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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Cyrus1 on July 21, 2018, 08:30:44 AM
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I've just finished painting a couple of units of Mycenaeans for Chariots Rampant:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5_fhmlPMqMjnnzrW7KcYlcWemknYcOh5qONweDqcHv6cclq0gxMyRsfcMElzTIusVKcR-1UGRJE2qz3H-1U6wufv0UpLGuDV_wPfi2OlMDIlZJMT8eHaGJqsDaM4n5Bk5K8UMycnBw=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qnKfnk4fbkoaoHdbNTZDRe1Ti7tBq9YkGGz_8SxqTyRrPaubaJn1Vw7hDOBkZp5lnEOMuRhckVkVS-sSvY-MuRy7nxP6jXZ7JE6mGxqYe-xGW6hN-HOFYM7Qga5fZxag3b2Kym9oRQ=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sh1_0BfEAoy-ZdqYOvTd-e2wBhY5sFczZnLJEP3vR-5JbEdIl9UYlimT5CktI69JhS4bofWZ_SKALQo3QitQObmLPofrC4kJEaGva0ls7RCxfrnL0FbEwCXZEYGMxYHnrSpqb0ctFw=w2400)
I hope to give them a run against my Sea People soon. More pics on my blog:
http://bucellarii.blogspot.com/2018/07/mycenaeans.html (http://bucellarii.blogspot.com/2018/07/mycenaeans.html)
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Redoubt Miniatures isn't it !?
very good painting, a very interesting period of european history !
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Well painted.
Like them alot.
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Gorgeous painting on very nice sculpts!
Also very well chosen backdrop, must be some mountain slope in Peloponnese...
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I'd say they are Eureka? Very nice!
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Thanks gents they're a mix of figures Eureka, Foundry, Cutting Edge, Redoubt and Old Glory. The back drop photo is actually the hill behind Mycenae. I'm trying out a solo game this afternoon with the Mycenaeans against some Sea People raiders.
Cheers
Cyrus
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Oh this is very nice. I always loved that period.
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Yourcenaens are very nice!
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...The back drop photo is actually the hill behind Mycenae...
I've visited Mycenae half a dozen times and this hill looked familiar ;)
You're doing a very nice job, please keep posting! Cheers!
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They look really nice. I have sooooo many bronze age minis to paint it's ridiculous!
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Thanks for the encouragement gents. DintheDin half a dozen trips to Mycenae, sounds fantastic - I'm envious, I've only been to Greece once! Dozing Dragon the Bronze Age is a great period to game but sadly neglected, I have at least a dozen armies so far...
Below are a few photos of the solo game I played, the Sea People proved too strong!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/unpXQi1cu0tT8nETwhomMdPZZmuXuKkALlY6sL1eDMC6ue0wZ4bR7-EmKj0tt3at0Cc-yKTL5ltCEhkYpsEaHsyTXkJQb1dp09TY6i0jV_588U-BPPuKR6e52L5QV46Y-6hW0tqnBQ=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NUZYpHKaVkHqtmKoaGJYWdViDZOfYoM_6FCjofTP656r4SGT54zYlTzM7-n4qWLo7MQJ1zF2VUwhHg2f7xCu9BDRE8sjGKkM9SVG-bIUoGQ_BcX0RgvB0ZUp6zj1grWGSOa7nkb6BQ=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1J4Zq2IuBT1F06LIsq8gws8bEd2dCch7BIX_vvWyXNaqeQ_TnEcjLNgG_kcXLO_E4OwaYnAO_jljs78h7QvFtgtT3IBgNEKLSfpGLRWgrkP5Jw-_BWOlfA2k3aoE3gIHdlG6hMs9kQ=w2400)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9ZPFY6CpP4feoVAWvKbhQ5OPAPE2Cs6pgoldj5GMqcgrb_d_DitmJXmB8ekKSd6kLa6FsNbT1999dCXZgQsreAI_K9rxikfCf7A4QjX9q2x4cXJu-ivPX-567yF9e9sm62sFh3hALQ=w2400)
More pics and an AAR:
https://bucellarii.blogspot.com/2018/07/mycenaeans-versus-sea-people-chariots.html (https://bucellarii.blogspot.com/2018/07/mycenaeans-versus-sea-people-chariots.html)
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Thanks for the encouragement gents. DintheDin half a dozen trips to Mycenae, sounds fantastic - I'm envious, I've only been to Greece once! Dozing Dragon the Bronze Age is a great period to game but sadly neglected, I have at least a dozen armies so far...
Below are a few photos of the solo game I played, the Sea People proved too strong!
Nice photos from the game with your so beautifully painted minis!
I live in Athens. The first two trips to Mycenae were done when I was in the elementary school and high school, as a kid I had not much to remember from the place besides some souvenir photos with the class.
In my mature (and over-mature lol ) years came the obsession to visit as many archaeological sites as possible, it is a shame to be living in Greece and not to know your own history...
As it concerns Minoan-Mycenean era I had the luck to visit Knossos, Phaestos in Kreta, Akrotiri in Santorini island and the Palace of Nestor, Ancient Tiryns and Mycenae in Peloponnese, many interesting things to see and enhance your knowledge about the Bronze Age.
The last four trips to Mycenae were done the recent years, when I used to go for holidays in Epidavros. It is about one hour driving distance from Mycenae so I had the joy to visit the place several times, there is a lot to see, the Treasure of Atreus (or tomb of Agamemnon), the local museum and of cource to admire the megalithic structure of the Mycenae walls.
You have so many beautiful figures, I'd like to give you some incentive for terrain:
Driving from Epidavros to Mycenae, one can find one of the most ancient bridges in Europe, made by Mycenaens!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkadiko_Bridge
It is operative until nowadays, you can still see the traces of the ancient Mycenaean road, I had walked around and taken pictures, they are buried somewhere in a hard disk :(
I think it is an easy to build structure and will give more spice to your terrain!
Eager to see more pics from your gaming adventures! Cheers!
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...by the way, here is your name, Cyrus (ΚΥΡΟΣ) written in Linear B
(an app of the Theves Archaeological Museum)
http://games.mthv.gr/mth-names/
(sorry, the app lists only names in Greek)
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Thanks DintheDin for the photo of the Arkadiko Bridge, that is amazing! Thanks for the Linear B translation too :)! There is so much to see in Greece, I've been to some of those sites you mention, but have only scratched the surface.
Terrible news about all the fires around Athens at the moment. All the best.
Cheers
Cyrus
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Thanks DintheDin for the photo of the Arkadiko Bridge, that is amazing! Thanks for the Linear B translation too :)! There is so much to see in Greece, I've been to some of those sites you mention, but have only scratched the surface.
Terrible news about all the fires around Athens at the moment. All the best.
Cheers
Cyrus
Thank you!
Yesterday it was a day of National Mourning. So very sad to say more.
If you come again in Athens, you should visit the National Archaeological Museum, Mycenean antiquities section
http://www.namuseum.gr/collections/prehistorical/mycenian-en.html
I wish you a good continuation with your collection
Dinos
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Here is the well known Mycenean helmet made from boar's tusks.
My personal testimony from the Pylos museum is that they could be painted, you can see traces of colour on the tusks.
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Thanks Dinos, I have been to the Archaeological Museum in Athens, it is incredible! That's interesting with your photo of the boar tusk helmet from Pylos, the paint is clearly visible. I have a photo of one from Heraklion Museum, I'll try and dig it up and post it here. I used to have photos, on my old blog, Satrap Miniatures, of many sites and museums from Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt, I plan to post them again on my new blog.
Cheers
Mike
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Just to clarify, this picture is a helmet from the Archaeological Museum of Athens. In Pylos I had seen a similar painted helmet.
It will be nice of you to post related photos, if you plan to post them on your new blog, please notify me.
Cheers,
Dinos
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OK thanks Dinos, no worries. I'll probably post some pics of Mycenae and Tiryns on my blog soon, I'll PM you. Here is the boar tusk helmet (and some bronze socket spear heads) from Herakleion Museum I mentioned:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8wi8kaX0HzsDMnjoBcU4Jm56cCi0TC9YPLlAAZ1NA3o5JXTJlfsUEM6ssjay_9eQD3b3wCOwEYxFTO98GII-V0HACWNzV2BfUX0sDfA7De9c6ahh43OGdJY7EdAeenDRTnuxyXHjbA=w2400)
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Hmm, quite well preserved items.
I have been in Herakleion several times, next time I must visit its museum. I'll be watching your blog! Cheers!
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I can see why the European Boar population declined so much!
Any ideas on what sort of colours you'd be dealing with?
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Honestly, personally, apart from these traces of blue I haven't seen any other colour. A possible conjectural colour could be brick red but if we go further it will be pure fantasy :)
This is Nestor's palace at Pylos
http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/mycenae/article_mycenae02-pylos.html
The fresco depicts a battle scene.
And this is a reconstruction of the throne room.
Ochre, pale blue, some tones of brick red, as one may find from other contemporary fresco reconstructions, there were not many more colours available.
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Great looking minis.
I to have an ever growing army of Myceneans. It started out as an army for Chariots Rampant, but I am close to a point where I could play Hail Ceasar with it..
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Any chance of some pics of your Mycenaeans Dr Zombie? I find Chariots Rampant sized forces a good starting point for an army, both for gaming and painting. You do need a lot of figures for Hail Caesar.
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There is an old thread here. It has been somewhat screwed over by Photobucket. But there is an attempt to salvage it (read: huge photodump) on page 14 and onwards.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=86533.0
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Oh! Wonderful stuff! It was worth the pain salvaging it!
Many conversions and a great source of inspiration! Congrats!
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Fantastic figures and terrain there, Dr Zombie! Photobucket sure ruined a lot photo collections, including my old blog...