From ScottM: 15mm Ancients (174 points)

One of the things I wanted to get painted in this year's challenge was some of my 15mm Ancients remnants that I had lying around. I had a number of partially filled packs from when I painted up New Kingdom Egyptian and Hittite armies a number of years ago. So here's a number of those remnants. All the figures are from Old Glory 15s. These figures are based up for Impetus, Sword & Spear and Hail Ceasar. First up are some Sea People infantry.

Next are a bunch of Nubian archers.

Next are a pair of Egyptian archer bases.

Next is a lone base of Egyptian heavy infantry.

And finally is a pair of slinger skirmish bases.

I also managed to paint up some middle eastern buildings. These resin buildings are from Forged in Battle's War & Empire range. These are the Eastern Village set with a Minaret Mosque Tower. These were dead simple and quick to paint up.

So that should be:

86 - 15mm foot figs = 172 points

Buildings = 2 points

Total = 174 points

From: Jez Todd - Biblical Hittite - Part Two (110 Points)

Dear All

Part Two of the Warlord Games figures Basic Impetus army project and really pleased I managed to keep momentum and finish these off.

Firstly is the key unit in the Hittite army - the heavy chariots, I naturally selected the option to go for the 3 man heavy chariot as these seemed to be key for the Battle of Kadesh 1275BC, the signature battle of the period against the New Kingdom Egyptians.

There are two of these heavy chariots, with a close up shot.

I had quite a bit of "faff" getting the crew into the chariot, especially as decided to use some of the command foot figures. I ended up having to completely file the figure base down and then the standard bearer foot broke off and needed repair ......

Now pleased I went for the reins and just did this with a piece of thread. 

Next up are the two units of Hittite light foot, but here went for the long spear option. From basic reading this again seemed to be a signature feature of the Hittites. I did not especially like the standard Hittite foot figure option so went for one of the basic bronze age armies but then had to convert the shields to give the Hittite  "figure of eight" look. 

Finally a shot of the total army in the box - 10 units all together including the allies from last week. Looking forward to trying this out. 

All together that should be 10 foot plus two 3 man chariots (three figures plus two horse) - 50 points plus 50 points.

Cheers Jez 

Hoi there Jezz, what a great addition to your Ancient Hittite force! I love those cow hide shields, you've done them up beautifully! It is always extremely nice to finish a force for the table and I can imagine it is also true for this specially goodlooking one. I really am looking forward to your next project! Tonight the 110 points will be added to your total.