As I , I have taken up an interest in wargame figures (and likely the game too, though finding opponents in NL may not be easy). I'd bought some Foundry Macedonians on Ebay and planned to paint those before carrying on and buying more.

Of course it did not work out that way. Collecting figures requires much less talent and discipline than actually painting them. Painting those little guys also requires a different technique that I have to get used too. It almost seems easier to paint a nicely detailed Soldiers or Pegaso 54mm figure where the crisp sculpts usually lead your brush easily. I seem to be unable, for instance, to paint the way it's usually suggested to paint wargames figures, from dark to light leaving deeper areas exposed as you work outwards.

Anyway, last night I completed my first three figures (lesson 1: don't try to do eight at a time if you're planning to paint two layers of shades and lights!) and I'm pretty happy with the result. Of course I noticed on the photo that I forgot to paint one sandal, but that's easily fixed before basing. And no eyes for now, thank you.

The reason I skipped on the phalangists for now is that I'm still unsure which army I want to collect, so I figured some more or less generic skirmishers was good start. Two are from the new Artizan Designs Javelinmen II pack and the clean shaven, bare headed guy is from Foundry's WG1/7 Greek/Macedonian Javelinmen Attacking. The javelins themselves were clipped off from safety pins. For painting, the figures were mounted on a short wooden dowel with beeswax, an ideal way to hold them, I find.

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