Cretans, Books, and the Game

Well, due to the threat of inclement weather conditions, preventing Steve and I getting together, the game we had planned for last week didn't happen. 
One of those things, and sometimes erring on the side of extreme caution makes sense.

However, as I had some time off last week, I've been painting, and reading.
I finished these Cretan archers - ever present in any self-respecting Successor army.
I decided to paint their tunics a mix of very dark sea greens, some extremely dark blues, and black. In fact, they're pretty well almost all black until you get really close. I just wanted them to look a bit different to the standard Skirmishers of the period. I made their headbands blue as a field-sign indicating they will be on the blue (Antithesid) side in my Successors campaign.

I've also been stocking up my Successors library.



A bit of an Amazon binge added another six books to my ancients shelf. 
Flipped a coin as to which one to read first and am enjoying the ""Armies of Hellenistic States" very much indeed. It gives a good overview of the period, and the armies and is certainly whetting the appetite for the rest of the books. 

As yet, I haven't quite decided who my favourite of the Successors is... I always thought it might be Seleucus, but that's based on nothing more than a great picture of a Seleucid army way back in Miniature Wargames issue 4 in the early 1980s. Antigonus is also in the running. But, in reality, they all have their less-than-savoury features. I suspect that's what was needed to be victorious in the 3rd century BC!