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Friday, 15 April 2011

Macedonian Phallanx (Hat)

Actually, more than one...more like a macedonian battle line with 3 Phallanx´s ( is that the correct term for more than one Phallanx!!?) On the first bunch I used decals from LBMS, the others got a "silver shield"  paint job...which looks very bronze like in the pics.
Every one of the 144 Sarrissas is 7.4cms long, cut from 0.5mm wire, dipped in wood glue to create a spearhead and then welded to the bod.
Hello to Matt from FilmMattic Blog. He reviews those classic films like The godfather and lawrence of Arabia. He´s also taking part in the A-Z challenge and I can´t wait to see what he´ll come up with for X and Z :-D
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18 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker15 April 2011 at 05:10

    Bloody lot of well painted troops in those phallanxes??, Matt should be fine with Xanadu and Zardoz.

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  2. Sun of York15 April 2011 at 06:19

    Very impressive. The spears look great but I must say I'm very taken with the figures. I've really only seen (and painted) a few of the HAT Napoleonic figures - these are the first ancients and they look good!

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  3. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)15 April 2011 at 06:52

    Very cool!!

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  4. Tim Gow15 April 2011 at 07:42

    Astonishing! Where do you find the time?

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  5. Porky15 April 2011 at 09:27

    That's a wonder. Hard work in there, but the pay-off is clear. What a scene!

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  6. Unknown15 April 2011 at 09:45

    Great work Paul, you are a painting machine.

    I wanted to say thanks for the shout-out on Brit modeler. You are a prince among men.

    Cheers

    Will

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  7. Paul´s Bods15 April 2011 at 10:55

    Thanks :-D
    @Will....you deserve it mate...a bloody good reference site.
    Cheers
    paul

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  8. CarloAntonio15 April 2011 at 11:08

    Truly awesome! All these soldiers painted beautifully.

    Cheers
    Carlo Antonio

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  9. Herkybird15 April 2011 at 12:48

    Excellent Phalanx!-The pleural of Phalanx is Phalanxae,I think, though the Hellenes would have called any number of Phalanx elements a Phalanx!. The Macedonians called the individual elements of a Phalanx Taxeis.
    Ergo, if you call for a cab, dont be surprised if you end up on the end of a Sarissa!!!

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  10. Al15 April 2011 at 13:14

    That's really nice work Paul, my seniors are studying Alexander at the moment, very popular

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  11. mekelnborg15 April 2011 at 13:21

    So then it becomes a function of the figure to man ratio you're using at the time. For pluralization for the Hoi Polloi in popular blog usage I could accept the final -s, really.

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  12. Biff Tanner15 April 2011 at 15:18

    Wow very nice work here.

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  13. Geordie an Exiled FoG15 April 2011 at 16:21

    Great work Paul

    Your range of periods is well, something to work aspire to :)

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  14. Cyrus15 April 2011 at 16:39

    Excellent phalangites Paul! The shields with LBMs look great.

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  15. Phersu15 April 2011 at 16:40

    Awesome forest of sarissas!
    Very good work indeed!

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  16. Luxembourg15 April 2011 at 18:27

    Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenter’s here! It's always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I'm sure you had fun writing this article.

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  17. War Minister Crittumbo15 April 2011 at 21:32

    Very nice wurk Paul.

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  18. Marcb17 April 2011 at 03:21

    Great work Paul! The blue really stands out well!

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