Carthaginian Sacred Band 2
I’m getting back in to the swing of dusting off sculpts and finally in to production. As promised last week, here’s figure 2 of the upcoming Carthaginian Sacred Band. With this chap we’ve gone for a more Eastern look, giving him Lamellar armour and an Assyrian style helmet, based on the artwork by Guiseppe Rava from the Osprey book ‘The Carthaginians’.
The Carthaginians are a challenge for a producer like me, as they have a potentially vast array of troops to try and cover off, most of whom weren’t actually that effective and, as a consequence, don’t make it in to many people’s armies. However, I like the challenge and I think the forces of Carthage deserve the depth and variety available to other Ancient and Punic War factions! Let’s hope my optimism and enthusiasm isn’t misplaced 🙂
In other news, the team here have been making slow and steady progress with 3D scanning and printing, with a view to being able to take some of the production process of our minis in house. I’ll post a separate blog about that shortly! Next week, the Sacred Band reveals continue, along with Liny-Phoenicians and possibly Samnites after that.