First up here is an old and sadly poor quality photo that I scanned in that shows what is a WRG Ancients 6th addition game (or possibly even 5th edition) from the early 1980s.
At a guess the bulk of the figures would be from my friend Myron's collection. I never had enough 25mm figures to do more than a nunit of barbarian javelinmen ... and here they are:
All Hinchcliffe with one Minifig ring-in to make up the unit. I was going for the "hairy chested" look. I also did something I thought was a good idea at the time and had removed their bases. Doh!
Here are some more 25mm Ancient Javelinmen from my collection:
From left to right they are Hinchcliffe and then Minifigs PB121, PB16, PB177 and PB163. The basing style was to match in with my playing surface which was a table-tennis table.Nearly all of them have had their spears redone. In fact, in taking the unit photo, one of the guys dropped his spear so I need to go find the superglue and effect a repair.
Excellent - more veterans! Does this herald the start of another project?
ReplyDeleteIt would be a nostalgia project. Metal figures used to ne so hard to get in the 1970s when I started that the few I have from that period (nearly all singles) are kind of special.
ReplyDeleteThey're welcome on my wargames table anytime!
ReplyDeleteIn a wonderful bit of serendipity I just found these rules: http://www.phil-barker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DBV%202003.htm
ReplyDeleteGiven my small assortment of 25mm metal Ancients these might just be the rules for me to use for gaming with them.