15mm Ancient Greeks

 I've never tried to paint an Ancient Greek army, the closest I got to it was buying an old Essex blue box Syracusan army back in the late nineties, I think. I bought them as opponents for my Romans but did nothing with them until I needed some mercenary Hoplites for a DBM Carthaginian army I was trying to put together for a tournament.

Recently I've refurbished the Hoplites and added some bits and pieces with some vague hope I will eventually stumble across a usable army, there are certainly plenty to choose from across the Mediterranean. So, really, a generic force pool to draw what I need from.

Even though I don't have any specific army in mind (maybe Syracusan?) I've presented them as I have in the other army posts.


Heavy Foot or Elite Foot (including foot General)
Hoplites

figures: QRF, Forged in Battle.

figures: Gladiator, Forged in Battle.

Bad Horse
Horsemen (including mounted General)


figures: QRF, Forged in Battle.

Javelin Cavalry
Horsemen

figures: Essex.

Heavy Foot
Hoplites



figures: Essex.

Skirmishers
Skirmishing mercenary bowmen & skirmishing slingers

figures: Essex.


























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