Ancient Greek Hoplites are a form of infantry, comprising citizen soldiers traditionally armed with a spear and shield, and varying degrees of armour.
Over the centuries the armour changed, at one point only the head was armoured.
Immortal Miniatures brought out a box set of plastic Ancient Greek Hoplites in 2010.
Unlike later boxes from other manufacturers, these are two part boxes.
The box contains 34 figures, one command sprue and four identical Ancient Greek Hoplite sprues.
The command sprue has one body with the Muscle Cuirass and one body for a piper There are an assortment of ornate helmets two bare arms with
Kopis and one armoured arm with a
Kopis. There are two Diplylon shields with integral arms.
The main sprue has eight bodies. There is one Bell (Bronze) Cuirass, five linen armour bodies and two unarmored bodies.
There are enough Corinthian style helmets for all the figures, plus a number of different style helmets. There is one
Xiphos arm and ten spear arms. There are eight Hoplite shields with integral arms (note they have two different shoulder types). There are four Xiphos scabbards and four Kopis scabbards, plus two shield curtains.
There is a sheet of transfers.
The box contains a small booklet covering the equipment of a hoplite.
Here is the first block of an Ancient Greek phalanx, five in linen cuirass and one in a Bell cuirass.
Two unarmoured hoplites.
Though traditionally Ancient Greeks fought with the spear and shield (Oathmark Spearmen), I wanted some armoured infantry (Oathmark Warriors) so used the Bell Cuirass. This is the command figure, using the Kopis with armoured arm, one of the ornamental heads and the Dipylon shield.
Armoured Warriors.
Armoured Warrior with Bell Cuirass.
Size comparison with an Oathmark Skeleton Soldier.
Size comparison with a Frostgrave Cultist.
