Saturday, May 2, 2020

Macedonian Psiloi - Archers

As in any Ancioent army, it can't be all heavy infantry and cavalry - there are always the light infantry and other support troops


Ancient archers being about the fastest troop types to paint, they veritably shot off the painting station. 


These are nice figures, uncertain of manufacturer, but they had separate quivers that had to be glued on, which was a pain, plus they will be liable to pop off. Not a choice I would have made in designing them!


These 8 figures are sufficient for 2 units in TTS! As you can see, there are subtle differences in the tunic colors, etc, between the two groups.


As many of you know, for the past month I have been working full time as a Hospitalist at New Milford Hospital. It looks like I'll be continuing in that role this month as well, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, which is improving in our area. The support from the community as a whole has been amazing. Thank you all, and thanks to the nurses, therapists, ambulance crews.Police and other first responders, and many more - you are all my heroes during this difficult time!

On Tuesday, there was a Lights and Sirens Tribute Parade at New Milford Hospital organized by New Milford Mayor - Pete Bass, New Milford Police Department, Connecticut State Police, Roxbury Police, New Milford Community Ambulance, Water Witch Fire, Northville Fire DepartmentGaylordsville Fire DepartmentSherman Volunteer Fire DepartmentBridgewater Volunteer Fire DepartmentKent Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.New Fairfield Volunteer Fire DepartmentRoxbury Volunteer Fire Department, Warren Fire, New Milford Public Works, and Modzeleski’s Tow Company. Thank you for supporting our #healthcareheroes for their unwavering courage, dedication, and resilience during the #COVID19 pandemic. The route also included the police station, nursing homes, and grocery stores in town. 

14 comments:

  1. Impressive archers, Peter, but not as impressive as your dedication and hard work to your community during its time of need. Chapeau to you!

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    1. Thanks, Jon. In truth my contribution is comparatively small; basically taking care of generally non-Covid cases who are moderately ill, to free up the regular hospitalist doctors to care for the sicker patients.

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  2. Great looking archers, Peter. They look like they may be Foundry? God bless you and keep you safe in your very important work too.

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  3. Lovely work Peter, and I agree that having separate quivers seems overly-fiddly. At least it wasn't the bows as well, which is worse. Great to hear that COVID-19 seems to be on the decrease. I think there will be quite a few people deserving of a holiday after all this is over, although it will probably be a lot longer before that happens and I don't think I'd be tempted to get on a cruise ship again (not that I have been for the past thirty-five years anyway).

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    1. Thanks, Lawrence. Yes, I had some figures with separate bows - a royal pain! Only done the Cruise ship thing once 15+ years ago, no hurry to repeat now, although we were thinking about perhaps the Rhine in 2021.

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  4. Great work on those archers and also in real life Peter. I sincerely hope you and all your colleagues keep in good health throughout all this.

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  5. Congrats for these beautiful archers...and for everything else! I hope normal life will come back soon...Take care!

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    1. Thank you Phil; I think it will be a while before things return to normal, but hopefully most places will see easing of restrictions by mid to late May.

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  6. Firstly well done to yourself Peter and all the wonderful medical front liners taking the fight to COVID 19 and protecting your nations citizens. Tremendous efforts and good luck.
    Now...those archers are lovely. I always thought that Foundry's Greek World range was one of their very best.

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    1. Thanks, Carlo. The consensus seems to be that these are Foundry figures, then. Hard to know when you acquire them second hand; given the very reasonable price I paid, I can hardly complain!

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  7. Lovely looking archers and I'm delighted it seems to be calming down somewhat for you!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain. Although I prefer office work in the long haul, the hospital job is actually easier due to being (almost) fully off half of the days, which is way better than normal!

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