Magan / Maka 28mm miniatures - does anyone make them ?

[sgzleada71]

I'm wanting to do some mins (28mm)   to represent Achaemenid Persian satrapy of  Magan ( Maka).  I'm after this sort of look ... 

Is anyone aware of any commercially available figures that look the part ?   The helmet is the most unique feature.   

[AdamPHayes]

There’s nothing Achaemenid that looks like that. I’d be tempted to use the Old Glory Exotic Persians as recruits from eastern satraps…. https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/prodimages/ppp/ppp16.jpg

[Tim Haslam]

You could try a plastic kit bash?

Perhaps, Victrix,

Carthaginian levy spearmen body
Gallic shield

 Maybe a Perry 100YW helmeted head?

I’ve never heard of this Satrapy?

[DalyDR]

Magan/Makan was roughly modern-day Oman, and the image above is clearly derived from an Angus MacBride depiction of a 3rd/4th century AD "Omani marine" (I do not know what MacBride used as source material), so quite a bit later than the end of the Achaemenid Empire.  That said, if you want a similar looking figure I think the 100 Years War helmet (+ some Green Stuff?) and Gallic shield kitbash idea is a great suggestion, as I've seen no existing miniatures that quite fit that image.

[Tim Haslam]

Wargames Atlantic do a rather nice Sassanid levy spearman in the 3D digital print range.
Again using the head swop and Celtic shield?

[rumacara]

Another idea for plastic conversions.
Gripping beast picts, plastic celtic shields and probably perrys WOTR or HYW helmets of that look.

[SJWi]

I thought I'd seen him before! The Osprey illustration is actually of a Yemeni soldier of the 5th century AD, the Omani Marine is a different figure. The notes in the book for the illustration say that the helmet is early Byzantine and the shield "betrays Roman military influence". I very much doubt if this is the right look for an Achaemenid period figure from maybe 8-900 years earlier.   

[DalyDR]

I thought I'd seen him before! The Osprey illustration is actually of a Yemeni soldier of the 5th century AD, the Omani Marine is a different figure. The notes in the book for the illustration say that the helmet is early Byzantine and the shield "betrays Roman military influence". I very much doubt if this is the right look for an Achaemenid period figure from maybe 8-900 years earlier.   

Yes!  Thanks for the correction.  I don't actually have that Osprey book.  Because I'm curious about it, does it say what the source/reference was for MacBride's artwork?

[SJWi]

It is quite an old book dating back to 1991. The plate's sources are a 3rd century AD relief carving from Zafar , then in the Archaeological Museum of Sana'a, and some carvings from the Arch of Constantine .Why these help illustrate a 5th century figures is beyond me.