I do like this product. The figures include some active poses and the colouring and style is great for card soldiers. Quality draughtsmanship.
However, the poses are not much use for creating a phalanx, which one would like to do with hoplites....
Only sheet 3 ( 1 of 6) comes close to allowing this. Sheet six only has side-profile figures so the phalanx is a bit unimpressive from the front...
In addition no figure has a spear ready to use over-arm. Maybe a design problem , but it makes all the figures look tame and parade-ground-ready rather than fighters. A few figures stand front-facing but with a totally static pose. The kneeling men are ...odd. Maybe could be used as marines on a ship.
The biggest fault is that most figures have 'Boeotian' shields. It is highly uncertain these were ever used in reality, so most of the figures here are rendered fit only for fantasy use unless I spend a lot of time in Paint/photoshop with them.
The quality of this product is let down by poor choice of gear on the figures and poor poses. Is the artist a gamer ? Probably not.
Last point. Make some cavalry ! The Macedonian set is beautiful. Some Greek cavalry and maybe even a general and some musicians would be well received I am sure. (I note the superb 30 years war range also totally lacks cavalry.....?!)
I want some good hoplites to fight the Macedonians and the Persians !!!! Just changing the shields would have greatly increased their useability.
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