Echecrates the Thessalian commanded the mercenary horse on the Ptolemaic right, and contributed to their victory by defeating the opposing Seleucid cavalry wing.
This is a lovely Aventine Pyrrhus casting, superbly painted by Raglan, who will proxy for Echecrates. Gareth has a very interesting painting style, which I intend to study a little later on... reminds me of the Fauves. I love his cloaks!
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Raphia Commanders
I’m frantically basing up the officers that I have, for command roles in the Ptolemaic army on Sunday. They are somewhat rushed, but will look fine from afar. Just don’t click! ;-)
The first stand, left, is the guard commander, Eurylochus the Magnesian. I've used Polemarch figures with a converted Foundry Perseus as a standard bearer, holding an Aventine standard.
The second stand, right, represents Phoxidas the Achaean, who led the Ptolemaic mercenaries
(thureophoroi, I
have assumed). He played a key role in
the battle, as it was their attack that routed the riff-raff on the Seleucid
left. Polemarch minis, with a Foundry standard bearer.
Ptolemy, himself, will be travelling in the Royal Mail today, from Nick. In the finest traditions of show games, the varnish will, no doubt, be drying as I drive up the motorway! :-)
Monday, 27 May 2013
The last phalanx...
...for the time being.
This is an unusual unit, as only the front 2 elements are fully based. The rear 4 bases are temporary, and consist of 32 figures in the same pose. When the figures that are still off with the painter arrive, I'll mix them together with these, and re-base.
I plan to carry on with the phalanx in a more low-key manner, after Raphia. At some point, I'll want to build a late Macedonian or Seleucid phalanx, too.
Sunday, 26 May 2013
500K!
I’m delighted to report that the counter on the front page of the BigRedBatCave ticked past half a million, last night. Can I say a huge thank you to everyone who
pops by and makes it worth my while posting!
It is a great pleasure to run the blog, and I have some ambitious plans
for games and other ventures, during the rest of this year...
I’m minded to celebrate with a promotion, but
WargamingGirl’s is still running, and I don’t want to clash with that; also I’m
frantic in the run up to Raphia at Partizan on Sunday. But I will
do something in due course... please watch this space.
In the meanwhile, in the finest tradition of the
BigRedBatCave, I shall celebrate by posting some minis that someone else has painted,
far better than I ever could. I bought
these lovely Aventine Roman Allied cavalry from Redzed last year (as part of a small Republican Roman army), and gave them suitable shields and based them, yesterday. Luvverly!
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Dug's Stalingrad
My mate Dug has been sending me shots of the stunning Stalingrad game that he and mates ran at the recent Milton Keynes show. All the models are 1/35th scale; many were made by his mate Mark. As usual, all photos are clickable.
Above and below, Germans massing for the attack; note the snipers on top of the oil tanks, and the .
Below, the Russian defenders, some in the tank factory.
I beleive they play it using the "Crossfire" rules. I am very much looking forward to seeing the game, in the flesh, at Colours in Newbury, in the Autumn.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Assyrian cavalry
Here are the cavalry from my small Assyrian force. The miniatures above were professionally painted by Phil Riley of NyrOld, and the below are partly and eBay purchase, and partly by me. Phil's are excellent, and the others aren't too shabby, either. When time permits, I'll slap some decorative bands on the helmets, and some more tuftage and dust on the bases, so that they match my current standard.
The small army of which these form a part, is potentially for sale, please drop me a line at the address on the front page, if interested.
Monday, 20 May 2013
Ptolemaic Elephant Corp
Last night I completed basing the Ptolemaic Elephant Corp, for Raphia. Ptolemy deployed 73 of these African elephants in an attempt to counter the rather larger number of rather larger Seleucid Indians. Unfortunately he failed to put them through the elephant equivalent of assertiveness training, and most of them subsequently routed back, through his own forces. As usual, all photos are clickable.
The magnificent beasts and crews are from Aventine's range. I painted the elephants, and my good friend Nick Speller, the crews (beautifully).
Nick also painted the escorting Cretan and NeoCretan archers, who are a mixture of Foundry and Gorgon miniatures. You may be able to see that they are in several different shades of red. In the game these will form 5 units, each of one elephant and two stands of escorts.
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