Assyrian Army

IMG_2492

IMG_2497

IMG_2496

A large grouping of Assyrian soldiers in 15mm by Essex painted about as brightly as I could. Chariots are a pain in the neck to paint, even worse than cavalry but what would an ancient army be without chariots? All figures are mounted for Empire which seems to use a narrow depth for its base. Likely these will all be rebased at some point for DBM.

Here, I am leaning heavily on acrylics with enamels only in evidence in the metallic parts. Because I am trying to paint quickly, some faces are a bit askew but the overall effect from a distance is good. Time for painting is limited so I must get as many as is reasonable done in a relatively short time. One might also notice my annoying tendency to give everyone blue eyes. I had no desire to focus on any historical information here but rather painted an army I thought would look interesting, using both pure and mixed colors with a limited palette leaning heavily on green, red, brown, and blue.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *