Thinking of starting Successors

[Westbury]

You'll be most welcome 

[Diablo Jon]

I've gone and ordered some 20mm Seleucid Phalangites from New Line Designs. More Painting to do!! At least I can morph most of the other troops from my collection.

20mm? Do you already have a collection in that scale? I would have thought it would be a bit limited apart from plastic box sets?

That's what I did Newline has a good selection of miniatures for this period in 20mm that you can supplement with 1/72 plastics. Here is my army split into imaginatively named Eastern successor and Western successor

[has.been]

Nice set up Diablo.  You even have Cantabrian circles, & I haven't
seen their like in many a year.

[Diablo Jon]

Nice set up Diablo.  You even have Cantabrian circles, & I haven't
seen their like in many a year.

It was all the rage back when I played WRG 6th edition in 1980 something  . But mostly blame to many hours playing Rome Total war 

[has.been]

Your rendition looks believable on the table-top.
I remember too many games where a bird's eye
view would have looked like the Olympic flag

[Westbury]

Amazing what can be done with 20mm, good on you Diablo.

[Zingara]

These look very good. You get to use them much? What rules are you using with them?   Those cantabrian circles are a nice touch - and not seen them since, well the 80's I guess :-).

Those phalangites I ordered in January I am just starting to paint now - the last of the 20mm figures to be done to join my 1/72nd - mainly HAT.

[Diablo Jon]

These look very good. You get to use them much? What rules are you using with them?  Those cantabrian circles are a nice touch - and not seen them since, well the 80's I guess :-).

Those phalangites I ordered in January I am just starting to paint now - the last of the 20mm figures to be done to join my 1/72nd - mainly HAT.

Only in solo games. I based them up to use with either Hail Caesar rules (though my 5x4 foot table feels to small for these rules to work well) or Crusader ancients rules https://crusaderpublishing.com/crusader-ancients-rules/ . I have been wondering about trying the To the Strongest rules though which I'm hearing good things about.

[SJWi]

Diablo Jon, I can heartily recommend TTS. I’ve now used them for about 5 years and they work very well. They do require some investment as you need a gridded mat plus plus chits, but it is relative peanuts compared to the cost of a pair of 28mm armies. I have run about 20 games via Zoom during the COVID lockdown and indeed am running a Greek vs Achaemenid Persian game on my 6 x 4’ table tonight.

[Westbury]

Diablo, TTS is a bit like marmite, some people love it - SJWi  and some people really dislike it - me 
If you can find someone who already has it and understands it that could be a way forward; of the other commercial sets both Hail Caesar and Swordpoint have got a lot to offer (and your basing style would fit both), they just didn't quite do it for me.

[SJWi]

Westbury, I can see that TTS  could be marmite. I've just finished my weekly game which this week was Hoplite Greek vs Achaemenid Persian and can see why some people would not have enjoyed it. Other rules that seem to have good reviews are "Sword and Spear" sold by Great Escape Games and "Mortem et Gloriam" sold by Plastic Soldier Company. I've never played them myself but I know they have their devotees.   

[Easy E]

A lot of folks also like L'Arte de Guerre as well. 

[Zingara]

20mm Seleucid Pikemen. Newline Designs. No matter how I rotate - seems to come up contrarily.

[Westbury]

I thought my ability to load photos was crap Gregor but now ......

[has.been]

When I stand on my head they look nice.
What did you end up using for the pikes?