One of my most useful reference books for this period and earlier is the WRG book by Nigel Stillman and Nigel Tallis, Armies of the Ancient Near East 3,000 BC to 539BC, which is unfortunately out of print. I read on the Society of Ancients forum recently that this will be back in print soon, perhaps with an updated bibliography like Duncan Head's classic Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC. Good news for all the biblical fans out there!
Your Assyrians are superb. Stillman and Talis is a classic and should be on every wargamer’s bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, it sure is. I just ordered The Art of War in Ancient Assyria by Roland Sennewald from Karwansaray but haven’t received it yet.
ReplyDeleteThey really look the biz! Nice work!
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DeleteAwesome looking Assyrians, Mike!
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DeleteI am constantly amazed at your ability to produced superb units across a range of ancient eras with constant regularity.
ReplyDeleteThe different backdrops that you add to the photos set them off brilliantly too.
Regards, James
Thanks James, I actually painted these about eight years ago. My trouble is I’m interested in, and have collected far, too many ancient armies…
DeleteSplendid looking Assyrians, I'm never very clear where that stops and Neo Assyrians comes in!
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Thanks Iain, yes it’s confusing I think the 9th century under kings Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) and his son Shalmeneser III (859-824 BC) saw the revival of Assyrian power.
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