Welcome to the first installment of the Ancients Wargamer blog.  First, I’m very honoured and excited to have this forum to discuss the miniatures wargaming hobby.  Ancient Warfare has become one of the ancient wargamer’s best sources for information.  From essays on tactics to discussions of specific pieces of equipment, Ancient Warfare is now providing the wargamer and hobbyist with a regular installment of well-written and well-researched articles and reviews.

In his latest episode of 'Incoming' (bad for your wallet if you like ancients miniatures..., so of course I watch it every week :-)), Neil Shuck commented on Gorgon Miniatures' latest release of a Celtic chieftain with an impressively tall helmet. And though not very common, it's certainly not unheard of, witness this example on display in the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz. Or at least, it used to be on display there, the museum is overhauling its exhibition at the moment...

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.