Saturday, 17 January 2026

From ChristopherS: Successor Thureophoroi (90Pts.)

 


My first entry this season and pretty close to the cut off.These are some Pyrrhic/Successor Thureophoroi for my slowing growing collection. Adding to my Pyrrhic collection will be my primary focus this year which will include both the Pyrrhic and Republic roman forces as I go along. I'm curious how far I'll manage to complete this goal.


The miniatures themselves are Aventine miniatures which I find to be fantastic and will make up a large share of my collection along with some Wargames Foundry. I would say Aventine miniatures rank among some of my favorite miniatures on the market. 


Painting the figures was a lot of fun with some parts going pretty quick(for me) and other parts slowing me down quite a bit depending on the requirements. The colors I used were my usual Foundry and Vallejo, but also a little P3 and Mig pigment mixes for some weathering. 


Thureophoroi provided a light infantry role on the battlefield and were flexible enough to both skirmish with javelins and form up in a phalanx with long spears making them very useful troops indeed. 

That's 18 x 28mm miniatures for a total of 90pts.

Welcome to the Challenge Christopher and with such a whopper of an entry! Your paintstyle is awesome as well, I do love the level of saturation and crispness. A colourful bunch to start off the Challenge indeed, good to have you with us.

 

Cheers Sander  

34 comments:

  1. Great work on these. Love Aventine minis, great sculpts

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  2. Nice painting. Really like the color and variation you added to the unit.

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  3. Gorgeous painting, up to your usual high standard!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you and Aventine miniatures help reflect on anyone who paints them!

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  5. Those are lovely- the shield and tunic work is superb

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    1. Thank you very much Kerry the shields took me quite some time so happy you appreciated them!

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  6. Beautiful brushwork, Christopher!

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  7. Superb unit. I love Aventine too. Have you seen the recent Victrix Thureophoroi kit ? It's good and totally compatable w Aventine.

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    1. Thank you kindly Steve. Aventine are superb. I have seen the Victrix Thureophoroi and they look good, but must admit I'm a metal man and do not do plastics very often. I keep trying because of the obvious price savings, but it's always a chore to assemble and the (plastic)look and feel is never satisfactory for me. I'm trying to overcome my prejudices, but it's slow going. Old man stuck in his ways I guess.

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  8. Nice to have you back in the Challenge, Christopher, and in the splendid Saturday crew! Great and colourful brushwork!

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  9. Wonderful work on these Aventine figures.

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  10. Wonderful looking unit, love the colours on the tunics and cloaks and the painted helmets.

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  11. They look fabulous Chris! Your attention to detail is exquisite as ever .

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  12. Excellent work. The variety of colours you have used really compliments the miniatures.

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  13. Successors Wars are always a great mix of the weird and the wonky. These have absolute smash to them though, and really do look good.

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    1. Thank you much appreciated and indeed the Successors offer a wide variety of characterful troops to choose from.

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