Friday, December 27, 2019

Macedonian Phalanx Prásinos



More than 4 years ago, I acquired a large set of unpainted 28 mm Macedonian Successor figures from a local gamer who had had them sitting around for years without getting around to doing anything with them. 


I glued 96 figures to my usual tongue depressor painting sticks, primed them, and painted the first phalanx of 24 figures almost a year later.


Thereafter, I made about as much additional progress as the original owner had, namely... nil!


So, after several years where painting some of these fellows was in my plans, this month I finally did something about it!


This red and green themed unit was finished, appropriately, on Christmas Day. These are A&A figures... I think. 


I cleverly named it the  πράσινο ( Prásinos) Phalanx, which is nothing more or less than Greek for "Green" - in the color sense, not lack of experience!

16 comments:

  1. Good luck to your splendid and impressive πράσινο Phalanx in its future battles!

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  2. Super looking unit, really like the ‘officers’

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    1. Thank you, Gary. They are especially nice sculpts!

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  3. These are two dozen good looking figures. Are the remaining 48 in work too?

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    1. 24 more are; I will probably do the remaining 24 in Q1 of 2020. I have enough figures for quite a few more, although less heavily armored!

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  4. Great work Peter, and the shield designs are very effective. Those tongue depressors work well.

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    1. Tanks, Lawrence! This time the shields are a combination of cast-on and freehand.

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  5. They turned out quite well. 4 years is not that long a wait...

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    1. Thank you, Jake; how many countries did Alexander conquer in 4 years?

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  6. Lovely job Peter! An effective colour combo!

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  7. Rapidly turned around pikemen (rapid compared to me!) Good looking phalangists!
    Best Iain

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  8. These and your other unit came out great, Peter! Glad to see them!

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    1. Thanks. I actually have two more to post soon, plus as unit of archers, the Companions nearing completion, and the Thracian Cavalry as well. So a real dent being made in all of that Macedonian Lead! The damned virus is good for something...

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