A great bunch of Ying-Yang romans..I´m trying to spot the 8 you have painted...haven´t. Cheers paul
21 April 2011 at 13:00
Not my finest photo, but here is the first of my 2 new Late Roman Auxilia units. The shield pattern is loosely based on the Armigeri Defensores Seniores, but I think of these as a unit of Auxilia. Stunning work on the shields, which I bought on eBay along with the majority of the figures (I painted 8 figures to match).
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I've based them so that the line curves back slightly at the ends, so that the unit is somewhat "bow" shaped. The reason for this is that, when I take the middle two half depth elements and put them at the back, it gives the unit a wedge-shaped appearance, which I think of as a cuneus. The idea for this came from reading Simon MacDowell's excellent Late Roman Osprey.
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The original painter did a great job with the decorative patches, but I hope that I have had a fair crack at matching them on mine.
I've now got 4 Perry Late Roman units; the start of a small army. I could do with a Legione, next, but have lost the remaining figures I have, somewhere in the Lead Mountain.
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Close this window Jump to comment formNice and colourful.
Cheers
Christopher
20 April 2011 at 23:32
Wow - that's an actual shield pattern? Looks like the ol' yin/yang thing going on. Nice work all around too. Love the draco standard. Regards, Dean
20 April 2011 at 23:36
Yes it is an actual design (although the colours don't match those in the Notitia). Roman hippies! :-)
I really love the Late Roman approach to shield designs.
20 April 2011 at 23:54
clever idea for the basing. Good looking cohort.
21 April 2011 at 00:24
Beautiful job as always, BRB!
Cheers,
Aaron
21 April 2011 at 02:53
Good to see a few late Roaming Romans Simon.
21 April 2011 at 10:58
Very nice look !!! Great work , compliments !!!
21 April 2011 at 11:46
A great bunch of Ying-Yang romans..I´m trying to spot the 8 you have painted...haven´t.
Cheers
paul
21 April 2011 at 13:00