Greek Patrol - Thermopylae

[Cadman]

This was a little scene I put together real quick while waiting for paint & glue to dry out properly on other stuff I was working on.

With this one, we're at Steven Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" 480BC.
https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Fire-Novel-Battle-Thermopylae/dp/0553580531

King Leonidas has sent out Greek Allies to patrol and defend a not-so-secret path through the mountains that he's aware could allow the Persian invaders to outflank his 300 Spartans.
Figures are nominal 54mm and include three white metal kits from Seil, Romeo and "Can't Remember to be Honest", plus two miniatures from Aeroart and two from First Legion. Didn't spot that the spear of the "Can't Remember" kit figure is ever so slightly bent until after I shot the final photos...oops...🤔...🤫
The scenic is an extensively modified and repainted aquarium accessory which was then tarted up with some sand & rocks, a bit of static grass, and a couple of trees.

 

Once the first of the static grass was applied, I then blended the figure bases into the groundwork.

 

 

With everything in place I could then shoot the finished photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A simple enough wee story, but quite effective I think.

Cheers

Edited January 7, 2023 by Cadman

[Tim R-T-C]

A very nice little scene from a fascinating period of history.

[Hairtrigger]

Wow...  So realistic.

[nimrod484]

Great scene with plenty of colour and very nice figures. Which scale and which brand are the figures from?

[Cadman]

10 hours ago, nimrod484 said:

Great scene with plenty of colour and very nice figures. Which scale and which brand are the figures from?

 

Check the second paragraph in my original post...🙂