Following on from seeing the successful Spartan commission, Roger, whom I did the Cathars for asked me to do a Helleistic Spartan force in 15mm Xyston (that will also double as Ptolemaic and Asiatic or other Alexandrian successor state), there are at least 9 units of pikes to do, plus a lot of extras, so I started with the middle units of his army list, pike blocks 4, 5, 6, & 7
Roger will do his own basing, later.
Unit 4 a regular unit
(https://i.imgur.com/51D6O4t.jpg)
Shields all the same, nice and regular like
(https://i.imgur.com/7Srzk08.jpg)
Side on
(https://i.imgur.com/VMM5xVE.jpg)
Back view
(https://i.imgur.com/m4vB5Fg.jpg)
Off they go
(https://i.imgur.com/jFhGfz3.jpg)
Unit 5 - slightly less regular shields and irregular piping on the armour
(https://i.imgur.com/dcEHCV8.jpg)
They're going to, who knows where?
(https://i.imgur.com/t7vu2mx.jpg)
Side on
(https://i.imgur.com/zq3iOgn.jpg)
Back view to show the piping
(https://i.imgur.com/XvkmClq.jpg)
Unit 6 - 50% regular shields
(https://i.imgur.com/asQuq0N.jpg)
Looking pretty fine
(https://i.imgur.com/UELEmYK.jpg)
Advancing
(https://i.imgur.com/qTBZyde.jpg)
Mixed piping and much lower quality armour
(https://i.imgur.com/0w8kHOc.jpg)
They're going too... to Blackpool!
(https://i.imgur.com/rpGmKeu.jpg)
Unit 7 - really mixed shields, bad armour and bad drill and a few ex-slaves
(https://i.imgur.com/lvsGEss.jpg)
Whatever shield they could find really...
(https://i.imgur.com/NNBK2ED.jpg)
Just about a unit
(https://i.imgur.com/F6HvEdZ.jpg)
The whole batch of 128(k),
(https://i.imgur.com/SYy6AsM.jpg)
They look like a real taxis here;
(https://i.imgur.com/G46Ch9f.jpg)
So many they fill my lightbox and spill over!
(https://i.imgur.com/UMBteuQ.jpg)
Have fun
Units 2,3 and 8 & 9 finished.
2 and 3 are decent elite units, 8 band 9 are freed or armed slaves, which is never the best idea for well drilled troops, more on that later.
2 and 3
(https://i.imgur.com/8tj4HMd.jpg)
Serried ranks
(https://i.imgur.com/226rgrR.jpg)
Nice and regular
(https://i.imgur.com/IAVTFuO.jpg)
Looking impressive
(https://i.imgur.com/tUW1027.jpg)
Back view showing uniforms being nice and regular
(https://i.imgur.com/zWezlD5.jpg)
Units 8 & 9
(https://i.imgur.com/l3t3Ytv.jpg)
Yes, they are that disorganised
(https://i.imgur.com/BbfPwvL.jpg)
Poor rating? Why am I even asking!
(https://i.imgur.com/ypesOed.jpg)
Pikes all-a-tangle
(https://i.imgur.com/2gBlvBH.jpg)
If you look carefully, some are even facing the wrong way
(https://i.imgur.com/UN920Fa.jpg)
Good luck standing behind them!
(https://i.imgur.com/nDSYe7p.jpg)
Not good at all
(https://i.imgur.com/LyT98at.jpg)
Pike unit 1 (the guard) and three units of spear armed hoplites plus generals to finish of this commission.
The no 1 pikes
(https://i.imgur.com/vtTK7Po.jpg)
Simple, but heavy
(https://i.imgur.com/Egp4PTT.jpg)
Perfect ranks, unlike 8 & 9!
(https://i.imgur.com/i7RpLBy.jpg)
Onwards
(https://i.imgur.com/IKhR6Q6.jpg)
Players eye view
(https://i.imgur.com/Rr1OiIb.jpg)
Generals
(https://i.imgur.com/xfPij6q.jpg)
Top view
(https://i.imgur.com/41SteTt.jpg)
Side on
(https://i.imgur.com/Alufd0E.jpg)
Back view to show the generals
(https://i.imgur.com/7W4ostE.jpg)
Spears 1
(https://i.imgur.com/sZEX8Ag.jpg)
It's a big mass
(https://i.imgur.com/RATdo7l.jpg)
I do like the way they rank up
(https://i.imgur.com/x0Oa7AC.jpg)
Spears 2 - marines?
(https://i.imgur.com/uM2I32H.jpg)
Had to pick the sheilds nicely
(https://i.imgur.com/5ddcVkj.jpg)
Off they go
(https://i.imgur.com/bhN6VvJ.jpg)
Charge!
(https://i.imgur.com/ufWyut2.jpg)
Spears 3 - Spartan spears
(https://i.imgur.com/T76nNgo.jpg)
I REALLY REALLY love this shot!
(https://i.imgur.com/J1iMaqr.jpg)
Mean and moody
(https://i.imgur.com/7pFQv0E.jpg)
More nudity than...
(https://i.imgur.com/l3RoKZ9.jpg)
Just so you can see the back and shields
(https://i.imgur.com/pPjjtFQ.jpg)
Big mass
(https://i.imgur.com/gqvlXOv.jpg)