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Ancient Warriors Set 1 - Hoplites $2.75
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Ancient Warriors Set 1 - Hoplites
Publisher: PERMES
by marco m. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/28/2015 10:33:48

figures of good quality , various poses at a low price !



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Ancient Warriors Set 1 - Hoplites
Publisher: PERMES
by chris h. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/12/2013 11:16:23

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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[2 of 5 Stars!]
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Ancient Warriors Set 1 - Hoplites
Publisher: PERMES
by Steve L. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/21/2012 16:54:33

I have been wanting to build some phalanxes of classical Greek hoplites for a long time, and with Permes Ancient Warriors Set 1, I can finally do it. The poses are reasonable for warriors in phalanx, and are not ridiculous movie or fantasy poses. There are not a lot of "mirror" poses to add variety, so most of the figures are realistically right-handed. Variety comes from the wide selection of colors and shield decorations.

I'm looking forward to a light infantry set with psiloi, etc. to flesh out a classical Greek army!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Ancient Warriors Set 1 - Hoplites
Publisher: PERMES
by David W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/21/2012 14:37:01

PERMES has continued to impress with each set released. This one is no exception.

Brilliant colors and poses, and even the page of banners look so real you can almost feel the cloth. Fantastic and beautiful set.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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