| Assyrian armoured archers from the chariot set. I made a point of putting these on a production mould because I anticipated needing a few for myself. |
| Mounted them as LHI rather than HI because... well, just because. It's a figure I like and my guess is that I'll do more of them in the future, both as LHI and as HI.. |
| They look pretty good. I've put them on the base angled so they don't look as though they are shooting each other! |
| Back row to the front. |
| And a back view. It's taking longer to do these because of the patterns I'm putting on the outfits but it does look better than plain. |
| This is how they fit into the current army. Still a lot more to do but at least it looks like an army now. |
So now on to doing those Amazon cavalry...
| Thought I'd do another test piece To try out the paint pens... |
| The white paint didn't work so well as too much came out... |
HOWEVER...
| I remembered that the Assyrians used Cimmerian and Scythian mercenaries and allies, so I've undercoated a load of Scythians to join the Assyrian army... |
| Assyrian spearman A3 based with shields to the front. This figure carries an Egyptian shaped shield, really based on a misinterpretation of the large Assyrian curved, round topped body shield. |
| The figures should probably been based with this view to the front... I just prefer showing the shield. |
| And back view. I should probably have painted these wearing stockings and boots; again I went for the look I preferred. |
This is the second of the three armoured close order infantry units I've decided on - the third unit will be composed of the armoured archer from the chariot set.