Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Machimoi Phalangitae

Here are the first 2 (of 4) units for our Raphia game on 2nd June.



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!


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14 comments:

  1. fireymonkeyboy1 May 2013 at 17:11

    They do look the business.

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  2. adeptgamer1 May 2013 at 17:38

    Excellent units my good man! Such good paint jobs and so well based. I'm jealous. Come do my Romans!

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  3. WimVdB1 May 2013 at 19:05

    This looks like a REAL phalanx!

    I think pictures of your Raphia game will look stunning.

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  4. Hetairoi1 May 2013 at 20:13

    Agree. Can´t wait to see the battle!

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  5. BigRedBat1 May 2013 at 20:53

    Thanks; more to follow, chaps...

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  6. roma9121 May 2013 at 22:44

    That is how a phalanx should look! Great looking units and looking forward to seeing more in the coming weeks.

    Cheers,
    Ross

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  7. Millsy1 May 2013 at 23:37

    Spectacular! Can't wait to see the batrep

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  8. BigRedBat1 May 2013 at 23:41

    Can't wait to finish the bloody phalanx! ;-)

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  9. Corporal_Trim2 May 2013 at 00:12

    They look great, Simon. I agree, the Raphia game should be a fine spectacle.

    Regards,
    Steve

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  10. Cyrus2 May 2013 at 01:35

    Great looking Machimoi Simon! Mix of shield designs is very effective. Looking forward to the photos of your epic Raphia game.

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  11. Dalauppror2 May 2013 at 07:52

    Looking realy good!

    impressive look with both lined up, looking forward to see them all 4, covering 72cm frontage I suppouse.

    Best regards Michael

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  12. BigRedBat2 May 2013 at 09:08

    Hi Michael, it'll be a lot wider than that :) Simon

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  13. Prufrock2 May 2013 at 09:52

    Lovely!

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  14. EinarOlafson2 May 2013 at 09:53

    Impressive!!

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.