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Monday, 28 August 2017

Expanded Alexander

This little project isn't really necessary but I've had it in mind for a while.  The called for 6x4Pk in the DBA list always seemed underwhelming in appearance. Did the same thing with Swiss pikemen a while back.
HaT figures, some already used, the rest left-overs.  The command figures are from HaT's Hypaspist set. Now need a few more figures to finish Part #2.
Each represents a company or lochos, Levelled pikes on a base 60mm x 60mm, rest on 60mm x 30mm for flexibility.

Once I've got the final three done, I'll work out how to use them in a game!

The second half now done.
Strategos:
The whole lot:
Not so much a phalanx as a Taxis or so I'm told, as six companies (lochoi?) made a taxis and six taxis(?) made a phalanx.

What will happen now of course is that I'll be forced to upgrade the rest of the army proportionally.

Expansion of existing forces, unused figures from the first go-round years ago for DBA.  Came about mainly because I had the spare figures lying around and I wanted this and some other existing DBA armies to appear more imposing on the table-top.  Don't get me wrong; I'm not knocking DBA, I owe it and 1/72 plastics a debt for getting me back into the hobby after a very long lay-off.  Still happy to use smaller forces for Dark Ages and medieval.  Having boosted the Macedonian phalanx earlier from 24 figures (6x4Pk) to 6x16Pk, had to do something with the rest.

Companions and Prodromoi:
Thessalians:
Greek Allied and Thracians;
Majority of horses and riders are from Hat with some Zvezda mixed in.
The complete cavalry force now looks like:
Alexander's recruiting continues: Hypaspists
HaT Industrie: Thracian and Agrianian peltasts
Old HaT leftovers and a couple from Zvezda: Psiloi
HaT Industrie: Greek Artillery

A couple of shots of the complete Alexander army, pretty poor quality but they'll have to do:

Some morphed in additions and substitutions gives an Alexander Imperial army.

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