1st Corps Hellenistic Thureophoros & Thorakitai

I just finished some 1st Corps 28mm Thureophoros & Thorakitai to fight alongside my Thracians in ADLG & DBA. I purchased the miniatures from Mark Severin at Scale Creep Miniatures, who gives good service. The figures were very nice, with little flash.

The Thureophoros are on the left, while the Thorakitai are on the right. The difference between them is that the Thorakitai are wearing mail shirts, while the Thureophoros are unarmored. I based the figures as 4Ax for DBA. They can also be used as Medium or Heavy Spearmen for ADLG. For ADLG, note that the rear rank have the long thrusting spears, while the front rank are throwing javelins, which I think pretty well shows how they fought historically.

All the figures with spears are cast with butt-spikes. The Thureophoros are slightly more animated than the Thorakitai, but I am pleased with both types. These troops were typically mercenaries found in late Hellenistic & Successor armies, but were also found in Late Republic Roman & Pontic armies.

Old Glory Thracians

I just finished painting a bag of 30 Old Glory 28mm Thracians. Now I have Thracian units for ADLG and enough elements for a Thracian DBA or BBDBA army where the Thracians were auxiliaries.

 I based them 3 to a base. In DBA, Thracians can be 3Ax or 4Ax. I decided to base them all on 3 figure bases and designate certain elements (the white theuros shields) as 4Ax when needed. The figures are nicely animated, some of Old Glory's better figures.

As you can see from behind, the Thracians have crescent shields of various designs, as well as ochre & white theuros shields.