Archaic Temple and Books!

I had two great arrivals in the post yesterday. A set of 8 'Grecian' pillars, used for cake decoration, and a copy of 'Men of Bronze' edited by Keegan and Viggiano.

The eight plastic pillars, some mould lines but a lot better than I was expecting.

 The pillars are intended for an Archaic temple as a terrain and scenario piece for Aristeia. The columns are of the Ionic order, which depending on period, would put any scenarios that take place in the east areas of the Greek world although the style was later scene all over the mainland. The temple will be of the amphiprostyle type. This due to a number of considerations;

• It's relatively small (good for storage and general gaming)
• Uses a limited number of columns (expensive)  while still giving the feel of larger temples

Differing Greek temple types. Amphiprostyle can be seen in the top right corner.

In the coming days sketches and plans shall be created, along with the base sized and cut.

The front cover of the paper back edition.

Next is the edited volume 'Men of Bronze'. I've only had the chance to read the introduction so far but it gave a rather good outline of Greek military history and the so called 'hoplite revolution' up to the present day. The purpose of the volume is to examine the so called 'orthodox' position of the Hoplite revolution and to test the revisionist methods. I shall give a in depth review when I have finished the book.

And finally I purchased this while out for a little bit of fun. I'm a huge fan of the Strugatskys and look forward to reading it.