Poll -- chariot army wars!

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:15 pm

Which of these armies would you like to see most in miniature (15mm) -- Libyan Egyptian with libyans looking a bit different from the normal Egyptian stereotypical depiction, or early New Kingdom Egyptians (reign of the mighty Thutmose III), or Mitanni, or Hittites?

Remember it takes a long time to create a miniature line, but your input now will mean one of these armies in 2010!

pomakli · Post by **pomakli** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:20 pm

Hı!

As someone, who visited the ruins of their capital city more then once, HİTTİTES!

BR

Pomakli

caliban66 · Post by **caliban66** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:29 pm

Mitanni Maryannu may have changed the rules of war for a few centuries. I think they deserve one of your excellent modellings.

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:40 pm

I said Libyans, but the Greeks in STE may be an interesting possibility. Both the Early and Later Mycenean/Minoans might be interesting.

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:17 pm

ethan wrote:I said Libyans, but the Greeks in STE may be an interesting possibility. Both the Early and Later Mycenean/Minoans might be interesting.

Thanks Ethan, I've had that suggested to me before -- an interesting army and I might take it up as a second chariot army in the future.

Eques · Post by **Eques** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:53 pm

did you ever bring out your persians?

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:37 am

Eques wrote:did you ever bring out your persians?

The basic infantry have been done for ages ... even cast! But people went heavy negative on the spara that was made so I had it remade and it's going to be cast along with the immortals (very nice models the immortals are, too!). I'm just going to release all the Persian foot, sparabara and immortals, at the same time, my guess being early Feb 2010.

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:00 am

and the Arab lancers....

kevinj · Post by **kevinj** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:31 am

I voted Libyan Egyptian from the choices available but I think Urartian would be worth considering as I'm not aware that anyone makes them.

Kevin

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:26 pm

Wonder if it's worth making Urartu? Almost made the cut, but they look so similar to neo-Assyrians.

kevinj · Post by **kevinj** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:51 pm

I think most people just use Assyrians but it probably would work the other way too.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:50 pm

[quote="khurasan_miniatures"]Wonder if it's worth making Urartu? Almost made the cut, but they look so similar to neo-Assyrians.[/quote]

Don't tell Nigel Tallis - he will probably have a fit - the number of curls on the beard is different!

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:24 pm

Since Mike Broadbent will be making these for me I'm now leaning toward breaking down and having him make the later Neo-Assyrians as he's already made them in 28mm so getting them done would be a simple matter.

Mitanni seems popular but I'm quite curious as to why. Hittites also did well, it may turn out to be a choice between Hittites and Neo-Assyrians. Hittites actually allow lots of different troops to be made that can form 13th C. BC armies. Later Neo-Assyrian seems quite a good army though ....

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:53 pm

I voted for Mitanni mainly because there are very few figures on the market that are truly Mitanni. I have used a Mitanni army but it was formed from my assorted 2 horse chariot horde.

They did invent the 2 horse chariot so should be represented in miniature IMO.

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:07 pm

hammy wrote:I voted for Mitanni mainly because there are very few figures on the market that are truly Mitanni. I have used a Mitanni army but it was formed from my assorted 2 horse chariot horde.

They did invent the 2 horse chariot so should be represented in miniature IMO.

Thanks Hammy. Which of the three would you be most likely to plonk down money on and paint up -- Mitanni, Hittites, or Neo-Assyrians?

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:11 pm

khurasan_miniatures wrote:
hammy wrote:I voted for Mitanni mainly because there are very few figures on the market that are truly Mitanni. I have used a Mitanni army but it was formed from my assorted 2 horse chariot horde.

They did invent the 2 horse chariot so should be represented in miniature IMO.
Thanks Hammy. Which of the three would you be most likely to plonk down money on and paint up -- Mitanni, Hittites, or Neo-Assyrians?

Neo-Assyrian Empire is the "best" army in StE, but there are plenty of figures already avalaible.

khurasan_miniatures · Post by **khurasan_miniatures** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:18 am

rbodleyscott wrote:
khurasan_miniatures wrote:
hammy wrote:I voted for Mitanni mainly because there are very few figures on the market that are truly Mitanni. I have used a Mitanni army but it was formed from my assorted 2 horse chariot horde.

They did invent the 2 horse chariot so should be represented in miniature IMO.
Thanks Hammy. Which of the three would you be most likely to plonk down money on and paint up -- Mitanni, Hittites, or Neo-Assyrians?
Neo-Assyrian Empire is the "best" army in StE, but there are plenty of figures already avalaible.

Yes, but there's a reason for that!

. There are lots of late roman ranges out there, but they are one of my best selling lines. Same goes for the Vikings, they sell really, really well. On the other hand I am the only manufacturer in the world to make the dalarna levy and the chichimecs in 15mm, and no one buys them.

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:48 am

khurasan_miniatures wrote:Yes, but there's a reason for that! . There are lots of late roman ranges out there, but they are one of my best selling lines. Same goes for the Vikings, they sell really, really well. On the other hand I am the only manufacturer in the world to make the dalarna levy and the chichimecs in 15mm, and no one buys them.

Well chichimecs have only just been granted their FoG list. You may find people start to buy them as a result.

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:55 pm

hammy wrote:
khurasan_miniatures wrote:Yes, but there's a reason for that! . There are lots of late roman ranges out there, but they are one of my best selling lines. Same goes for the Vikings, they sell really, really well. On the other hand I am the only manufacturer in the world to make the dalarna levy and the chichimecs in 15mm, and no one buys them.
Well chichimecs have only just been granted their FoG list. You may find people start to buy them as a result.

I dunno. I was interested in Chichimecs UNTIL I saw the list. Waiting now to see how they are treated in FOGR.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:45 pm

Dalarna Levy will be perfect for my next planned army. I will look up your site once I have the time to plan.

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