Minoans Part 1
Back between Lockdowns in 2020 I purchased a large number of unpainted Minoan chariots plus some OK painted infantry from a friend. I paid very little for them but I soon realised that all of the infantry would need repainting & rebasing so in effect it was effectively an unpainted army. I waited until Museum Miniatures had their January sale before ordering the missing figures required for the Minoans & also ordered some figures from Chariot Miniatures [Magister Militum] for the Libyan & naked slinger contingents.
I only started painting the army on the 31st October 2020 after recovering from catching Covid-19 earlier that month.
Museum Miniatures have now retired their old 15mm castings & replaced them with the new Z Range sculpts but my army uses their older sculpts.
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| Museum MY09 Reg Ax I |
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| Chariot MYG4 Mycenean Archers |
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| Chariot MYG8 Slingers |
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| Museum MY10 Archers |
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| Chariot MYG3 Javelinmen Irr Ax I |
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| Chariot MYG3 Javelinmen Irr Ps I |
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| Chariot LIB4 Archers Irr Bw I |
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| Chariot LIB4 Archers Irr Ps O |
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| The first 97 elements completed |
All the bases are finished off in my now standard basing style.
This now brings the 15mm painting tally from 1st January to 23rd December 2021 to:
777 foot, 13 artillery & 4 war drums [247 elements]
212 cavalry [73 elements]
12 Bamboo & Paper Lions [8 elements]
3 elephants [3 elements]
Plus I have rebased
32 elements of Pikes
28 elements of Archers
10 elements of Psiloi
8 elements of Horde
3 elements of misc foot
54 mounted elements
In addition to this I have painted up loads of 6mm WW2 Italians to clear out some of the surplus things I have had for years.
