Enyalios!

DBx Bases: 48 + 7
15mm Spears: 128
DBA Corps: 1
Saga Points: 6

The term “Xeno” is Greek in origin. It technically refers others, or those different in origin. As you can guess, its been co-opted into English in this same form – Xenophobia is a fear of those who are different in origin. Its also used in taxonomy, referring to strange or having unusual traits – the Xenocyon, or “Strange Dog” is believed to be an ancestor of the African Wild Dog.

Also, Zeno was Greek name, and is associated with multiple personalities throughout the ancient era, most notably Zeno of Elea, a philosopher who was known for his paradoxes, an example of which is Achilles and the Tortoise.

So, what has this all got to do with my painting? Very little actually..

As some of you may have guessed, I’m actually doing a second project alongside this one – the people on the SAGA facebook page are going a “point per month” project, and I used my recent time to do this month’s point. But I decided to add somthing to my Hoplites project as well, so I did a point of Gauls and Iberians, since I knew I’d need a few bases of these also for the Syracuse army corps I’m planning on.

Its interesting that Syracuse is the only army that has foreign allies in its ranks. They do exist for Alexander and the later successors, but the mainline Greek armies are pretty much exclusively Greek. Its almost like Syracuse realised they needed the extra men, and just hired foreign mercenaries to bulk the army out.

Ah, well, enjoy some pictures

Next month, we’ll get back on track