Saturday 26 June 2021

Persians for sale (sold!) - posted by Dirk Heinsius, 22 June 2021

Persians for Sale
As many of you know I am replacing my old 1st Corps Persians, with new Victrix Persians, which undoubtedly means that their fighting ability will go done 🙁
Anyway my old Persians are up for sale, and before I advertise them online, I will be bringing them to Call to Arms.
If anyone is interested I'm looking for about $1100 for the lot ($4 per foot figure and $7 per mounted), either PM me or come and see me at Call to Arms.
The army comprises the following figures:
8 Sp(O) Mercenary Hoplites (Old Glory) 32 figs
5 Ps(S) Kushites 10 figs
6 Bw(X/O) Immortals 48 figs
3 Bw(X/O) Sparabara 18 figs*
4 Ax(O) Persian Auxilia 12 figs*
7 Cv(O) Persian Cavalry 21 figs
2 Cv(O) Guard Cavalry 6 figs*
8 Lh(F) Horse Archers 16 figs
2 Lh(O) Sargatian Lasso Men 4 figs
4 Ps(S) Thracians 8 figs
4 Ps(I) Greeks 8 figs
1 Cv(S)c Indian Chariot 1 model
1 Cv(O)c Persian General in Chariot 1 model
2 Cv(O) Persian sub-generals 6 figs
2 Cv(O) Greek Cavalry 6 figs

(The pictures were taken some time ago, figures marked with an * have recently been repainted, and all figures have been re based, since these pics were taken) 

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Vincent Cholewa
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Alastair Donald you really want this army!
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  • Dirk Heinsius
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    Vincent Cholewa Stirring again 😃
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  • Alastair Donald
    I’ve had it already.
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    • Vincent Cholewa
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      Alastair Donald these would be the supporters of Cyrus the Younger. Then there was the Corinthian War when Sparta and its ally Persia fought those pesky Greeks!
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  • Alastair Donald
    It’s a very pretty army. Dirk had put a lot of talent and effort into it. And it’s got a great back story.
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  • Alastair Donald
    Are you sure you’ve got the Persians on the right side of the Corinthian war?
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    • Vincent Cholewa
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      Alastair Donald yes. Various Greek cities, including Sparta, were happy to ally with Persia at different times depending on the politics of the day.
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  • Alastair Donald
    Vince, the Persians swapped sides in the Corinthian War. They only helped the Spartans at the very end.
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Alastair Donald
Well, it’s a fundamental fact of the Greek city states that they saw themselves as independent from each other. Hence the term ‘city-state’. There was a concept of Greece as a country, as the Greeks saw states outside that country is being ‘Barbos’, or barbarians. However, Macedonia fell into that category too and yet they spoke Greek, so that wasn’t the criteria to avoid being called Barbos. Persians certainly were Barbos. I don’t think the Asia Minor colonies were considered Barbos if they had been set up by a Greek city state. But we digress.
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Dirk Heinsius
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Sold 🙂
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