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!


14 comments:

fireymonkeyboy said...

They do look the business.

adeptgamer said...

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

WimVdB said...

This looks like a REAL phalanx!

I think pictures of your Raphia game will look stunning.

Hetairoi said...

Agree. Can´t wait to see the battle!

BigRedBat said...

Thanks; more to follow, chaps...

roma912 said...

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

Cheers,
Ross

Millsy said...

Spectacular! Can't wait to see the batrep

BigRedBat said...

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

Corporal_Trim said...

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

Regards,
Steve

Cyrus said...

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

Dalauppror said...

Looking realy good!

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

Best regards Michael

BigRedBat said...

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

Prufrock said...

Lovely!

EinarOlafson said...

Impressive!!