Machimoi was an Egyptian term for native soldiers, in this case raised as an emergency force and trained as phalangites, by Ptolemy IV, to resist the Seleucid invasion.
The miniatures are a blend of Gripping Beast Polemarch and Foundry (the unarmoured ones). The shield transfers are from LBMS, Steve there very kindly produced some additional sheets for me, with battle-damaged designs. I'm preparing some rear-rank elements with more unarmoured, bare-headed troops.
And now... both together!
14 comments:
They do look the business.
Excellent units my good man! Such good paint jobs and so well based. I'm jealous. Come do my Romans!
This looks like a REAL phalanx!
I think pictures of your Raphia game will look stunning.
Agree. Can´t wait to see the battle!
Thanks; more to follow, chaps...
That is how a phalanx should look! Great looking units and looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks.
Cheers,
Ross
Spectacular! Can't wait to see the batrep
Can't wait to finish the bloody phalanx! ;-)
They look great, Simon. I agree, the Raphia game should be a fine spectacle.
Regards,
Steve
Great looking Machimoi Simon! Mix of shield designs is very effective. Looking forward to the photos of your epic Raphia game.
Looking realy good!
impressive look with both lined up, looking forward to see them all 4, covering 72cm frontage I suppouse.
Best regards Michael
Hi Michael, it'll be a lot wider than that :) Simon
Lovely!
Impressive!!
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