This was my first Biblical era army. No doubt, repeated viewings of Charleton
Heston and "The Ten Commandments" had a lot to do with me picking
this army. That and Egypt's glorious, long history, which is a blast to
read about in both historical fiction and history.
Light Chariots
The light chariots are the elite of this army. They are light, manueverable, mobile missile platforms that would rain down archery on their enemies. DBA doesn't really bring out their strengths well, though, treating them as ordinary cavalry. If I were to run a campaign set in this era (which I would like to do one day), I would hope to be able to come up with either a variant to the DBA rules that permitted distance shooting for the Egyptian chariots, or use another set of rules.
These figs were difficult to paint, what with the stripes down the horse cloths, the spokes on the chariot wheels, and so on. I think they came out well, though!
Infantry
The other workhorse of the army is the infantry, composed of the heavy foot spearmen/kopesh men (that axe thingy they are holding) and close order bowmen. The Ancient sources I have read seem to praise the Egyptian foot as unusually steady and durable.
Mercenaries
The mercenaries of the New Kingdom Egyptian army come from the nearby lands: Nubian archers, Libyan javelinmen and warbands from the Sea Peoples. They definitely add a splash of color to the army, as well as giving some flexibility of different troops types to the pharaohs.
