I laid them out on my table and was surprised just what there was. Obviously, at the time I was basing my figures using the 5th Edition Wargame Research Rules.
Those were the days when we used drawing pins as shields for auxiliary infantry!
Obviously, I need to do some touching up of damaged paint, which given they were painted some 40 years ago is a lot less than I thought. I haven't played any ancient games for almost as many years and wondered what to do with them. A few years ago I sold off my Atlantic Greek and Egyptian armies which I painted around the same time, but for some reasons not these or my Ancient Britons who I also rediscovered. The question is do I rebase them?
Having used the Black Powder and Pike and Shotte rules recently I thought I would give the Hail Caesar rules a go. The only problem I can forsee is that I have so many Romans compared to Ancient Britons whose pictures I will be posting pictures of shortly!
They are fantastic. Especially considering the age of the paint!
ReplyDeleteThose would be Attic helmets, then, I assume?
ReplyDeleteLoft treasure indeed. Thanks for showing!
Oh dear, Antipedean humour at its finest!!
DeleteThanks for posting. Glad you liked them.
Hi Matt
ReplyDeleteI was surprised as well and no figures broken at the ankles. Had to stick back a couple of shields and 2 have vanished completely!
Fantastic - I wish I could rediscover my old Airfix armies but when I went overseas they were left with a mate. When I got back I was intending to get them back and then he went and died, and his wife threw the lot out. Good to see these survivors of a by-gone age resurrected.
ReplyDeleteHi Brian glad you liked them. I got close to binning these 10 or so years ago. But just put them back in the loft. Somewhere I have 2 medieval airfix armies with lots of Robin Hood poses. I have looked for it from time to time but have yet to find them!
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