The sling were a weapon used in all ancient battles, the battles of late antiquity, the early middle ages, the late middle ages
and certainly until the invention of gunpowder.
The particular figures have Greek characteristics, such as the Greek hat and the tunic that leaves the right shoulder uncovered.
For these reasons they can be used in any Greek or Hellenistic army from 700 BC. (date on which the first city-states begin to be created in the Greek area) up to 30 BC. (when the last Hellenistic kingdom is conquered by the Romans).
But mostly I will use them as Rhodian slingers for Alexander's army or as slingers for the Spartan or Athenian army.

Greek slingers part 1:

Nice painting. I like how you made some of the more vibrant colors still look somewhat subdued. They are Zvezda, right?

I read somewhere that the Romans used slingers, but I am unsure when they began, and stopped with this. Maybe the ones without the greek hats could be used for this? Or did the Romans not have a bare shoulder (That tunic type).

Thank you Claus. The figures are from the boxes, Zvezda Greek Infantry and Zvezda Carthaginian Infantry. I wouldn't pick them for the Roman army. However, the Romans used light infantry of other ethnicities.

Ah. I was searching for the one from the Carthaginian box, but I was only looking at Greeks, Macedonians, ... but not those. :) I should have known though, most of the sets with Carthaginian slingers have them having an extra sling around the head.

With all the sets out these days, identifying which figure is from which box is tough. Unless you have a super memory.

By the way, I like muscle tones too on some of those figures :)

Thank you again Claus. The Carthaginians mainly used Balearic slingers which are best approached by Hat industrie and less so by this Zvezda code.

Greek slingers part 2:

They look very nice, too :)

What did you use as basing materials, and how do you store based figures?

Well, the base frame is made of balsa material. Then I stick sand and stones and paint them in three color shades. I store them in boxes that I buy for this purpose. According to the regulations, I put 4 figures in a heavy infantry base, 3 figures in a medium infantry base, 2 figures in a light infantry base, 3 cavalrymen in a heavy cavalry base and 2 cavalrymen in a light cavalry base.