Seasons Greetings, dodgy Achaemenid Persians and that elephant!

Firstly I want to send Seasons Greetings to those who follow my little blog and especially to those who have supported my painting service over recent years (or decade in Old John and Tony's case). 

I do hope to get a little actual wargaming content on here soon now that I am close to finishing my first couple of DBA armies, our youngest son in law has expressed an interest in historical gaming (he's a Warhammer player), so plan is to suggest a learning game together over the festive break. 

I think any future DBA armies will be possibly Xyston Miniatures as I have to say I have not been overwhelmed by by the Essex figures sadly. The late Persian ready made army contained quite a number of figures that were not at all suitable for the period so had to be consigned to the spares drawer. but at least I managed to get a basic 12 element force from what was there. I will need to add more spears as options. So, sufficient to get started with at least! I quite like the Essex elephant though and thoroughly enjoyed painting it although it's not useful for fighting the Achaemenid Persians. Next up I need to paint some Hoplites, possibly Spartans and Athenians using those fine LittleBigMan studios full colour transfers.

Cheers for now, have a good one and see you in the New Year.