solution that left me without a need to paint designs on every shield.
DeleteThey look the biz! Well painted Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray! They may look the biz but I hope they can fight.
DeleteI agree, the choice of mixing designs with plain bronze on the shields is very effective en masse and speeds painting. The basing aklso makes the best of the "Mass Look" of 6mm as well. Bravo!
Delete(just don't ask me to paint the little buggers - I hate doing even 15's!)
Peter
Peter, the 6s are really easier to paint than you might think. It has more to do with mass effect rather than individual detailing.
DeleteThanks for your comments.
I like them a lot, the mass effect is excellent and the shields just great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phil! With 6mm, mass effect is the goal.
DeleteLovely work again, Jonathan. I second all the comments on the shields. The massed look is splendid.
ReplyDeleteSo now we know, your method of choosing what to paint is to rifle through the lead mountain? ;-)
True. When not on a mission, I sometimes dig through the pile until I find something interesting to paint. This time, it happened to be 6mm ancients.
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