I like these guys, they all pride themselves on their fighting ability....but how will they work as a team? Better I hope than than the actual Gladiators did in AD68.
Lets hope they fight as good as their paint work! Nice unit.
Hi Trailape, sorry I missed your comment. I used the Halfords rust-red primer; this turns out to be a good base colour for nekkid minis.
Normally I paint over black, but there's no point in using black for a mass of flesh tones. They should look ruddy marvellous when complete!
2 March 2009 at 09:49
...call for desperate measures; and to a Roman, few measures are more desperate than arming a bunch of slaves! Still, with a horde of Germans ravaging the Po valley it is time to offer these chaps the chance to earn their freedom in exchange for dangerous military service.
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These desperate heroes were painted for me by the highly talented and extremely prolific Greg Privat; I then did some highlighting and basing. They actually depict later, EIR gladiators from the 69AD Civil War. The figures are a mix of Foundry and Crusader.
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This is a progress shot of my Galatian unit. There is not a great deal of progress, because I have been struggling with The Mother of All Essays; now happily vanquished, but around half have a basecoat, and all have a thin coat of Ronseal.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI like these guys, they all pride themselves on their fighting ability....but how will they work as a team? Better I hope than than the actual Gladiators did in AD68.
Lets hope they fight as good as their paint work! Nice unit.
23 February 2009 at 18:35
I'd put my money on the Batavians, anyday... ;-)
23 February 2009 at 21:57
Nice job Simon )
24 February 2009 at 20:31
Nice job Greg!!
24 February 2009 at 23:50
They look great! May I ask what you've basecoated / undercoated with?
25 February 2009 at 10:56
Hi Trailape, sorry I missed your comment. I used the Halfords rust-red primer; this turns out to be a good base colour for nekkid minis.
Normally I paint over black, but there's no point in using black for a mass of flesh tones. They should look ruddy marvellous when complete!
2 March 2009 at 09:49