New this week for Hail Caesar are two of history’s leviathans – Alexander the Great and his father, Philip II of Macedon. Alexander the Great son of Philip II of Macedon, tutored by Aristotle and undefeated in battle. In doing so he created one of the largest empires of the ancient world and for this…
One of the finest sights in wargaming are the serried ranks of pike that fill Macedonian armies (and those of several other armies in the period). Our amazing plastic phalangites can be found here! Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, spent much of his youth as a hostage at Thebes, where he studied under…
Fresh in from Little Big Men Studios are these gorgeous shield design sheets – designed specifically for our plastic Macedonian Phalangites. Check out the new sheets below. These stunning new shield design sheets are designed to go with our plastic Macedonian Phalangites as seen here…
And now we have a new great value army deal for those of an Ancients persuasion, namely Macedonians… Alexandrian Macedonian Infantry Division army deal 4 Macedonian Phalangite plastic boxed sets (160 miniatures…) 1 Macedonian Royal Guard plastic boxed set 4 Macedonian Command packs (two of each pack) 16 Later Peltasts 16 Cretan Archers buy now…
Steve Saleh has sculpted us a new command group for our Macedonian range, giving you more variety in your phalangite regiments. This new command group adds to the current command seen below. Now your phalangite regiments can have a wide variety of command options to lead them. Speaking of Phalangites – if the new command…
Here is the latest addition to our new Macedonian range – the Royal Guard! Silver Shields, White Shields and Brazen Shields – all elite hypaspist regiments that can be represented on the tabletop. The Macedonian phalanx was one of the world’s greatest bodies of fighting men, and the best of them were amongst the very finest…
Are your Phalangites an unruly bunch? Thrash them into shape with this splendid new command pack! These new metal miniatures, sculpted by ace designer Steve Saleh, is just the job to lead your phalangites into the fray. If these new models have persuaded you to start a new Macedonian army, you’ll be wanting to get…
Thrace was one of Macedonia’s traditional enemies, sitting as it did to the North of Macedon. As with many of Macedonia’s enemies they were conquered and their best troops duly pressed into Macedonian service. Peltasts owe much of their fighting style to that of the Thracian light infantry before them. Thracians were justly famous for their…
‘To begin with the armament of the infantry is assigned to three types if we make the most basic distinction. These three types are on the basis of their equipment: the hoplite, the light-armed and the peltasts. … The Peltasts are more lightly armed that the hoplites, their shield is both smaller and lighter than…
The Lakedaimonians used Helot slaves at Thermopylae and Plataea, although we do not know how they were equipped to fight, we do know that they were dressed in the standard way for shepherds. Later evidence shows that they were used to harass the enemy with stones and javelins, with only an animal skin covering one…
Andy Hobday