I've always enjoyed painting Greek hoplites, but until now they've always been 28mm figures. I'm happy to say that painting these 20mm ones from Newline has been just as fun - if not more so, because they don't take nearly so long, and are really nice figures.
I was a bit worried at first about how I was going to tackle the shields, but by a stroke of good fortune I realised that I had some transfer sheets from Little Big Men Studios that fitted perfectly. The transfers are actually meant for Foundry hoplites, but I'm guessing it must be for Foundry's older and smaller figures, because the transfers are only about 10mm wide - which is spot on for these Newline shields. All I needed to do was paint the rims.
Only two bases done so far, but as with the Scutarii I wanted to move on to something different to keep my painting enthusiasm fresh. I'll get back and finish the other two bases before long though. I expect there will be quite a few hoplite bases to do eventually, which is fine by me!
Kevin, your painting style is lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm, glad you like them!
Deletefantastic lovely work, and good tip on the LBMS transfers they look spot on
ReplyDeleteCheers Tony. Yes, I was well pleased to discover those transfers fitted. I’ll have to see if there are other ones from LBMS that are the same size for troops like Macedonian phalangites etc.
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