Thracians - Ist Corps

 

This was another relatively recent commission, this time for 28mm (25mm if you prefer!) Thracians from 1st Corps. I did two units of 12 in total, part of an ongoing ancients project that includes Scythians, Greeks, Persians and more besides. I do like 1st Corps miniatures on the whole, albeit some of their ranges more than others.

The requirement here was for plenty of colourful variation in their clothing, and a good amount of patterns on the tunics and cloaks etc. Thankfully I had lots of good reference photos and illustrations to use for inspiration and ideas.

Again, basing was done by the client, so this is as finished as I can show them. Another great project to have worked on. In a future post I'll show some of the Scythian cavalry I'm currently painting, which are equally colourful!

Despite doing a lot of commissions this year for ancients, I found myself wanting to embark on an ancients project of my own, and eventually settled on the Punic Wars. It might have the projects I've been working on that have inspired me, and possibly also the buzz around Warlord Games' epic scale release for the period, but the more I read about the battles of that time and the different armies involved, the more I thought it would be a fascinating conflict to focus on for wargaming. I'll share more about the project as I get stuck into it in the coming weeks and months.

Hope everyone is enjoying their own hobby projects.

Cheers,

Kevin