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One of my long running goals for 2022 was to release a supplement for the Ionian Revolt for Men of Bronze onto the Wargame Vault. I have a similar supplement called Hercules Abroad that greatly expands the Greek world across the Mediterranean and adds more armies and supplements. I also have a similar supplement for Wars of the Republic called Revolt! that focuses on the 3rd Servile War.

Before Men of Bronze was released, I wrote up an article and campaign to play the Ionian Revolt for Wargames, Soldiers, and Sailors. However, due to a lack of a Persian army for photographing, the article was not published. Instead, I did a piece on the Battle of Delium instead. However, I still had my notes and what I wrote for the Ionian Revolt.

It was these notes and this article that would form the basis of the Ionian Revolt supplement. In addition, the Ionian Revolt seemed like an ideal venue to take a closer look at the Persian Empire lines-of-battle, and revisit some of their non-Greek foes as well.

However, in order for any of that to happen I needed to get over one big hurdle. I needed a Persian Army! This had thwarted my initial article and at the time, there were not any great plastic models available. However, time moves on and now we have not 1 but 2 ranges of plastic Persians to choose from!



and onto batch painting!




You can follow the progress on the blog with my first entry on the topic here:

http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-painting-desk-persians-for-ionian.html

The long painting war continues as I prepare my Persians troops for the Ionian Revolt campaign.

Here is a WIP of some unarmored infantry from Victrix Unlimited...


And then some light infantry/skirmisher types.....


My first 40 get completed and have some glamour shots, as I walk through the process of batch painting them all. You can read all about it on the Blood and Spectacles blog:
http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/11/on-painting-desk-calling-up-persian.html

Progress continues on the Persians for the Ionian Revolt.

Before Men of Bronze was released, I wrote up an article and campaign to play the Ionian Revolt for Wargames, Soldiers, and Sailors. However, due to a lack of a Persian army for photographing, the article was not published. Instead, I did a piece on the Battle of Delium instead. However, I still had my notes and what I wrote for the Ionian Revolt.

It was these notes and this article that would form the basis of the Ionian Revolt supplement. In addition, the Ionian Revolt seemed like an ideal venue to take a closer look at the Persian Empire lines-of-battle, and revisit some of their non-Greek foes as well.

However, in order for any of that to happen I needed to get over one big hurdle. I needed a Persian Army! This had thwarted my initial article and at the time, there were not any great plastic models available. However, time moves on and now we have not 1 but 2 ranges of plastic Persians to choose from!

All the infantry is completed, with finishing the archers.



You can see all the details on the Blood and Spectacles blog:
http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/12/on-painting-desk-our-arrows-will-blot.html

Nice Eric!

Thanks Doc!


I had a lot of rules writing goals for 2022. I had several projects that were close to completion and in post-production as 2022 dawned. These were all intended to eventually find a home on the Blood and Spectacles Wargames Vault page. One of the projects I was especially excited for was a supplement for Men of Bronze set during the Ionian Revolt. When the book initially came out, I wrote an article on the Ionian Revolt for Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. However, it never made publication as they lacked a Persian army for photos. I had run into the same problem myself! Thankfully, now a few manufacturers make them in plastic, so creating a Persian army is much easier now and I was able to revive my work on this topic for a supplement of my own!



So, what makes this supplement different from the last one? The previous one, Hercules Abroad focused on new Lines of Battle and scenarios with these forces to round out the Mediterranean Basin with the foes of the Greeks. This supplement has a very different focus and goals.

The first goal was create a multi-game simple campaign focusing on the activity in the Ionian Revolt. Therefore, there are 5 campaign historical scenarios, and there are also three additional scenarios that focus on some of the interesting aspects of the campaign beyond the field battles; naval warfare and sieges! In addition, I created rules for Solo-play that can be used in the Ionian Revolt or anywhere else you wish.

You can read all the designer's notes on the blog here:
http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/12/wargame-design-ionian-revolt.html

Then, you can also find the supplement on the Wargame Vault here:
https://www.wargamevault.com/product/411101/The-Ionian-Revolt--Men-of-Bronze-Supplement

So, in addition to putting together a new Persian army this year, I also put together a supplement and campaign to go with them!

With that said, I finished off the last of the Persian army that I have available, the cavalry.



I actually have two units of light cavalry and 1 unit of heavy cavalry. You can see it all on the blog, and some "in action" shots.

http://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2022/12/on-painting-desk-send-in-cavalry.html

Thanks for following along. I got it done jus tin time for 2023, so hopefully next year we can see a few battle reports using the army! I will also keep my eyes open for a decent Persian chariot or three.