Some more progress with the ancient Indian army

I continued working on the classical Indian army this week and last, adding two more bases of swordsmen, two bases of skirmishers and the first of the chariots.

Again, I can’t say enough good things about these sculpts from Newline. I think they’re some of Sean’s best, and a real pleasure to paint. It should be a colourful army by the time it’s finished, especially once I add in more chariots and elephants.

Alongside the painting, I continue to read through various sets of ancients rules, which I seem to have quite a collection of now - even though I don’t (and have never had) enough ancients miniatures to game with! The only ancients gaming I’ve ever done has been with Commands & Colors, and converting that to miniatures is also a possibility.

Without going to my shelf to check, here’s what I can remember I have, in no particular order:

Ancient and Medieval Warfare (Neil Thomas)

Warhammer Ancient Battles

Clash of Empires

To the Strongest!

Pulse of Battle

DBA 3.0

L’art de la Guerre

Swordpoint 1st edition

Sword and Spear

Three Ages of Rome

Commands & Colors Ancients

I’m pretty sure I have the pdf version of Hail Caesar 1st edition as well, and an ebook version of Phil Sabin’s Lost Battles.

Too many rulesets by far, especially for an indecisive Libra like me, but it makes for interesting reading in the meantime. 

I’ll make a start on the Alexandrian Macedonians at some point soon, just for a change, but I do have the first two Indian elephants at the build/prep stage, so they’ll see they paint desk soon as well.

Here’s all the Indians that I’ve painted so far. Feels like a good start but still plenty to do.