How the Sausage is Made...

I've been meaning to post some updates on the progress of my 10mm Macedonian army for "To The Strongest" rules however I haven't had the time to set up my "photo studio" for pictures (which is a gaming mat on my kitchen counter with some additional lights borrowed from my paint room). I've managed to finish all the phalangite units (six in total), half the hoplite units (3 so far), hypaspists (two units), light infantry (slingers and Cretan archers) and some command stands that will represent Alexander, Seleucus and a host of other Successors and pretenders. This Macedonian collection will end up representing a lot of different armies. 

Since I don't have proper photos ready and I wanted to post an update, I have decided to post some pictures of works in progress so you can see how I go about getting figures table ready. 

I'm currently working on some companion cavalry in a purple, white and yellow scheme and decided to fiddle about with some elephants for Successor armies. Simon Miller has tweaked/updated the rules and attributes for Successor elephants to better represent how they actually fought. No longer mobile battering rams, they are now mobile refuge for skirmishers and called "Elephant Screens". This change will affect how I base: instead of 2-3 elephants on a single deep base, I will have a single elephant and bow-armed archers around them. Indian elephants will remain battering rams and based as such, as will a stand or two for Pyrrhus' army. 

I am using Magister Militum (now Tenth Legion by Peter Berry) elephants for my TTS armies. I like their size and heft but they a bit fiddly to put together. I've decided to use elephants without howdahs for the screen bases since the howdahs are absolutely massive. For the pike-armed crew, I am replacing their cast-on pikes with wire (a bit of a challenge). I also pin the elephants to the base and pin the riders to the elephant so they are a bit secure without having to use heaps of glue. Some liquid green stuff is used to fill gaps.

After I finish the core Macedonian army so it is gameable, I'm not sure if I will move on to my remaining TTS armies of Persians and Classical Indians or I will take a diversion. Some possibilities are to dive back into my 17th century 6mm armies for Tercios (Scanian/Deluge War Swedes and Danes along with Muscovites, Poles and Ottomans) or something else. I'd really like to finish up some more gameable armies for Tercios (I already have armies to refight Killiecrankie as seen here) so I can play more games with my friend Alex.

I recently purchased an old Games Workshop figure from eBay. Specifically it is a House Cawdor heavy armed with a heavy bolter for the game Necromunda. I have old 90s miniatures for gangs to represent House Cawdor and House Delaque. This portly little fella is currently sitting in a bucket of paint stripper. I'm still vacillating on what color palette I will use for these gangs.