Andrew Dalziel
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Until two weeks ago, I had no special interest in ancient Greeks!. However, the new El Greco Greek Mycenaean heavy infantry 1500BC rather took my fancy. No fancy pose, not an action figure, just standing there. But essentially it’s an exercise in painting bronze. Most of the figure is covered in bronze armour. Then some tanned face and hands and lower legs and ox hide for the shield. Maybe some contrasting stitching and the helmet plume. Easy, but not so easy.
So, it’s 75mm, costs £20.83. You need to select from three different shields and five head types with differing helmets. You get two heads of each type, bearded and shaved. Nicely cast as a 3D printing. The El Greco website will show you the options.
A bent spear that’ll take two minutes to fix and the resin is a tad brittle, I managed to break one of the plumes!. So it goes. Easily fixed.
Having no resources for this I bought the Osprey Bronze Age Greek Warrior title. Also a good excuse to go to the British Museum to see some real Mycenaean antiquities.
So, it’s 75mm, costs £20.83. You need to select from three different shields and five head types with differing helmets. You get two heads of each type, bearded and shaved. Nicely cast as a 3D printing. The El Greco website will show you the options.
A bent spear that’ll take two minutes to fix and the resin is a tad brittle, I managed to break one of the plumes!. So it goes. Easily fixed.
Having no resources for this I bought the Osprey Bronze Age Greek Warrior title. Also a good excuse to go to the British Museum to see some real Mycenaean antiquities.
