Group Shots

These are the additions to my Persian forces 4 battle groups of cavalry, 2 of light horse, 1 scythe chariot, 1 elephant, 1 of heavy foot, 2 of medium foot and 2 of skirmishers.  Plus 4 casualty markers.

There are also odds and sods that when added to what I have at home make up another 3 battlegroups of cavalry.  

to finish off the entire list I need 1 more elephant and chariot.

I will try and do a whole army shot when home.

Ancient Persian Additions

Guard Lancers

 Ok a group of pictures that show I have been busy painting whilst away.  

Above is a battle group of Guard Lancers which is a specific option under the FOG lists.

Persian Cavalry

 Persian Cavalry was a very large part of the time, I have full FOG complement of 10 battlegroups plus the optional Guard units

Persian Light Horse

 Swarms of Persian light horse would fill the field of battle sowing chaos amongst the enemy. 

Satrap Commanders

 Satraps and mercenary Greeks led the armies of Darius

Mixed Battlegroup

 The Persian Guard by this time had become smaller and added medium foot bow to their ranks.

 

Scythe Chariot

The 'fire and forget' weapon of the Persian Army......I have 3 and need 1 more to make up the two battle groups you can field.  They are nasty IF they can get in!

More Persian Cavalry

Persian Cavalry

Persian Light Horse

These are the last two complete mounted untis of my Persian army.  There are only a couple of stands to do and this project will be finished.
I have already started to add more figures to their opponents the Greeks and Macidonians.



Persian Cavalry

Persian Guard Lancers

Ok I am back at work and the painting train has started again.....

Here are the final few unit of my Persian army, only some odds and sods and command to go...

More Persians....

A unit of Persian empire foot, by FOG-A listings these are Hillmen, Medium Foot.  So they are 8 bases of 3 figures.

New Persians

New Persian cavalry unit, that takes me up to 8 battlegroups of the 10 I could use.  Also there is a Guard cavalry unit available, which I already have.

Casualty markers, I make these out of spare figures and could use these in many rule systems.  They do look nicer than dice everywhere!

Hot Off The Painting Table

You guest it more 10mm League of Augsburg and 15mm Ancient Persian!!!

First up French cavalry Regiment Prince Camille, I chose these as they are quite colourful with the pink trim, pink musician and red standard bearers!

 Again 10mm Pendraken figures, great minis!  To finish these off they need a coat of spray matt varnish.

 15mm Persians.....another unit added, the army now has 7 battle-groups of cavalry.

 These are Xyston minis and they suit this painting style, dry brushing, very well!

Update

Ok the latest off the painting table.....

First up the newest League of Augsburg regiment, a Dutch cavalry unit called Von Tengnal.  I get my inspiration from two blogs, The League of Augsburg and Don't Throw 1s, thanks guys

Next up are more units to bolster the Persians

Mercenary hoplites  

Mercenary light foot

The figures are Xyston, in fact the whole army is Xyston, i do tend to build armies from one miniature range.  The shield decals are from the great range supplied by Little Big Man

15mm Ancient Persian

I have an existing project of a Late Achamenid Persian army for FOG A.  Most of it has been done but I still have a plastic tub full of untouched lead.....so I have sorted out the pile into battle-groups and have begun the reinforcement process.

First up were 6 elements of cavalry which will be added to 6 existing elements to form 3 new battle-groups.

These are the fantastic Xyston Miniatures, some of the best 15mm sculpts out there, even if they are on the larger end of the scale.

For this project I had to go back to my old method of painting, which I have not used for a couple of year.  Black undercoat and then dry bushing.  I am very happy with the results.