Hoplite Heroes in Chariots

expendablecinc · Post by **expendablecinc** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:00 am

I was getting very tired of painting hoplites and started on some general bases. What do people think of a Greek Hero running about in a lighthariot? Obviously this is after the biblical period but still before full flowering of decent superior cavalry (ie before 450BC in the classical greek list).

I've got the King Porsenus chariot from the Mirliton Etruscan range and have given him a hoplite shield to carry around in his chariot - in case he needs to get off and fight with the lads from the front rank.

I have visions of the shots from the movie Troy where the achilles uses a light chariot to get around in style - but still fights on foot.

Anthony

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:24 am

It would look good. This was a frequent subject on pottery from the Geometric period in Greek art.

Homeric, but with a better army. Go for it.

expendablecinc · Post by **expendablecinc** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:00 am

Skullzgrinda wrote:It would look good. This was a frequent subject on pottery from the Geometric period in Greek art.

Homeric, but with a better army. Go for it.

Excellent.
My favourite base so far is my spartan CinC which I have almost finished.
He is a single hoplite atop a rocky outcrop, displaying a severed persian head to the front. He will be clearly seen from the rear of a spartan hoplite phalanx. I am yet to riddle his rocky outcropping and shield with arrows but its looking good already (if I may humbly say so myself) - very 300esque.

The chariot general is going to be an ally hoplite general who is all flash and little bite, sort of like a general now driving around in a 60's gold plated Bentley.

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:45 pm

Make sure there is a detritus of broken arrows as well as those sticking into the ground, after your Spartan has finished 'fighting in the shade".

Sounds good. Leonidas and Alcibiades types.

Strategos69 · Post by **Strategos69** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:02 pm

As far as I know, Greek generals never rode charriots. The charriot was associated in classical Greek society with heroic warfare and, by extension, with royalty. Even if the Spartans had kings, the idea of fighting in charriots or using them was not very welcomed. I have even been told by another player that charriots were banned in some cities. Even if I think the base will look great, hoplites and charriots don't mix very well, at least from a historical point of view, as far as I know.

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:17 pm

Art history will set you free.

spikemesq · Post by **spikemesq** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:57 pm

Skullzgrinda wrote:Art history will set you free.

. . . to work at Starbucks.

Spike