Thracians

 

Here are some pics of various Thracians I've acquired and painted over the years. First up are some Thracian noble heavy cavalry that I've just finished painting. The figures are by Old Glory Miniatures. The Thracian light cavalry are also Old Glory with the exception of a single Minifigs figure on a Hinchliffe horse that I painted years ago. All of the Old Glory Thracian light cavalry and infantry were painted by Adam Stone, part of an Old Glory Macedonian army I bought from him years ago. The infantry are in photo order, later Hellenistic peltasts with rhomphaia, javelins and thureoi shields and earlier peltasts with javelins and peltai shields. 

The earlier peltasts are a mix of Old Glory and Wargames Foundry figures. The Wargames Foundry second hand figures are beautifully painted by the Dragon Painting Service in Hong Kong. They're much better than anything I could manage but the colours are a bit lurid for my taste, I prefer more muted tones! Most ancient armies would be covered head to toe in dust anyway. Collecting Thracians it is hard to avoid having two armies with the earlier peltasts and later Hellenistic ones. I have many more units to add to these armies with Old Glory, Minifigs, Tin Soldier, Foundry, Crusader and Aventine figures.