28mm Hittite Archers - Warlord Games

Another core unit makes it off the paint table for the Kings of Bronze Project, I have sent myself a target of the first game in November, so lots to do in the next 6-7 weeks.

These are from Warlord Games and form the backbone of the Hittite faction, for my Bronze Age forces. The archers are a mix of styles representing south east regions of the empire Hittites, Hurrians, Syrians and the various city states loyal to the Hittite kingdom including Aleppo or Arzawa.

Whilst their is little evidence to suggest the Hittite forces engaged at Kadesh brought to into action their Infantry their else where in the empire plenty of foot troops were engaged very often in units of mass ranks of archers.

I again opted for a multitude of colours, blues, green, reds and 'tyrian purple' which gives a good look, but does slow the production line, that certainly won't be an issue with the Egyptians looking at the mass of white required.

I am conscious that the Infamy Infamy rules are aim at representing Large skirmishes in Britain and Gaul where the fighting style and terrain lent itself to the clash of swords and shield, and Rich Clark is at pains to point out that skirmishers should just be a side show and chip away at the the of the Roman fighting formations, so I was a little worried about how a formation of 24 archers might unbalance the game.

They might have a tendency to become super unit which is definitely not the intention as unlike a skirmish unit the archer formations for both the Hittites and Egyptians were expected to stand their ground and fight in hand to hand if called upon.

So on the back of the posting about the Hittite Spearmen I opted for the follow stats and in house rules.

Within the Infamy Infamy rules these are regular 'drilled' warriors benefiting from elements of the drill book relating to combat, Fill Ranks, Form up, Interpenetrate, Rally and replacing Throw Pila with Fire Arrows. I have opted for a zero armour class so they will be vulnerable poor armour saves and classed them as inferior warriors in close combat. 

Units have a limit of three rounds of missiles during the game, but may resupply from a camel train if such a support option is selected.

Set out below is the unit record for Infamy Infamy and the associated points.

Hittite Spearmen				Type	Inferior Warriors
Points Value	14	Weapon	Bow	Strength	8
Armour	Step Out	Aggressive Attack	Characteristics
None	2	2	Drilled, Darken the skies

Right back to the brushes.

Next up Hittite Chariots.