Italian Hoplites in 6mm

Continuing my recent painting wanderings throughout a number of my projects, I conducted a rummage through The Lead Pile.  My hand came to rest on a couple of packs of Baccus 6mm ancients.  No addition to the 6mm Punic Wars project has been made in nearly a year so the project was due for a few reinforcements.  Since memories of my last Commands & Colors Ancients (CCA) game have faded almost entirely, I ought to drag the game out onto the table for a quick refresher.  Perhaps these new recruits can participate?

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.