The Assyrians Ride to Battle with Warlord Games
June 4, 2012 by brennon
The armies of Ancient history are reinforced once again by Warlord Games. This time its the Assyrians riding to battle atop mighty chariots in Hail Caesar!
Riding to battle in style. Why should an Assyrian King watch the battle on foot, or atop a horse, when he can ride into battle in a plush looking Chariot with a retainer holding a nice parasol over his head. Of course you would hope he was using the opportunity to study the battlefield, not relax!
And this is the Kisir Sharruit Regiment doing the dirty work. One of these regiments would be made up of many different peoples from around the empire but always commanded by an Assyrian veteran. Well drilled and heavily armoured, they were a force to be reckoned with.
Will you expand your Assyrian army with Warlord?
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I have mixed feelings about the chariot – the plain panels on it mean you can leave it as-is for historical gaming or you can play Pimp My Chariot and add bits to turn it into a fantasy ride for your warlord. However something about the horses isn’t quite right, the leg musculature seems a bit thin and also ‘angular’ like it was rendered rather than hand-sculpted. A good piece overall though and I like the scale mail on the soldiers too, different from the usual chainmail or Roman lorica-style stuff. The conical (lenticular?) shields also set them apart, I… Read more »
I’d love to build an army like this for Warhammer, it could represent a Tomb Kings army before, well, just a livelier version?
@thc303 Got to agree there is certainly something wrong with those horses