#8059 Persian Heavy Infantry
Dated: January 16, 2002, updated 2/11/02, 4/25/02, 6/9/02.
Box art and test shots. Please note that these are only test shots. Test shots are incomplete and unfinished.
This set contains ethnic Persians and the more heavily armored, elite part of the Persian army at the time of Alexander's conquest. These figures are not compatible with Persian army which invaded Greece and fought with Athens and Sparta, and the Persian infantry of the Greek conflict are not compatible with the Persian army of this period.
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Kardakes
Archer
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Figures scanned at 300DPI, 100% and are approximately 5.5 times real size.
Suggested reading:
Duncan Head - "The Achaemenid Persian Army" (Montvert, Stockport, 1992) ISBN 1-874101-00-0.
Duncan Head - "Armies of the Macedonian & Punic Wars" (Wargames Research Group, UK, 1983) no ISBN.
Nick Sekunda - "The Persian Army 560-330 BC" (Osprey, London, 1992) ISBN: 185532-250-1.
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