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Blogger jkklnjbjb said...

This looks amazing! Well done! Go you buy the foundry figures out right from the site? Or from a dealer? I need some pike for my WAB early Macedonian army so if you have any connections let me know. Once again it looks very cool

12 July 2010 at 21:53

Blogger Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

Wow!That is a very impressive looking pike block!

Cheers
Christopher

12 July 2010 at 22:42

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Lickwars, all the Foundry minis came from eBay or swaps, and not one from Foundry. Foundry don't get much business from me because of their silly postage charges and pricing.

I think, in total, I must have the better part of 4000 Foundry minis and less than 10% came from them.

12 July 2010 at 22:43

Blogger jkklnjbjb said...

I figured, the prices are CRAZY

-Aaron

12 July 2010 at 23:44

Blogger AJ (Allan) Wright said...

Fantastic work on these. I particularly like the color selection for the helmets and the way the raised detail on the shields looks when painted.

13 July 2010 at 02:11

Blogger DeanM said...

Awesome! Wow - what rules are you using for this 1:1 Syntagma! Now you need one with their pikes lowered (at least the front ranks

13 July 2010 at 03:34

Blogger War Minister Crittumbo said...

Those are great. I guess we can say the Bat's batty for pikes.
(runs away)

13 July 2010 at 05:40

Blogger Sire Godefroy said...

Fantastic! That's what a syntagma should look like *looks sadly at his humble 25 men phalanx*.

If you'll use this amount of miniatures per unit in a game, it's going to be one of the most impressive tables I can imagine.

Cheers
SG

13 July 2010 at 06:23

Blogger Caliban said...

I agree with AJ - the embossed shields and the helmet variations make for a great unit. I shall have to copy you at one point!

Paul

13 July 2010 at 10:47

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Noone can say 28mm does not capture the massed ranks now. Wow...

13 July 2010 at 17:39

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps- I've definitely not finished with this unit, yet! I'd love to think it will make it to 256, some day.

The next one will be 128-strong, but that'll take months to do.

13 July 2010 at 18:26

Blogger Counterpane said...

Excellent, Simon, but I'll still think I'll stick to 6mm apart from HOTT!

Richard C

13 July 2010 at 19:14

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hey Richard! Didn't realise you were a feloow bloggista!

Simon

13 July 2010 at 19:39

Blogger Giles said...

That is pretty amazing - the depth really works and makes it look like a "proper" phalanx. Very inspiring. I painted about 100-odd Foundry Macedonians about 8 years ago but haven't got around to basing them yet!

Best wishes

Giles

13 July 2010 at 22:42

Blogger Keith said...

Oh YES I love them, keep at it, I look forward to seeing the whole 10yards lol.

Keith

14 July 2010 at 10:29

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is one Pike Block Bonanza there Simon. Before you know it you'll be skirmish wargaming?

It is interesting that when you see a large number of figs like that, it does bring history to life and makes you realise just how effective the phalanx must have been in battle.

Its inspired me to start painting my ECW Regt with 100 pikes.(notice I said start)
Cheers Paul

14 July 2010 at 15:48

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps! Now I wish they were 16 deep.

14 July 2010 at 18:25

Blogger Secundus said...

Wow that looks amazing. I love the details you've put in with all the different poses going on, very nice.

18 July 2010 at 20:27

Blogger Grégory Privat said...

Excellent. I ve received the mat, by the way : thank you very much.

26 July 2010 at 22:03

Blogger Grégory Privat said...

Excellent !

26 July 2010 at 22:04

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hope it's useful Greg! Scatter some Green flock on it and it'll look the biz.

Simon

26 July 2010 at 23:28

Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.
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