These Persians are no pussies! Just because they dress like colour blind residents of Carnaby St c.1966 does not make them any less deadly. Their arrows can block out the sun... hence the title of this post.
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| The force features some cavalry, which will be an interesting addition to the Mortal Gods gaming experience. |
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| A bit of a closer look with the Persian Chief of Warriors in the foreground. |
The miniatures are a mix. The cavalry are Warlord Games, the rank and file Crusaders Miniatures, and the heroes are from Footsore Miniatures. A pack of Crusader Spearmen and one of Archers gave me the figures to assemble 2 bases of Sparabara, 2 of Archers and 1 of Spearmen.
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| The best view of the Persians is from the side so that you can see all of the stripes, zig-zags and dots on them. |
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| More close ups |
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| An army of fashion victims - but hopefully not Hoplite victims. |
I really like the Persians. They get a bad rap due to them being the bad guys in the Western tradition, but we are lucky enough to live in times where the historic record is being seen with a bit more balance. I'm awed by Cyrus (the Great, not Billy Ray or Miley), and I wish we knew more about him.
I'm just waiting on the Persian Cards to be back in stock at Footsore, so I can order them and get these guys into battle.
On the painting tray at the moment are a mix of Ancients - some generals for Craig's Successor army, some casualties and vignettes, and some Skeleton warriors for Mortal Gods Mythic.
Nate
Outstanding work on the clothes and shiedls, makes me want to redo my Persians...Congrats Nat, gorgeous figures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil. I did toy with giving them a uniform, but there are so few of them I felt that treating them all as individuals was the best thing to do.
DeleteThey certainly are a colourful bunch!
ReplyDeleteYes - I may need to wear sunglasses when I game with them.
DeleteSplendid looking fellows Nate...
ReplyDeleteThe Persians were certainly making a ‘bold statement’ with their colour and pattern choices...
All the best. Aly
Yes. It's lucky their successors toned it down and made sensible hat choices 900 years later :D
DeleteJust amazing! The colours are so vivid, I really need to read more about this period.
ReplyDeleteYour Persians are colorful, for sure. They assault the eyes with a splash of color and gaudy patterns. “Assault” in the best possible sense. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat work on these Nate. Some of the very first metal figures I ever bought were Hinchcliffe Persian Immortals....I always liked them from seeing some old 60's movie about the 300 Soartans at Thermopylae with Tony Curtis or a similar actor!
ReplyDeleteThe colorful shields and gaudy costumes are perfect! I would enjoy seeing a whole army of these.
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