Atomic Floozy Adventures

Tag: Mantinea

  • From the Painting Table – June 29

    From the Painting Table – June 29

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    Hoplites! Yes, even more hoplites! I’m begining to think I’ll be painting hoplites until Christmas. Here’s the fourth completed unit: The Mantineans The city-state of Mantinea was located in the central region of the Peloponnesus. The Mantineans were even mentioned in Homer’s catalog of ships in the Iliad. Mantinea’s patron diety was Poseidon and the…

  • From the Painting Table – May 1

    From the Painting Table – May 1

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    For the first time in a long time, I’ve felt like painting and today I finished an unit of hoplites to use in Rally Round the King from Two Hour Wargames. This unit will be the “Strategos” (general) of the Mantinean contingent of the Argive Alliance. In Rally Round the King, the unit will serve…