These fabulous pictures, sent to us from Bennett Blalock-Doane, capture Sarmatian Cataphracts thundering in to battle on their armoured steeds. These horsemen can provide excellent shock cavalry for your Dacian army or acting as Auxiliary Cavalry in your Roman army these riders will make a mess of most things in their path… When the Roman…
The Kassites were originally Highlanders from the Zagros Mountains who overran Babylonia after the Hittite destruction of Babylon at the end of the Middle Bronze Age in 1595 BCE. They set up a Dynasty which lasted for more than five hundred years: the longest rule by any dynasty in Babylonian history. They went on to…
Way back in 2009, the wonderfully named Bennett Blalock-Doane sent us in some snaps of his Warlord models – and how impressed we were! Bennett tells us he has more to send us and we can’t wait! Bennett also commented; “It’s great to finally have GW-quality product available for ancients in plastic! Some pieces have some putty converting done…
These are the armies of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian speaking State of Mitanni, (also known as Hanigalbat by the Assyrians and Nahrin by the Egyptians), which came to prominence after the Hittites destroyed the Amorite Babylonian Kingdom at the end of the Middle Bronze Age. Mitanni came to dominate northern Mesopotamia (between the Tigris…
The legendary first Pharaoh of Egypt was Menes or Narmer who unified Upper and Lower Egypt and founded the 1st Dynasty in the early 3rd millennium BCE. The Old Kingdom of Egypt is also often referred to as the “Age of the Pyramids”, being the period when a large number of the pyramids were built,…
The Amorite or Martu nomadic tribes from Syria and Arabian desert had been raiding and infiltrating the Kingdoms of Mesopotamia since the end of the Early Bronze Age. The Code of Hammurabi – which can be seen in the Louvre Paris By the last days of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, immigrating Amorites had become such…
The Sea Peoples, so named by a French Egyptologist at the end of the 19th century, are just one of many armies catered for within the Hail Caesar Range. Sherden depicted at Medinet Habu – note that they appear to be fighting on both sides! Their being named The Sea Peoples is also based…
It’s your last chance to snaffle our excellent Sizzling Summer System Starter Deals – throughout July, we’ve offered a chance to grab a rule book from any Warlord game system and get a single free, yes FREE, plastic box set of your own choice from that system. But alas – today is the last day of July –…
With the release of our metal Macedonian Cavalry boxed set we’ve been asked by many of you for a pack containing kore riders so you can bulk out your units. Your wish is our command – here’s a pack of 3 Companion Cavalry with xyston spears at the ready… View in Store The metal boxed set…
To further bolster the fantastic Cutting Edge Miniatures range, and field more forces upon the battlefields of the ancient times, this week the Shardana Guard are readied for battle! View in Store The Shardana Guard were mercenary Sea People warriors used in the Regular Egyptian Army from the 19th Dynasty onwards – they wear Egyptian…
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