Persians Get Unleashed For Footsore’s Mortal Gods
August 12, 2019 by brennon
Footsore Miniatures & Games has now released a bunch of their Persians into the mix for those playing Mortal Gods. You'll have noticed these updates to the range before in previews and such but you can now grab them alongside their cards.
The range of models is led by the Padan Persian Lochagos here who acts as the leader of your force, able to lay down the law and make sure that your warriors fight until the end. He is then backed up with additional hero support by the likes of the Immortal.
These feared warriors were some of the best in the Persian army and were given their name because it seemed impossible to beat them in battle. Much like the Spartans they were trained at an early age to be warriors and do nothing but kill.
Backing up heroes like these are also a lot of solid troop options for your force. So, check them out below...
Spearmen
Sparabara
Archers
These options will make up the core of your force and give you a good backbone from which to work on building the rest of your force. I think it's good to have a nice mix of ranged and melee options within this force, giving you lots of flexibility. The Persian force is also another good excuse to really get stuck into painting bright and colourful ancient armies!
Make sure to dive into the Mortal Gods range if you'd like to have a deep dive into an awesome Ancient skirmish game.
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Those look really good.
fabulous Persian figures.
I will never understand how companies can release official product photos with bent spears. Decent sculpts otherwise, though I doubt the use of sparabara in a skirmish context.
@subedai the game also features Greeks formed into phalanx. And while I understand your point, the game actually works quite well in that regard.
There are definitely times when forming into a phalanx is a good idea and others when breaking up the phalanx is the better option. I’m sure using the sparabara will be the same.
The figures themselves are quite nice, I’ve a number of Footsore miniatures for Saga, Gangs of Rome, Test of Honour and Mortal Gods. May need to get some Persians too.
To be fair… the “phalanx” in Mortal Gods isn’t really a “phalanx” more of a group of individuals carrying large shields huddled together for a brief defensive benefit. Which actually fits the time period anyway. I only mention this because (as with sparabara) there has been talk of the non-historicity of a “phalanx” at the skirmish level of play. When you actually play the game and start to understand the rules (which are cracking BTW) you’ll see it’s not a true “phalanx” nor was it intended to be… they just called it the most appropriate term at hand I guess.
Serious paint job on these. Looks intimidating to have a force of these!
These look great. As a side note, some people shouldn’t paint eyes.