Friday 15 April 2011

Macedonian Phallanx (Hat)

Actually, more than one...more like a macedonian battle line with 3 Phallanx´s ( is that the correct term for more than one Phallanx!!?) On the first bunch I used decals from LBMS, the others got a "silver shield"  paint job...which looks very bronze like in the pics.
Every one of the 144 Sarrissas is 7.4cms long, cut from 0.5mm wire, dipped in wood glue to create a spearhead and then welded to the bod.
Hello to Matt from FilmMattic Blog. He reviews those classic films like The godfather and lawrence of Arabia. He´s also taking part in the A-Z challenge and I can´t wait to see what he´ll come up with for X and Z :-D

19 comments:

  1. Bloody lot of well painted troops in those phallanxes??, Matt should be fine with Xanadu and Zardoz.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very impressive. The spears look great but I must say I'm very taken with the figures. I've really only seen (and painted) a few of the HAT Napoleonic figures - these are the first ancients and they look good!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Astonishing! Where do you find the time?

    ReplyDelete
  4. That's a wonder. Hard work in there, but the pay-off is clear. What a scene!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Great work Paul, you are a painting machine.

    I wanted to say thanks for the shout-out on Brit modeler. You are a prince among men.

    Cheers

    Will

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thanks :-D
    @Will....you deserve it mate...a bloody good reference site.
    Cheers
    paul

    ReplyDelete
  7. Truly awesome! All these soldiers painted beautifully.

    Cheers
    Carlo Antonio

    ReplyDelete
  8. Excellent Phalanx!-The pleural of Phalanx is Phalanxae,I think, though the Hellenes would have called any number of Phalanx elements a Phalanx!. The Macedonians called the individual elements of a Phalanx Taxeis.
    Ergo, if you call for a cab, dont be surprised if you end up on the end of a Sarissa!!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. That's really nice work Paul, my seniors are studying Alexander at the moment, very popular

    ReplyDelete
  10. So then it becomes a function of the figure to man ratio you're using at the time. For pluralization for the Hoi Polloi in popular blog usage I could accept the final -s, really.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Amazing work, and on what a scale!!!!!Lovin' it mate.

    Cheers Rich.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Great work Paul

    Your range of periods is well, something to work aspire to :)

    ReplyDelete
  13. Excellent phalangites Paul! The shields with LBMs look great.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Awesome forest of sarissas!
    Very good work indeed!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenter’s here! It's always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I'm sure you had fun writing this article.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Great work Paul! The blue really stands out well!

    ReplyDelete