15mm Seleucid Army for Impetus

After many hours with the paintbrush my 15mm Seleucid army is now ready to do battle. I have enough units to field a three hundred point army using the excellent Impetus ruleset.

I am reasonably pleased with the way it turned out. With hindsight there are a few things I would have done differently. I had originally planned to paint more Peltasts (light infantry) and mix up the figure poses. In the end I simply ran out of time so had to field a unit consisting of all the same figure.

Impetus uses relatively large bases, especially for cavalry. A little time spent on texturing effects can really help finish off the look of an army. As with the project in general I'm pretty pleased with how the bases turned out. In future I will use more PVA glue to ensure a thicker, more comprehensive coating of sand on the bases. One or two have small bare patches. On the smaller infantry bases I used Citadel texture paint. This is the first time I've used it and it worked really well. A base coat and a couple of dry brushes gave the bases a nice finish.    

Below are a few pictures of the army. If your thinking that it looks quite small it's because three hundred points is very much the 'entry level' for Impetus. It is the smallest sized game recommended by the author.

The whole army. The pike blocks are in the middle flanked by light infantry. The three cavalry units and the scythed chariot are to the rear. Three units of skirmishers screen the front.

Close up of the archers

Skythian Horse Archers

Scythed Chariot

Thracian Peltasts

Cataphract Heavy Cavalry

The elite Argyraspides Phalanx

The Bronze Shields Phalanx

Thureophoroi Light Infantry

I plan to increase the size of the army to 400 points as this is the 'standard' size game played at my local club. Some War Elephants, more Light Infantry and Phalangites will take up the extra hundred points. That is in the future as I'm all painted out for now so I am going to take a short break from it.