Great stiff, Simon, the mix of helmet types looks very effective. I should have a useful command pack for you by around the middle of August - just need to move house first!
Ha, good point Simon, I might have known there was a good reason! I wonder if lefties were forced to do stuff right handed? I remember my grandad telling me he used to get caned at school if he picked things up or tried to write with his natural left hand.
I also suspect that they must have been made to fight righthanded, John. Imagine trying to form a shield wall including left handlers!
21 July 2013 at 15:47
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Here are the first 6 cohorts of my latest, third, Caesarian legion. All photos are clickable...
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Around a third were painted by Nick Speller, a third by myself and the remaining third are eBay repaints. It doesn't show in the photos, but the shields, tunics and plumes are in a variety of different shades of red.
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The miniatures are mostly Foundry and Companion, a mix of armoured and unarmoured, but I've also included a few Warlord Games casualty figures (on recommendation from Andres), which blend in very well. May need some more Warlords... I think the legate may be a Classical miniature, which were (for about 24 hours) available via Aventine.
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I've gone for a slightly different approach on basing. All the legionaries are in 8's on 60 x 50 bases, to save time deploying and moving them. The deeper bases also help to protect the relatively fragile spears.
If you want to see them in action, they will be in action at Partizan, Colours and SELWG...
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Close this window Jump to comment formGreat stiff, Simon, the mix of helmet types looks very effective. I should have a useful command pack for you by around the middle of August - just need to move house first!
Paul
17 July 2013 at 14:34
Thanks Paul! Hope your move goes well. Packing all those minis could take an hour or two... :-)
17 July 2013 at 14:50
lovely stuff, i like the wounded figured in the line up. nasty arm cut there.
17 July 2013 at 14:55
Someone should lend him a hand! Boom boom. ;-) Simon
17 July 2013 at 14:56
That´ll teach him to Keep his Hand in.
Great looking cohorts!
17 July 2013 at 16:45
Stunning look !!!
Best regards Michael
17 July 2013 at 20:53
AWESOME!
17 July 2013 at 21:05
Now that is great! Got me thinking big!
17 July 2013 at 23:11
Thanks David- they'll be at Partizan- will you be there?
17 July 2013 at 23:12
More soldiers than a Roman commander could hope for! Nicely done
18 July 2013 at 00:48
Very nice!
18 July 2013 at 02:05
Beautiful work there Simon. Very impressive!
18 July 2013 at 11:04
Thanks chaps! Simon
18 July 2013 at 11:06
You have done a great job on these boys. Don't know how, its far too hot for painting toy soldiers.
18 July 2013 at 23:07
How did he lose his left hand if he's holding a great big shield?
19 July 2013 at 14:54
everything is just EPIC, a nice book showing some huge battle scenes will be appreciated ;-)
20 July 2013 at 12:19
Thanks chaps!
John, perhaps he was a southpaw? ;-)
Simon
20 July 2013 at 14:13
Ha, good point Simon, I might have known there was a good reason! I wonder if lefties were forced to do stuff right handed? I remember my grandad telling me he used to get caned at school if he picked things up or tried to write with his natural left hand.
J
21 July 2013 at 15:42
I also suspect that they must have been made to fight righthanded, John. Imagine trying to form a shield wall including left handlers!
21 July 2013 at 15:47