Friday, November 8, 2013

New Kingdom Egyptian Chariots

This set of pictures covers the Chariots of the army, now with their basing completed, followed by some shots of the entire Army deployed. Almost all of the figures are Old Glory 25's.


Egyptian "Heavy" Chariots (classed by the armor of the warrior).


The red dominant color marks them as belonging to Division Amun, at least in my scheme!


I used the muted "winter" tufts on these stands - maybe a bit *too* muted for good effect?


Two more Egyptian Chariots - one is a "heavy" and the other is from the "Pharaoh and his Generals" set.


The dominant blue color indicates they belong to Division Seti, once again in my scheme.


The brighter green tufts stand out much better, I think. 


The only complaint I have with the models is that it was tricky to actually fit the crew figures into the chariots!



Presumably the figure with the hand axe and "feather" is meant to be a General?


Another pair of "heavy" chariots; Division Seti.


Then"tiger tails" on the bronze encased warriors are seen in illustrations.


The muted "winter" tufts again, plus sand and railroad talus used for the basing. 


No mistaking the Pharaoh in his blue War Helmet!"


The richness of decoration of even the horses marks the royal chariot as special.


Relief of Pharaoh Ramses II battling the Nubians in one of his many campaigns.


Here's the whole Chariot Corps, lead by the Pharaoh himself.


"The ground trembled with the pounding of hooves!"


To battle!.


Finally, here's the entire New Kingdom Egyptian army so far. 


I need to add some more archers, spearmen, and another eight chariots!


To the glory of Egypt!


Mace men in the center of the infantry, with the spear men posted on the flanks.


The great Temple of Abu Simbel; the 70 foot tall statues all depict Ramses II, who died at age 92, having reigned for 67 years... the longest of any of the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt.  It was just over 45 years ago that the entire Temple was relocated 60 feet higher to save it from the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile. 


One could almost imagine the army as seen above being reminiscent of the kind of figures often included in a Pharaoh's tomb. They probably would have been better used in wargames, though!

26 comments:

  1. Excellent work on the chariots! They really are terrific. As for Old Glory figures, the NKE range looks quite good.

    Well done!

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    1. Thanks, Jon. The biggest thing about the OG chariots, which look just fine, is the reasonable price! With the Army Card, they're about $8 each - compared with three times that for, say Foundry!

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    2. Can't argue against reasonable price, can we?

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  2. Stunning! I love them, I love the paintjob, I love this post and the photos...I went to Egypt many years ago, and I got fabulous souvenirs, like Abu Simbel...this is a great army, may be Ra guide your future victories!
    Cheers,
    Phil.

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    1. Thanks, Phil. As I have written previously, as a boy I was quite fascinated by Ancient Egypt, and even (briefly) considered a career in Egyptology. I had wanted to do an Egyptian army for many years, but my friend wanted to do it, so I started with the Assyrians first. 20 years later - he still hadn't painted a single figure, so when he moved away I bought the OG figures a few years ago, and painted them earlier this year. Now I want more, heh!

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    2. Ouch, Assyrians...another wonderful idea...and a great temptation for me!
      Cheers,
      Phil.

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    3. Then I'll have to post them sometime! :-)

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    4. I would enjoy seeing the Assyrians.

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    5. Well, two votes means I'll have to post them. I'll need to take some good pictures; I find that by far the best ones are taken outside early in the Am or late in the afternoon in diffused light.

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  3. Superb looking Chariots and overall NKE Army a very colourful period.

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  4. Very nice results on your chariot army!

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  5. Very nice!

    A question if I might: What size of base are you using for the chariots?

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  6. The Chariot bases are 40 mm wide by 60 mm deep.

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    1. Three chariots abreast would be perfect for Impetvs. What rules have you been using for this project?

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    2. Well I first painted these up so that I could use them with Charlie Sweet's Ancient rules:

      http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/2013/03/updated-ancient-rules-charlie-sweet.html

      The additional units I mention are nedded so that I can use them with my own old simple gridded rules, which I've named "Legio Quaternarius":
      http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/2013/01/of-dice-and-tin-men-legio-quaternarius.html

      In recent years, I generally use Piquet: Archon, 2nd edition, by Eric Burgess (upon which my own Band of Brothers, 2nd edition, is based). I am looking forward to trying my larger ancient armies with Brent Oman's forthcoming "Pulse of battle", due out ? next month.

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  7. Really nice. Do You have enemies also? I owe Hittites...

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    1. Not strictly speaking; my Assyrians are the closest, but even they are several hundred years later! Hittites would certainly make contemporary enemies, as Ramses himself could attest!

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  8. What a wonderful army. I really like the OG miniatures; not only for the price but for the castings as well. I vote for pictures of the Assyrians as well.

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    1. Thanks, Mike. Well, I guess I'll have to look for a good day for Assyrian pics then! Those are almost the last (and best) of the "new" Minifigs, with some supporting Hinchliffe 4 horse chariots.

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  9. Wonderful…one of my favourites ( I've got OG as well ) nice range.

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    1. Thanks, Richard. Your Celtiberians are looking very fine as well!

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  10. Hi Gonsalvo! I've just received my New Kingdom Egyptian Army in the mail today and was doing a search for painting guides and just found your fine figures! Nice work. Mine are the OG 15's.

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    1. Thanks, David! I have another 7 chariots nearing completion; should appear here on the blog sometime later this month!

      Peter

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