Macedonian and Successor Elephants

 

Here are four 15mm Macedonian and Successor Elephants that I've just finished painting. In the photos above of early ellies with pikemen astride, the middle one is Xyston which I just painted, while the other two, by Gladiator Miniatures and Essex Miniatures, were done some time ago. In the photos below the later armoured Seleucid elephant in the middle is by Xyston while the other two are Forged in Battle. To finish there's a shot of my Seleucid Successor infantry and cavalry.

Pergamene Successors

 

Thorakitai

Companions

Thureophoroi 

Here's a real blast from the past, photos of Nathan Vinson's Pergamene Successor army I played in a WAB comp at the Goulburn Soldiers’ Club, way back in March 2011. Vinnie always has immaculate armies and photos on his Lonely Gamers blog. He doesn't seem to post on blogger anymore but still posts on his Elite Miniatures Australia website, which is always worth checking out:

https://www.eliteminiaturesaustralia.com.au/blog/

Foundry Thracians

Some other Successor game

Thracians again

Warlord Parthian horse archers

Seleucus, Antigonus and Charioteer

 

Above is a guest post by Garry of two Successor command stands he has just painted. The first is of Seleucus, a Relic figure with an Essex officer and Aventine standard bearer. The second is Antigonus, a Relic figure with a Relic shield bearer and Aventine figures for the rest. The banners are by LBM with some VVV stars.

This week I received my copy of the new GMT Games, Roman chariot racing game, Charioteer, see photo below. This looks interesting, I've read the rules, they're only eleven pages, not overly complex but use a  mixture of cards and tokens to race the chariots. The game comes with six plastic counters for chariots  but I will use the Steve Barber quadrigae I've been painting for Circus Maximus. Hopefully I will get to try this out soon.