Next up are a pair of Hittite infantry units wielding 2 handed (bronze) axes.
Like all such weapons, the inability to use a shield with them is a major drawback, especially in the chariot era where armor is limited.
Still, even with bronze for the axe heads, the impact of these weapons must have been fearsome!
Once again, the basic paint jobs ion these figures was very good to begin with. Only minor touchups were needed.
We could call this unit the Mitas axemen, that being Hittite for "Red".
Here's the second unit of Hittite Axemen.
Many tufts were sacrificed in basing them!
Once again, Bill's basic paint jobs were fine, with only minimal touch up needed.
Manufacturer for these still unknown, but looks to be the same as the troops that Ken Baggaley gave me a few years ago,
We could call this units the Hahlawanz axemen, that being Hittite for both green and yellow.
Hiottite reliefs, one depicting a soldier wielding a 2 handed axe.
Great looking ax units, Peter.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dean!
DeleteThumbs up, wonderful axemen Peter!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil!
DeleteLooking good, Peter! Was learning Hittite a part of your medical schooling?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon. Well, day 1 of Medical School, the Dean did tell us that half of our job the first two years was learning to speak the language, but I don't think he was referring to Hittite! :-)
DeleteThis was a case of the wonders of online translation! Now technically, that should be written in cuneiform anyway...
Nice work- it's great when a reno project needs only a little work to bring it up to standard. I am a little suprised to two handed axes in a bronze age army- I would have assumed single-handed with shields would have been more common. Not questioning the historical accuracy as I know nothing of the period, just suprised.
ReplyDeleteOf course the Egyptians used one handed axes, but they also had this big mace/axe thing which may or may not have been wielded 2 handed. However, in the case of the Hittites, there is decent evidence for 2 handed use - I have added a depiction of same to the post, something I was unaware of until you asked the question.
DeleteLovely looking ax wielding Hittites!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks for stopping by, Iain!
DeleteVery nice again, and I like the choice of colours on these figures. It really is quite a large army you are refurbishing here. I was also very impressed with you use of Hittite there.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lawrence. With the addition of the figures Ken gave me, I should have enough Hittites and Egyptians to do Qadesh, which is the long range plan.
DeleteScary looking outfit. They look excellent.
ReplyDeleteChop, chop!
DeleteRather Priest like chaps those.
ReplyDeleteI can see why they might look that way, Gary.
DeleteGood to see miniatures getting refurbished and soon to be back on the tabletop with your plans.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peter!
DeleteNice to see old figures get an upgrade.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe. These figures are special top me as they belonged to Bill McHugh, who passed away suddenly in 2018, just months after I last saw him at Historicon. I don't think you met Bill - he was one of the Sam Francisco area gang, along with Jeff Grein, Freddie Avner, and a few others. Really nice guy who played in many of my game. His presence always added something positive to them!
DeleteGreat looking units Peter! :) Pretty brave to go into battle with just and axe and blanket, but intimidating to enemy I suppose!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark. The only thing in their favor is that most of their opponents were probably equally lacking in armor!
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