An Ancient dream realised .

The first exposure to wargaming was when I was about 14 and finding Donald Featherstones book 'Wargames' in the school library . It was a revelation , I had lots of unpainted plastic Airfix figures and the cheap Hong Kong knock offs and my first game was played on an old piece of hard board which had been the door of my fathers greenhouse and was painted green and badly flaking and a bit warped . I used Airfix Romans , Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood figures to try and recreate the Ancient battle from this book called 'The Battle Of Trimsos' . I can't remember the actual game but I played many battles using this book .

I always wanted to copy the actual battle from the book using German flats - but they were expensive and almost impossible to get in 1970's Britain . Recently I received an email from a bookseller who I have frequently dealt with saying he had a collection of German flats going on sale on EBay - was I interested ? - of course I was !  and so I invested the money I got from selling my 28mm Ancients in a collection of 30mm Ancients flats - such are the peculiarities of wargamers ! . Here is Paxo the Great of Hyrkania  glued onto a chunky base as will all the figures when I get them sorted .

His rival Myopia of Hyperborea . The figures are a mixture of Roman, Biblical and Greek just what the doctor ordered for the mythical world of Hyboria . They are mostly painted using what I think may be a type of water colour (?) defiantly pre Acrylic and not enamels , some have been given a coat of varnish .

A camel riding archer , the painting varies from so-so to very good and quite a few of the models have chipped paint as you might expect . I will do my best to renovate this damage and  when I paint more figures will try to replicate the style of painting to match .

Assyrian archer and slinger note the paint missing from the legs, these have a varnished finish .

The Roman contingent , some of the better painted figures these will be the starting point for Hyrkanian Imperial Archers and Foot Guards . My long term plan is to build up two armies using the organisation used by Don Featherstone in 'Wargames' .

A unit of the more exotic Philistines, all with Goliath stamped on the base ! , these will be Hyperborian Guard Regiment .

A Greek light cavalryman rather nicely painted but needs some TLC in the paint department and a unpainted elephant - this will be a challenge to paint ! as I've not painted many flats and matching the style of the existing figures will be a challenge , but I'm looking forward to it . I've started casting my eyes over eBay for more unpainted figures to build up the units . When I get the figures based up I will post more photos .