Manda’s (Amachan) Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes)

I had a bit of a thought about the base Ἀντίoχoς ὁ Μέγας (Antiochus the Great). I can use singular bases in a small tray to depict the hero level for Midgard. This makes it less crowded and also more easily useable for Kings of War Historical.

In this heat assembly is slowly progressing. Here are 16 ψιλοί (Psiloi) with slings this time, otherwise known as Σφενδονηται (Sphendonetai) from Victrix for my Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes).

I like the idea of adding the amount of models for the level of hero for Midgard, but I also don’t want to exceed the 60mm base size limit for a leader in SAGA. Is it too crowded for Ἀντίoχoς ὁ Μέγας (Antiochus the Great) on this base? The horses and riders will be painted separately before adding them to the base.

My health has been dreadful over the past few days, but I got some reading material to supplement my new Hellenistic additions to this project.

Since Midgard has this reputation token system and I have seen others use like these wine goblets, I thought it would be more appropriate to get bronze wine cups in the style the Ancient Greeks would have used instead. And together with these acrylic gems, I think that will do perfectly. Turquoise for the Greeks and green for the Order of Heimdallr.

My Victrix order came in as well. And that is it for my latest influx of new miniatures.

I did order a set of Macedonian Hypaspists and found out yesterday that they were most likely not used by the Σελευκίς (Seleukis) as I was first thinking. So I thought, can I just use them as Ὡπλῖται (Hoplîtai)? And the answer is, yes I can. The shields included are almost the same if not the exact same as the shields used in the Victrix Hoplite sets and thus will easily fit those transfers. We’ll see how I will use them, the command sprue will definitely create a command character for the army.

My Gripping Beast order came in. I now finally have the 2022 core rulebook for SAGA, the Age of Alexander book and the physical rulebook for Midgard.

I also got 2 scythed chariots and their model of Ἀντίoχoς ὁ Μέγας (Antíochos the Great).

I got a block of 24 ψιλοί (Psiloi) with javelins from Victrix for my Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes) assembled. The shields will be painted separately and added later. Hopefully I’ll be able to paint again once the weather cools down.

Also, I got a whole bunch of movement trays in for use in Midgard for both my Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes) and the Order of Heimdallr.

My order from Footsore Miniatures came in today with some lovely miniatures to add a bit of heroic and mythological flair to my Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes) when I use them for Midgard.

To start off the new Σελευκίς (Seleukis) part of my Ἕλληνες (Hellēnes) project, my order from Warlord Games came in today.

First up some Thessalian cavalry, a group of Macedonian command, a handful of Companion cavalry and 2 Greek generals.

Then we have some θωρακίται (Thorakitai) command, an armoured war elephant and a set of Macedonian royal guard containing metal conversion bits and 6 sprues of Φαλανγίτεσ (Phalangites).

And then for the Successors Starter Army Box. We have bases I am not going to use, a set of waterslide decals, another armoured war elephant, 8 more Companion cavalry including command and 25 more sprues of Φαλανγίτεσ (Phalangites).

And of course the lovely freebie of Landsknecht pikemen or for people who can’t seem to pronounce that, Landssnack pikeman….. Different era pikemen, but I think they’ll be a lovely palette cleanser.