Saturday 11 February 2012

More +@x#@?!! Hoplites

24 more completed for Willie:
Standing happily upon the cork tiles, these are a few extra that happened to be in the batch of stuff I'm slowly painting for Willie.
There's a real mix of manufacturers here.  Some of the shields were relatively small, so I bought a set of 1/72nd transfers from Little Big Men.  This takes me up to 60 figures painted so far in 2012.

13 comments:

  1. I'm detecting a little teeny tiny bit of Hoplite rage there Caliban. Maybe you'll feel better when you get to kill a few in a game?

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  2. Nice work - the mix of makers looks great. Dean

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  3. A nicely painted little bunch Paul.

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  4. Thanks for the positive vibes everyone - and yes, I want to be on the Persian side at Plataea. I'm all painted out with hoplites, not to mention Romans. It would be good send a few to Hades...

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  5. They look really top-notch. Great job, and the variation is very effective.

    Cheers,
    Aaron

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  6. They look good Paul as does the cork tile good idea!

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  7. Nice looking shield line..I know what you mean about painting too mayn of them...no matter how good they look en masse there comes a point when you´ve painted quite enough of them
    Cheers
    paul

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  8. I don't know where you get the enthusiasm from to get so much painting done!

    Nice looking hoplites - they provided their own gear and so the effect of mixed manufacturers is actually pretty realistic in my book

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  9. Thanks guys. Paul has a point!

    @David, I'm trying to decide if I have enthusiasm, or if it's just sheer bloody-mindedness. To be honest, the only thing that keeps me going is committing to a single major game in a year, and that really helps me get through lots of similar figures. Well, at least it worked with the Romans...

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  10. Nicely done figures Paul, and as said, the cork tile is a good idea which I think will need some further exploration.

    I'm with you on the Persians, send a few to the 9th pit for me.

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  11. Excellent hoplites Paul - nice mix of figures that works well on your cork tiles.

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  12. The fig look great! I've always wanted to build a Hoplite army for Tactica. The cork tiles are pretty cool too!

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  13. Thanks for looking, folks, and for the comments on the cork tiles. It will be a while before I'll be able to set aside the time to work with those, but I have a pretty good idea of how to go about it. I did take a sample or two into the club and the reaction there was very positive. Just need to finish even more hoplites first. And a unit of Immortals; can't forget them!

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