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Scenery - The Inn of the Prancing Peltast

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Further to it's first appearance on the battlefield during our most recent battle (it was placed behind the Greek lines once the troops had moved forward enough), here are soon more photos of the recently-painted inn (or kapeleion ).  I had a lot of pleasure painting and basing this resin model.  I've had it at least 10-15 years, I think.  In fact, I may have bought it with Peninsular Wargaming in mind! Here's the inn sign - proof that it's a 'Prancing Peltast'! And here are the neighbouring vineyard and olive grove (more olive trees on order). Greek light cavalry hurry past the inn. Athenian hoplites take up position in front of the inn. There's a small barley/wheat field to follow in the future.  I am determined that the inn will be a self-sufficient business! Copyright Please note:  All images and text are copyright Andrew Moran and must not be reproduced in any form without the author's express permission. Thank you.
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Scenery - Vineyard & Olive Grove

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Greek light troops moving through a vineyard Hoplites assemble near a small inn and olive grove. Copyright Please note:  All images and text are copyright Andrew Moran and must not be reproduced in any form without the author's express permission. Thank you.
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Work In Progress - Mauryan Indian elephants

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 Work In Progress.  Mauryan Indian armoured elephants Copyright Please note:  All images and text are copyright Andrew Moran and must not be reproduced in any form without the author's express permission. Thank you.
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Chaeronea 338 BC - Macedonians vs Thebans and Allies

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Last Saturday saw the 'Old Berks' reconvene for a WAB 1.5 game.  This time another Greek vs Macedonian battle; very loosely based on Chaeronea. From the battle-map below, you can see that the Greeks had proportionally more cavalry and skirmishers than they may have had in the real battle. Phil and Steve paired up as the Macedonians and John and I as the Greeks.  We are still getting familiar with the rules so, this time, introduced a modest amount of scenery to see how that played out. I'd decided that I'd been too cautious in recent games, so the Greeks - perhaps uncharacteristically - engaged the Macedonians on both flanks.  A rather stupid decision on my part saw us concede the initiative at the start, but, fortunately, this was compensated for by the oracle rolls: 3 for the Macedonians and 8 for the Greeks. This helped us considerably in the forthcoming battle. Unlike the original battle, the Theban Sacred Band survived.  However, in our version, they didn't eve...
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Forthcoming Classical Indian Prints from Blitzkrieg Miniatures

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  Just have a look at these beautiful 28mm Classical Indian figures from Blitzkrieg Miniatures .  Paul Corcoran from Blitzkrieg brought these samples along to the Sutton-in-Ashfield WAB 2.0 event (see previous post).   They are magnificent sculpts and exceptionally well-painted samples. Paul allowed me to drool over them for far too long! And now I can't wait for them to be released.  I understand that they will be launched soon - when the cavalry are ready.  He says that they prefer to launch when an entire range is ready, rather than in dribs-and-drabs I see that that the  Ancient Indians  page is already to go on their website (plus Palmyran and Egyptians).  They already have Seleucids (look great - see the Seleucids in my previous post), Romans, Cretans, Thracians and Barbarians. Hmm! I wonder if it's possible to have an entire army of macemen.
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