The much-trailed Assyrian army has finally made it not only onto the table, but onto a plane, and into a 5-round competition in sunny (and rainy) Greece at the 2019 Patras Challenge (https://www.madaxeman.com/reports/Patras_2019_1.php).
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The Winged Lion of Assyria takes on three very different Roman armies, a Classical Indian and finally the Han Chinese in a series of battles (https://www.madaxeman.com/reports/Patras_2019_1.php) fitted carefully in between bouts of extreme eating and drinking across a swathe of the Patrene nightlife's top venues.
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Watch as the the newly minted chariots and infantry, supported by archer cavalry do their very best on a number of different playing surfaces to dodge between the cakes, biscuits and pieces of lamb which attempt to prove more problematic than their enemies
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Even goats occasionally get a look in. And not just in their cooked variety!
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Its all there in glorious sunshine, so roll up your Gyros, sizzle up some Spanakopita and chuck a halloumi slice on the bbq to enjoy these 5 consecutive reports (https://www.madaxeman.com/reports/Patras_2019_1.php) !
Nice one Tim
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Great to see the army in action. :D
Great stuff ! 8)
Cheers - Phil
I must admit to being pleasantly surprised how well they turned out myself to be honest – Museum figures do tend to be easy to paint, and when I had the flash of inspiration to print out panels for the chariot walls (or more accurately a flash of realisation that I wasn't a good enough painter to do it any other way and not make them look crap!) it really spurred me on to build out the army properly
(https://www.madaxeman.com/15mm/albums/Assyrians/IMGP1362.JPG)
The page with all the painting on is here if you're interested in how they were done:
https://www.madaxeman.com/main/Museum_Assyrians.php
Those are amazing!