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Author Topic: Some Greek inspired terrain and suggestions for 28mm heroic ancient Greeks  (Read 2147 times)

Offline psychomo

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Hey all,

been away from this forum for a long while, but we have been working on printing and painting some new scenery inspired by ancient Greece (some photos below) that we have put up for sale and I realised that I haven't got any nice Greek minis to photograph them with!

Can anyone recommend any 28mm ancient Greeks in slightly heroic poses? I have seen 1st Corps and WIP Miniatures have some nice command models, I am also aware of Foundry minis and Victrix. I am not so fussed on the Crusader and Artizan models, they are a little too rank and file for what I am looking for.

I did also look at the ancient minis suppliers thread, but a lot of the images seem to be broken, and a few of the links also seem to be broken, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas I could check out?








Offline Ran The Cid

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The new Greeks from Victrix is probably what you are looking for.  The poses are dynamic and intended more for skirmish than for rank and file.
https://www.victrixlimited.com/en-us/collections/greek-ancients/products/greek-hoplites?variant=41217105789027

And the terrain is looking sharp.  Will need to take a look and see what you've been up to.

Offline psychomo

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Yea, I have seen the Victrix models, they do look pretty nice. I don't really want 48 though!

I guess I can get a sprue off ebay :-I

Offline Easy E

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Love it!  Very evocative. 

Even back in the day, the ancients were intrigue by their own history, the ruins in their own back yards, and had a strong sense of what was ancient even to them. 

This fits really well into that idea to me.
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« Last Edit: October 10, 2024, 06:26:05 PM by armchairgeneral »

Offline has.been

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Just wanted to say that I bought some things from you at Colours. Very impressed (quality and price)
I will post some pictures in due course. In the meantime I have finished off some bits from your most
generous freebie box.

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Offline misterdirector1

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Check out Bronze Age Minis for some good heroic Greek sculpts
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Offline psychomo

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NICE! I have some Footsore Dark Ages/Arthurian that I bought ages ago, I didn't realise they had Greeks! I will check them out.

Footsore

https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/mortal-gods-range

https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/mythic

Offline psychomo

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Looking good! We are hoping to get some more sci-fi stuff done before long  :)

Just wanted to say that I bought some things from you at Colours. Very impressed (quality and price)
I will post some pictures in due course. In the meantime I have finished off some bits from your most
generous freebie box.

Offline psychomo

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Nice insights! Plus, my thinking was, the Greeks did like to fight lots of wars amongst their city states... I imagine more than a few temples and ceremonial buildings got smashed up during those times!

We try to pick stuff that we think could work for multiple settings, especially for terrain (which can take up a LOT of space)  :)

Love it!  Very evocative. 

Even back in the day, the ancients were intrigue by their own history, the ruins in their own back yards, and had a strong sense of what was ancient even to them. 

This fits really well into that idea to me.

Offline carlos marighela

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Very nice!

I have a theory that none of these ancient 'ruins' are indeed ruins of existing structures, rather they are the unfinished products of fly-by-night building contractors or even more established builders caught out by a pandemic. They were left as a (largely unheeded) warning by the ancients of the nefarious practices of svengali property developers and shiftless brickies.

My theory draws  from the large numbers of contemporary versions about these parts. :D
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline psychomo

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I have a theory that none of these ancient 'ruins' are indeed ruins of existing structures, rather they are the unfinished products of fly-by-night building contractors or even more established builders caught out by a pandemic. They were left as a (largely unheeded) warning by the ancients of the nefarious practices of svengali property developers and shiftless brickies.

This would explain why groups from various time periods "visit" these "ruins" to loot them!

Offline psychomo

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Just ordered some Footsore models, looking forward to painting them up!

Footsore

Offline armchairgeneral

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Just ordered some Footsore models, looking forward to painting them up!

Great news  :) Looking forward to seeing the pictures  :D

Offline cadbren

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Have you thought of doing some fresher ancient Greek terrain pieces. The current ones are great for more modern times (or fantasy) after a couple of thousand years of weathering and some even appear to have holes in them from guns (or magic). How about some non-destroyed bits or some freshly destroyed bits?

 

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