Corps XVIII - Some 'traditional' Ethiopians.

Getting to be one of the better represented Corps as both the Arabs and Ethiopians have already been done.

However, the Ethiopians were painted my standard chocolate brown and kept their ostrich plume... so I thought I might as well do some that matched the ones in Greek and Persian Wars - black skin colour and no plumes...

All conversions of PEA5,  the Nubian auxiliary

Easy paint job - these figures can be churned out very quickly.

However, do they look better than the 'original' versions I painted? - Personally, don't think so, I prefer the chocolate brown version over the black version.

Corps XVIII Ethiopians

From the Tiranti moulds with a bit of help from my universal bowman and a standard Persian officer.

12 figure unit of light infantry armed with bows and gazelle-horn tipped spears.

The basic figure is the Nubian auxiliary with the shield arm replaced by one from an archer. Probably shouldn't have kept the ostrich plume but it looks better.

I didn't give this figure a bowcase - that would limit it's uses! As it is, cut off the bow and I've got a shieldless javelin/spearman, cut off the javelin/spear and I've got a pure archer. Being one of the Garrison figures with the choice of ax or spear also helps with the variety!

I'm hoping to greatly extend the range of Herodotus subject races in my armies - most already exist, just not in a 'formal' way.