Classical (Nanda Empire)/Mauryan (Mauryan Empire) Indian Hereditary Archer/Spear Unit #1

This unit finished was completed some time ago but was "put away" and did not see the light of day until the Battle of Cunaxa 401BCE wargame we put on earlier this year for the Society of Ancients, Battle Day In The North, held at Durham Wargames Group. Then being the only Classical Indian unit I have painted, was promptly packed again! 

 

I'm going to be entering a local Warhammer Ancient Battles V.2 tournament event at the end of September. Without spending extra cash on splashing out on another bare metal army, I needed a suitable army so pulled out my barely touched Classical/Mauryan Indians from Eureka Miniatures UK, The Miniature Company, Classical Indian range with the aim of getting them all painted up for the . 

So, this is the first unit to be photographed, soon to be followed by another. I'm waiting on an order from Warbases so as to be able to i/ place this unit in the correct size movement tray and ii/ fill out the number of trays needed for the rest of the army.

I actually found these miniatures quite difficult to paint. whilst not exactly a lack of detail to paint, more so that the details were shallow and harder to pick out. Still, painting is always a learning experience and different sculpts require different methods. I'm painting this lot up as rapidly as I can as  I literally have a matter of two months maximum to paint up hundreds of miniatures including chariots etc!

For now, here is what I have.....

Cheers for now.