Slitherine

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!

Hı!

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

BR

Pomakli

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

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

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.

did you ever bring out your persians?

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.

and the Arab lancers....

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

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

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

[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!

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 ....

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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