28mm Persian Army - part 2 - The Immortals

 Welcome back to my ongoing 28mm Persian project. When I left you last on this thread I had just completed the core of the Persian infantry. The report on this can be found HERE.

This force consisted of some 20 units (circa 450 figures). These were all sourced from either Victrix or Wargames Atlantic.

Of course what this army needs is the elite Infantry known as the Immortals. The Persian Kings had over 10,000 of these chaps who were the best of the very best and were as adept with hand weapons as they were with bows. Sadly my budget couldn't extend to 10,000 and as such I was limited to only 4 units of these.

As figure painters will be aware painting yellow uniforms can be a right pain so to help these folks stand out on the table they have all been given a uniform of yellow pyjamas, black armour and red shields. Their headwraps have been painted the same sand colour I used for all my other Persian troops. From my research Yellow was seen as a 'special' colour in the Persian empire on account of its costs to produce being so prohibitive. A perfect match for these elite royal guards.

The units themselves are fronted by Sparabara (shield bearers) armed with spears .

The rear ranks however differ from the core Persian infantry in as much as these have both archers and melee troops in position. I felt that this gave these troops a bit more heft and swagger in the ranks.

By putting each of the components on separate bases I can mix and match the units to create archer or melee only units if required.

And there we have it the Persian Immortals along with their divisional commander

Up next - The Persian Command - which you can now find HERE