What kind of Greeks for Mythological Gaming?

[NickNascati]

All,
      Okay, a very subjective question here.  If you were going to do some skirmish gaming in the genre of Greek myths, what sort of Greeks would you use?  On one hand, the classic, Corinthian helmeted types are the Hollywood version.  On the other, in reality (??), Trojan War era figures would probably be more correct.  What do you all think?

[white knight]

Personally, I'm going the Hollywood way with this.

Trojan War era figures are good for historicals, but they aren't as instantly recognisable for the popcorn fun of mythology games.

[Mr.J]

Hollywood all the way. It is mythology after all.

[The Gray Ghost]

I am doing this and I'm going with the Hollywood version but there is really not a lot of greek myth stuff out there.

[NickNascati]

Good point.  What are you using for the assorted Mythologicla beasts?  Aside from the Wargames Factory Skeletons and larger scale figures for giants, there is no tmuch out there.

[LeadAsbestos]

Bronze Age for the Greeks:
http://www.bronzeagemin.com/

Otherworld for the monsters:
http://www.otherworld.me.uk/

Just my personal recipe!

[white knight]

There are some of the monsters and creatures to be found in the Reaper and IronWind Metals catalogues too.

[matakishi]

Which mythological beasts are you after that you can't find?

[Mr.J]

I used to think the Foundry ones were really nice but I have a feeling that might be one of the ranges they axed and discontinued a lot of.

[Ssendam]

I Love the Foundry ones. I painted these up for a Runequest Skirmish Game.







http://www.ssendam.org/blog/?page_id=189

[midismirnoff]

All what has been written above! Plus: I've made a small mythical greek index on my (nearly discontinued) fantagreek blog. Check it out:
http://www.fantagreek.blogspot.com/

[white knight]

I used to think the Foundry ones were really nice but I have a feeling that might be one of the ranges they axed and discontinued a lot of.

Yes, but I have some hope they will bring back those packs now that they're releasing their Greek Mythology ruleset. Why they haven't done this yet instead of releasing those new mediocre figures is beyond me.

[theoldschool]

Foundry has just announced the range of figures to go with their Greek Mythology rules. The sculpts look a lot better than some of their more recent offerings.

www.foundryfantasy.com/miniatures/collections/greek_mythology/any/greek_gods_myths_magic_and_monsters_collection_bcwg401/?alsopartofback=59162&utm_source=Foundry+Miniatures+Ltd+List&utm_campaign=1fdcd56f9e-Brand_New_Greek_Myths_11_18_2011&utm_medium=email

[white knight]

They are about just acceptable, but still not up to the standards of their Steve Saleh World of the Greeks range.

[Steve F]

The Greeks themselves portrayed their myths on vases and statuary etc according to the fashions when the pictures were made, not when the events portrayed took place; so classical, rather than archaic, is how I tend to see them.