The Great King

A Minifigs PBs range Persian chariot carrying The Lord of Asia into yet another defeat...Though I now recall he did do quite well when he invaded Carthage. More on tha some other time.

Three Different Ranges

Examples of the three main ranges of figures I use are to be seen here. At the top Garrison 20mm Ionian Hoplites, in the centre Minifigs PBs range Peltasts and in the foreground Minifigs S range Persian lancers. The PB range (minus the s) were remodelled c.1974 becoming bulkier, chunkier and in my view much less appealing. The S range figures went out of production c.1973. The S range Persians shown here were bought from a figure dealer named Tony Wade who traded under the name Warwager. Tony - a dapper, chatty fellow from Ilkley used to turn up at all the shows in Yorkshire and the North-East with boxes full of old school figures ( bought over 600 castings off him at Stockton once - including these Persians - for 15p each). Tony's catchphrase was "I've got a box full of old chariots somewhere. I'll dig it out and bring it to Newcastle/Durham/Sheffield..." sadly he never did and now he seems to have disappeared...

Assyrian Cavalry

A unit of Assyrian cavalry. These are Garrison 20mm figures painted by Clive Norman. All the figures that feature on this site are vintage or "old school" figures that were originally designed in the late-1960s or early-1970s. Many are long out of production, others such as these chaps are still available - from Rob at Garrison (though you may have to ask, as they don't appear in his catalogue these days).