Hi Simon...the Zvezda tower. I got asked on TMP about wether it would work with 28mm, so I put a perry bod on it (plastic WotR ) and yep..it looks fine..in a way it looks better. They don´t make your legionaires look dowdy..not at all..they add to the mix. Cheers paul
I can well imagine you were chuffed with these, they're beautiful figures, the shields are simply superb, but I also like it the helmets in different colours, it adds a lot to the unit, if only we could all paint like this!!!
Just to make sure...the bods on the siege tower are 1/72nd...i have put a perry fig on the tower and it looks good but it´s not in the photos Cheers paul
6 September 2011 at 16:44
I swappped some stuff with Einar-Olafson Painting's Andres around the same time as he painted yesterday's Command figures, and the figures he gave me included around 20 Copplestone Caesarians, around half of which were completely finished, and the balance at least 60% there. He has mentioned that he painted these some years ago, but the standard of painting is excellent (far better than I am capable of), particularly the shields.
I've done my best to finish the unit in a similar style. I painted a standard bearer, completed the unfinished minis (saving a few of Andres' unarmoured legionaries for a later unit), and based. Luckily there were just enough hand painted shields for the unit. Click to see the details.
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small departure on basing; 20mm depth just isn't enough to do justice for these Copplestone
figures, so they are now the only unit in all my armies on 25mm depth bases. They won't be the last, I'll do this for the whole of the next legion (my third Caesarian).
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I really like the subtle variations in the shield designs (above). Most
of my Caesarians have plain shields, and I think of the figures with
ornate shields, such as these, as being in the Praetorian bodyguards of
leaders such as Octavian and Mark Antony.
These are by some measure my best-painted legionaries!
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Close this window Jump to comment formThey are very spiffing!!!!! The shield variations fit well with the armour variations within the group..lovely painting..
Cheers
Paul
5 September 2011 at 19:22
Hi Paul, I was chuffed to get these, as you can imagine. Unfortunately they make all my other legionaries look dowdy!
5 September 2011 at 19:46
Gorgeous. Here's hoping they fight as well as look good!
5 September 2011 at 20:17
Hi Simon...the Zvezda tower. I got asked on TMP about wether it would work with 28mm, so I put a perry bod on it (plastic WotR ) and yep..it looks fine..in a way it looks better.
They don´t make your legionaires look dowdy..not at all..they add to the mix.
Cheers
paul
5 September 2011 at 20:37
Godness what a menacing face expressions you have achieved!! I really like them
5 September 2011 at 20:39
Those look great! you really managed to get the style right,well done.
5 September 2011 at 21:23
Just fantastic! I too love those little bits of individuality on the shields.
5 September 2011 at 21:45
Yes a bit of variety in colour on the shields looks very realistic Simon.
5 September 2011 at 22:21
Fabulous work - those hand-painted shields are superb. Best, Dean
6 September 2011 at 05:27
Thanks chaps; I only wIsh I could paint shields like these!
Simon
6 September 2011 at 08:26
I can well imagine you were chuffed with these, they're beautiful figures, the shields are simply superb, but I also like it the helmets in different colours, it adds a lot to the unit, if only we could all paint like this!!!
6 September 2011 at 09:00
Absolutely awesome, I love them.
6 September 2011 at 09:26
Amazing work!
6 September 2011 at 14:31
Just to make sure...the bods on the siege tower are 1/72nd...i have put a perry fig on the tower and it looks good but it´s not in the photos
Cheers
paul
6 September 2011 at 16:44