SELEUCIDS ready!

Seleucid Elephants with Thracians and lighter troops behind

Well it has taken a while and the last troops have been called up for the Seleucid army. The Seleucids of course were one of the three larger kingdoms that emerged out of the collapse of Alexander's short lived empire. By about 280 BCE there were three kingdoms dominant, the Macedonian kingdom based at Pella in northern Greece, the Ptolemaic Lagid dynasty based in Egypt and the largest the Seleucid based in modern day Syria, Iraq, Iran.
This army like the Ptolemies has a range of figures from various cultures. They include Greeks, Macedonians, Persians, Syrians, Arabs just to name a few.

This force I have built is equal to 50 Elephants, 50 Chariots, 51,000 Infantry (Of which 16,000 were heavy phalangists-take for ever to make) and some 13,000 Cavalry and 1,000 Camelry. This is a total force of 64,000 which we know various Seleucid kings could muster. Below are some shots of the army been put together:

Some Seleucid Pikes backed up by city militia and arab levies

The Pikes army mainly newline designs, there are lots of HaT and Caesar miniatures in this army as well as few Zvezda.

Half off Seleucid army including the 11,000 Pike in the centre guarded on their wings by Thoraki, Antiochus is in Cavalry at far end of left wing.

WHERE TO NOW:

The year is 280 BCE and the random event generator I have made means that the Seleucids are sending a huge force against Ptolemy. So over 60,000 Seleucids are going to taken on a Ptolemaic army (which is nearly read just about 3,000 more Pike to complete-the right of the above pictures has some completed Ptolemies). There were seven wars between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies. In the east meanwhile Chandrugupta is moving with a large Indian force, (Over 60,000 plus 2,000 Elephants), maybe he will give elephants to the Seleucids instead of using force to gain some land. Note The kings are true but picked randomly.

New update : it has been a while

Sorry for not reporting an update at all in June, it has been hectic at the office is my only (lame) excuse. 

I have been painting, mainly completing (Almost) my Ptolemaic army. I have 100 phalangists from newline I am working on plus some HaT and Caesar nubian warriors. I have completed 4 bases of Polybian Roman Citizen Cavalry (newline) and will start on the rest of the Republican Romans soon. These ones are Newline Designs, Strelets and HaT. Photo time...

Early attempt at Macedonian army HAt ALexander's light infantry in foreground these are Agrianes. Behind them HaT Hypaspists then some Zvezda, HaT and Caesar miniatures. 

And as the sun goes down in west, The Persian horde ride forth, Mainly HaT but also some Zvezda, Caesar and so on

Han Dynasty Chinese (Newline and Caesar)

 Well thats all for now, new update when Ptolemies are completed hopefully mid July