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Tuesday, 15 January 2019

From MartinC - One Classical Indian Army Finished (250 pts)

Yip, 3 weeks (or is it 4) into the challenge and I've finished my Classical Indian army. My thoughts were they were mainly very boring to paint and whilst Essex are considered by many to be the benchmark in 15mm figures (your sculpts are either better or worse then Essex) these sculpts are somewhat dated. They lack detail and variety of poses. This made them boring to paint. The elephants are great though and I got a lot of figures for the price as I got them 2nd hand for Christmas from my family via Col Bill - love the Col Bill store.

So to finish them off

2 more massive, crew laden chariots. The one on the left contains a general and I will have to add some flowers to the base to make him stand out from the crowd

2 chariots isn't enough so here are 2 more.

Regiment of Maiden Guard. needed more of these figures and may add to them in the future. Shield says "Maidens", more literary imagination

Unit of infantry with massive swords. The banner says "Enemy Flees" kinda

Aerial view

Finally 4 units of skirmishers. These are on narrow bases so I can stick them with the elelphants.

So what does the army look like

This, a dodgy photo

Right wing

Centre

Left wing

I often take a break from painting to paint something else. This is an 18th Century fiddler from Foundry. Was going to put it with the cart previously painted but din't really fit.

So the maths.

4 chariots @ 30 each = 120

62 infantry @ 2 each = 124

1x28mm fiddler = 5

total = 249

Right I need something else to paint.

What a great finish to this army. The four Chariots look awesome and with the one you did last week they make a formidable portion of your army. As before these are worth 28 points each plus a couple of bonus each for the excellent detailing on the chariots. As you said that makes 30 apiece, 120 in total and well earned. You've also notched up a tidy 124 points for the infantry but I'll throw in an extra point for the flag. With your fiddler that's a solid total of 250 points. Well done Martin.
Lee