I have previously posted on the nearing completion of my 10mm Macedonian/Successor army for To The Strongest rules. Today I managed to snap a picture of the army in its entirety.
And above is an image of all it's glory: 6 pike blocks, 3 units of mercenary hoplites, 2 bases of hypaspists, 2 units of Thessalian cavalry, 2 bases of purple-clad companions, 3 bases of slingers, 2 bases of archers, 6 bases of "elephant screens" and 3 commanders.
While I had the armies out of their storage trays, I decided to pose a few staged battle scenes featuring Successors versus Romans.
Some Successor elephants with their screen of bow-armed skirmishers face off against pesky Roman velites.
Next up we have some pike-armed phalangites ready to skewer Roman Hastati, Princeps and Triarii. It's been mentioned in the posts covering my Roman army but the red shield reflect Roman legions and yellow shields are their romanized Latin allies.
Lastly we have a rather gallant charge of Companion cavalry led by their king. Opposing them are Roman cavalry who are led (from behind) by a Consul.
I want to briefly touch upon the basing approach I use for these armies. There was a time when grass tufts were becoming more available that I was using them... overusing them (see my WW1 armies as an example). My approach to the armies for TTS was different. I try to cut corners to speed up the painting by priming in black and leaving alot of the black to create depth. Highlights are minimal. Basing is also simplistic. Initially I used a gel paste for texture but I now use a fine sand since it's quicker and less messy. Folkart craft paint is used for the sandy earth (Teddy Bear Tan for these armies) followed by a dry brush of bone white or off white and application of fine grass turf from Woodland Scenics. Not fancy but effective.
With three TTS armies complete (Macedonian, Roman and Carthaginian), I hope to get in some games with them and also ultimately paint up my Indian and Persian armies.
Very nice!
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