Thursday, October 22, 2020

New Kingdom Egyptian Spearmen - Infamy Infamy

I knew that fish tank sphinx would come in handy.....

First of the Egyptian Spearman are off the paint table, I opted for blue shields for the core force with the close assault troops in red... I am sure someone in the blogosphere can tell me the significance of the colouring but I am quite happy with these guys from Warlord and the uniform colouring makes for a nice contrast to the Hittites.


Three bases of Warrior spearmen, I toyed with the idea of making their spears thrusting spears for hand to hand only as with the Hittites however some of the period text suggests that they carried four or five foot throwing spears that would be hurled just before engaging in hand to hand combat so the pila rules within Infamy Infamy feel a better fit with limitations on the number of spears available.


In the background is a two man rally point, containing a standard and musician. These dedicated battle standards were attached to renowned companies of around 200-250 men such as the Splendor of Aten or Manifest of Justice - Now that has a ring to it...



Set out below is the unit record for Infamy Infamy and the associated points. Given the infantry of the day wore rudimentary armour of stiffened textiles and a large shield, I figured medium armour would be appropriate.

New Kingdom Spearmen

Type

Warriors

Points Value

18

Weapon

Mixed, Pila

Strength 

8

Armour

Step Out

Aggressive Attack

Characteristics

Medium

2

2

Drilled, Pila (2 rounds only)


Next up the Nakhtu - Strong-Arms with their two handed axes....

13 comments:

  1. I love the blue against the simple white cloth as it really makes the unit stand out. The rally point is really rather nice and the 'Manifest of Justice' sounds like a Marvel comic book name!

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    1. Thanks Steve... let's see how they stand up in combat. At least both sides will be freshly painted. :-)
      Cheers
      Stu

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  2. Nice work, like the fetching blue, I do have some Egyptians archers who have been waiting nearly since 3000 BC to be painted as mercenaries for my Persians

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    1. Funnily enough just been looking at those, I am probably looking at Newline as many of the others seem to be very skirmish based....
      Cheers
      Stu

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  3. Lovely spearmen, great colors and wonderful work!👍

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    1. Thanks Phil slowly coming together.
      Cheers
      Stu

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  4. Great work on these Egyptians Stu they seem to have similarly large shield as the recent Hittites painted by Aly Morrison

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    1. Not seen Aly's will take a look...I need to think about other colourings available..
      Cheers
      Stu

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  5. Good looking figures Stu!
    How many figures would be the minimum for Infamy Infany and could you have them on multi figure bases?

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    1. Afternoon Captain.
      You would need around 50 figures, drilled warriors are in 8 and barbarians in 10's with skirmishers in 6's. I have used multi bases before as long as you can record kills and shock.
      Cheers
      Stu

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