Assyrian heavy infantry

     All these are Wargame Foundry Assyrians. They need no introduction beyond comments made from previous posts on all the figures that have been painted. They are not for myself and have been painted as part of a large commission for an acquaintance of mine. Both tunic colors and shields were asked not to be uniformed as previous figures that have been painted. The shields are done by dry brushing a lighter tone over the base coat. The bronze colors I used paints from Turbo Dark to get the shiny look to them. One may question are they too bright (I did) but viewed from a distance on the table I think the extra shine would look good. This Assyrian project has resulted in 11 chariots, 12 camel and riders and some 200 hundred foot so far being painted up.

Assyrian heavy archers and command figures

   These images include both command figures and some heavier archers. The figure labelled as the King I am not sure who the manufacturer is as I have never seen him before. The majority of the figures are Foundry. Side note I should of mentioned for all the Assyrians I painted I used reaper paints for the flesh tone...the bronze skin triad.

figure on far left is an the Assyrian King 

figure in the middle is an Assyrian King

Assyrians auxiliary archers

      These of course are figures from Foundry representing the auxiliary archers. Colors were varied as would be typical of the Assyrians though some regular units may have used a common color with red and blue being popular.

                             

Assyrian auxiliary infantry

    These figures probably need no introduction as they have been around for decades by Wargame Foundry and still represent the better 25/28 (they are more 25 in size) biblical time frame in existence. These are temporary mounted on bases as they are painted for someone else who will provide the basing. He asked for variety of color schemes and shield colors something which would fit the historical appearance of such forces. Red and blues were known colors for the Assyrians but an uniform appearance would be more fitting for the standing army units not so much for the auxiliary units. I still intermixed red and blue colors with plenty of off whites/creams and such with additional patterns added in on the cloth. Iron was often used by this time in history both for the helmets and spearpoints but some bronze armor would not be out of placed.