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	Greek Cavalry A lone greek cavalryman from Essex. The horse looks horrible up close, another one of my failed experiments.
	Greek hero It took me about 18 months to finish these Greeks. If someone tells me I don't have enough figures for a game, I'll hang him by his pteurges!
	Greek peltasts Part old style Foundry, part Essex, some with old Grenadier plastic shields. Can you spot which is which?
	Greek peltasts These were actually meant to be unarmored hoplites I think, but I needed peltasts so I painted them as such.
	Greek archers Again, mostly old style Foundry with the odd Essex figure thrown in.
	Greek archers I liked doing the tunics.
	Greek javelinmen These are all old style Foundry.
	Greek javelinmen Back when Foundry was moving to blister packs, they had a dump sale, half price for remaining stock not in blisters. I bought a big bunch of figures, which started my collections of not only these Greeks, but Imperial Romans, 19th Century Africans and Bronze Age Europeans. Half of these are still unpainted.
	Greek slingers Old style Foundry again. Surprisingly nice considering there are only three poses.
	Greek slinger I did most of these in standard off-white tunics, but two got red ones for leader material.
	Greek light infantry Too small to really see anything.
	Greek centaurs These are old Ral Partha. Not very good figures, stiff two-dimensional pose (just one), but it's surprisingly hard to find centaurs that fit a mythical theme (instead of anything-goes fantasy).
	Greek centaur This one had a miscast shield, so I carved it into something of a crescent shape. I also bent the sword to make the figures just a little bit different.
	Greek cavalry The ones with the crests are from Black Tree, the Boeotian helmeted one is Essex. Frankly, the BTD figures are not among their best, but they were easily available and ok.
	Greek cavalry Not known for horsemanship, nevertheless a few cavalry is necessary for any army.
	Greek cavalry When I started painting these, I realized I didn't really know what horses looked like. I used to paint them all kinda brown all over.
	Greek cavalry So I went out and bought a book on horses... (I was actually planning to buy an issue of Hevoshullu (a magazine for horse-crazy pre-teen girls), but couldn't find one)
	Greek cavalry ...only to realize that pretty much anything goes. Still, I think these are much better than my earlier monotone horses.
	Greek hoplites The phalanx is here!
	Greek hoplites As you might notice, I ran out of real Foundry shields, so I substituted old Games Workshop plastic Dark Elf shields. Can you tell which is which?
	Greek hoplites Overhead view.
	Greek hoplites The trumpeter is Essex because I didn't feel like buying bunches of Foundry command packs.
	Greek hoplites Hmmm... this phalanx seems to be a few guys short.
	Greek hoplites United State of Athens!
	Greek hoplites It's a mask, honest! That's a Ral Partha figure, and unlike the centaurs, very nice. Except that I totally botched the shield. Well, ok, it's supposed to look horrific.
	Greek hoplites Spartans. Yes, I know their shields should be polished bronze but this looks much better.
	Greek hoplites Closeup of the Spartans.
	Greek hoplites Hey, the trumpet guy took my place in the front rank. Let me back in!
	Greek heroes These are actually the newer Foundry Greeks sculpted by Mark Copplestone.
	Greek hero Ok, I did not name him "The Finn". I do maintain some semblance of historicity.
	Greek hero Argh! The sun is shining in my face! I actually got the idea for this color scheme from how Foundry did their argonauts. Nice contrast to the mostly white regular hoplites.
	Greek hero To shave or not to shave...
	Greek leaders I tried to paint this trio like they're done in Foundry Compendium, but sadly failing ofcourse.
	Greek leader After I took these pictures I learned that you can actually turn off the flash and get good macro shots even though the camera is complaining about lack of light.
	Greek leader I have nothing in this hand... the dagger is hidden under the cloak.
	Greek leader Somehow Kevin Dallimore did this yellow and green scheme much better... After these guys I was supposed to have finished all of my Greeks (a very rare thing) but then Black Tree gave me some free sample Greek figures with my WAB Alexander book, aaargh!
	Greeks And the other two.
	Greeks Just when I thought I had painted all my greeks, Black Tree gave a batch of free ones. Well, here they are now.
	Greeks Black Tree greek archers.
	Greeks Closeup of two hoplites.
	Greek musicians I bought these entirely to add more flexibility for my WAB Greek lineup.
	Greek musician The skirt is done in abbreviated Foundry two-tone style.
	Greek musician This one has a more traditional wash-based painting on the cloth.
	Greek musicians The two musicians side by side for comparison purposes.
	Hoplite I think this one is the best of the bunch, but that does not mean I'm happy with it.
	Hoplite Rear view.
	Hoplite Side view.
	Hoplite The face is completely mucked up.
	Hoplite The final highlight is probably too light.
	Hoplite Rear view.
	Greeks Three hoplites and one unidentified light trooper.
	Hoplites These are Essex figures. They are also an experiment in the Foundry 3-color style, but the end result looks more like something from a Navigator ad.
	Hoplite Thankfully no face visible...
	Hoplites The shields are permanently fixed, which eases assembly.
	Hoplites Finally finished my last hoplites.
	Hoplites I actually had greek shield transfers, but they were too large for these shields so I had to resort to whatever I had on hand. Can you guess where this came from?
	Hoplites These are Foundry's army-style figs. For hoplites I think they are pretty nice, even though the poses are very limited.
	Hoplites I think I need to get a command blister or too, because I'm lacking trumpeters for the army.
	Hoplites The obligatory overhead view.
	Hoplites More shield detail. These are actually from Revo's fantasy decal range.
	Greek storage The hoplites in a jar. Well, not a jar but an old Swedish army ammo box.
	Greek storage Another view of my hoplite army in storage. The box bottom is lined with magnetic sheeting, which is almost good enough to hold figures based on metallic washers. Still wouldn't trust this for a car trip.
	Greek Commander This is the freebie that came with War and Conquest rules
	Skirmishers The robes have been washed with gray. These guys are actually pretty close to completion.
	Skirmishers Closeup on one of the javelineers.
	Skirmishers More javelineers for the greeks.
	Skirmishers The obligatory overhead view.
	Skirmishers These are actually Wargames Factory Numidians. That box is very versatile, they can be built as pretty much any ancient light troops around the mediterranean.
	Skirmishers I also did a couple of hornblowers. However, I'm not too happy with how the flesh turned out. I should have touched it up after the wash.
	Thermopylai The navy ready for a flanking maneuver.
	Thermopylai The spa is taken!
	Thermopylai Persian cavalry clashes with the Spartans.
	Thermopylai My mercenary hoplites ready to storm the works.
	Thermopylai Persia's finest march on.
	Thermopylai Mercenaries break through the light troops guarding the wall.
	Thermopylai Guarding the flank.
	Thermopylai Persian light troops meet some opposition on the mountain path.
	Thermopylai Greek reinforcements march on.
	Thermopylai Mercenaries pour over the wall.
	Thermopylai Persian king is surveying the troops.
	Thermopylai Furious fightig over the ruined wall.
	Thermopylai Spartans hold on despite being outnumbered.
	Thermopylai Nubian spearmen rush to aid the skirmishers.
	Thermopylai Spartan's are cleared, the new King of Antioch redresses his lines while Persians march forward.
	Thermopylai The 300 in the dead box.
	Thermopylai Leonidas bites the dust.
	Thermopylai Time to redress ranks.
	Thermopylai Persian cavalry storms in.
	Thermopylai Fighting in the mountains is furious.
	Thermopylai The light troops hold surprisingly well against the phalanx.
	Thermopylai The ship is ready to sail.
	Thermopylai Fight for the harbor is furious. Persian's are thrown back into the sea.
	Thermopylai Fight for the harbor continues.
	Thermopylai More sparans rush forward in a desperate bid to hold the pass.
	Thermopylai Spartan battleline.
	Thermopylai Greek reinforcements have been marching through the night.
	Thermopylai Spartans are read to receive the onslought.
	Thermopylai The mercenaries know where the money is.
	Thermopylai Persian cavalry charges forward for the first time.
	Thermopylai Will the cavalry sweep the Spartans from the field? Well, no, we didn't think so either.
	Thermopylai Spartan light troops man the ruined wall.
	Marathon Initial deployment
	Marathon This is my flank.
	Marathon The levy division ready to advance.
	Marathon There's a lot of ground to cover for the regular division... and where are the skirmishers?
	Marathon Might of Persia rolling onto the table.
	Marathon There's just no end to the persians!
	Marathon Brave greeks advance.
	Marathon The right flank advances.
	Marathon Persia mooves to meet the hoplites on the field.
	Marathon Fight on!
	Marathon The right flank hounds the persians.
	Marathon Things on the left look a bit more orderly. So far...
	Marathon Persians advance further.
	Marathon Sneaky persians were hiding behind the rock!
	Marathon First wave broken but at great cost!
	Marathon Hmmm... not looking good.
	Marathon It's a free for all!
	Ancient Skirmishers Old WGF ancient skirmishers. Very generic figures.
	Ancient Skirmishers I did this batch almost completely in contrast paints.
	Ancient Skirmishers It's pretty ok for bulk troops.
	Ancient Skirmishers The plastic is pretty fragile, though. I had two bows and one sword snap while painting...
	Ancient Skirmishers I built most as archers.
	Ancient Skirmishers The obligatory overhead view.
	Ancient Skirmishers The flesh is Darkoath. Not sure if Fyreslayer would have been better after all.
	Ancient Skirmishers Apothecary White works over Vallejo gray primer.
	Hoplite Recruitment 10mm models from Pendraken.
	Hoplite Recruitment Off to varnishing with them!
	Hoplite Recruitment Off to varnishing with them!
	10mm Hoplites The hoplites arrayed.
	10mm Hoplites The obligatory overhead view.
	10mm Hoplites Light infantry.
	10mm Hoplites Archers.
	10mm Hoplites More light infantry.
	10mm Greeks Cavalry and light infantry.
	10mm Greeks The obligatory overhead view.
	10mm Greeks Some celts.
	10mm Greeks Light cavalry.
	10mm Greeks Heavy cavalry.
	10mm Greeks Peltasts.
	10mm Hoplites New hoplite units ready.
	10mm Hoplites The obligatory overhead view.
	10mm Hoplites These are all from Pendraken.
	10mm Hoplites Arrayed to fight for... well, anything really.
	10mm Hoplites I have another 180 of these to do.
	10mm Hoplites It is kinda impressive.
	10mm Hoplites The final hoplites are done.
	10mm Hoplites I have maybe enough for two armies.
	10mm Hoplites The obligatory overhead view!
	10mm Hoplites Rear view.
	10mm Hoplites Hoplites with some command bases.
	10mm Hoplites The obligatory overhead view.
	10mm Hoplites These are my final hoplites... for now.
	10mm Hoplites Command bases.
	10mm Hoplites Hoplites arrayed.