Plastic Ancient Greek Commander  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
This is an excellent miniature here, very fun to paint with a lot of great detail. Lots of metal, which is tough to pull of sometimes, but despite that I am happy with it.

Plastic Ancient Greek Piper  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
This piper is an interesting miniature. It's supposed to be a small person, probably an older boy, and so the figure is smaller than the average hoplite figure. Most companies don't bother with that, choosing to keep all figs the same size. I appreciate the size variation though, kudos Immortal! But what's that thing on his head?

Plastic Ancient Greek Hoplites  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
Here's the hoplite unit, to play the roll of a troop-sized unit in Kings of War historical and it's on a 100mm by 40mm unit base. I tried to get a pretty new citizen levy look to the unit itself, and I'm happy with it.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
This hoplite's shield is based on a coin from Helicarnassus, since these hoplites are from that city. I'm pretty happy with it's look, although the lion isn't my favourite icon.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
More close-ups of the hoplites here, the center one a Persian design. I like the wasp and the geometric curved lines are pretty common as well, so have to be respresented. I like the striking look of these figure's shields.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
The two shields are a Persian empire eagle and the cool Greek face. These are my two favourite shield designs from the period I think, and they turned out well. Inbetween there is a dolphin, but it's tough to see.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
A view of the armour of the hoplites. I tried to do more than the standard oatmeal linen colours so common with linen armour.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
In this view a bronze cuirass armoured hoplites stands in front of a hoplite in a plain linen tunic. From what I understand, this was probably pretty common at the time. Citizen levy would not be separated based on their wargear typically.

Ancient Greek  -  Posted: September 6, 2011  -  Manufacturer: Immortal Miniatures
A rear view of the hoplite clothing and armour, as well as the shields. I can't believe the detail on the back of these shields... I managed to paint it, even though I try not to put too much time in on the backs of shields... Also, more linen armour colours! I'm happy with these.