and now for something different Hellas invaded

[Doom Beard 78]

some photos from an unique game Hellas invaded by the  TYranid swarm

[Doom Beard 78]

more photos

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some Thracian cloaks

[dadlamassu]

Great imagination! Two (or more) nicely painted armies.  But who won?  Did the Genodiokleftis horde overcome   the hoplites?

[Atheling]

Excellent stuff George though I'm not entirely sure what is going on 

I love the Thracians- you've nailed the cloaks which is no mean feat 

[Doom Beard 78]

I must have painted around 40 Thracians with cloaks like those.  time permitting I'll upload some photos .

From memory the Hoplites won, we allowed Herakkles, the son of Zeus to take to the field. The game centred around the Acropolis with it being an objective.  we fudged the rules which ended  up aiding the hoplites.  The Spartans managed to beat the geanstealers through rank bonus and phalanx abilitiy

finding those figures remined me of some ideas I had for low level fatasy elements to inform historical gaming.  For example the Broken Sword by Paol Anderson is set during the Viking age at a time when the Sidhae and Celtic FAe kinsgdoms remained intact and where changelings could end up leading raiding parties, or the Bran Mak Morn novels where a Pictish king in his war againstg Rome resorts to enlisting the help of some very unpleasant armies ( read Worms of the Earth by Robert E Howard )

[Easy E]

Screw Space Marines.... Hoplites are the answer to the Tyranid menace!

[Grumpy Gnome]

Excellent brushwork on display and I love the theme of the game. I have tried a couple of times to convince my wife that we should have Tyranids attack Arda (Middle Earth) but have so far failed.

[Samsonov]

This is really nice. On a related note, I was considering unleashing my AvP Aliens upon various historical eras. Hoplites would be a good starting point.

[Doom Beard 78]

essentially we rationalised the Tyrranids as monsters from the legends of ancient Hellas . Perhaps these are the inspiration for Typhon or the Kraken

[Wellington]

Great job! Tracians are hell.