Thanks chaps! Another year or two and I'll have the unit completed. ;-) The riders are nicely sculpted, I think.
Yes DT they are VVV transfers. I had to cut them up to fit them around the shield bosses, so it was a bit fiddly. The blue is to match the colour of the LBMS Praetorian shields I expect to use.
Hi Gabrielle, I rather fear that the Romans never achieved that blue. Just possibly they could have imported ludicrously expensively imported Lapis Lazuli, maybe, from Afghanistan? I have a few units in blue shields, probably a few too many.
The figures are drilled and mounted on brass rod, which is pushed into the cork. The champagne corks have a 2p coin stuck to the flat underside, to gice them a little weight, and the coin has magnetic sheet stuck on it which holds them upright on my tray.
Wehn they are finished, I snip the brass rod off at 2mm length from the minis bums, and this fits into a hole drilled into the horses' saddles.
Cheers, Simon
27 November 2011 at 13:26
These chaps are the rank and file of the cavalry for my Praetorian guard cavalry elements; champagne corks seem an appropriate temporary base for these. I'll eventually have 2 units of 6, as the cavalry detachments of the two 24-man cohorts I have planned. I may eventually end up with 3.
[Image]I've just taken advantage of a clear and sunny London day to gloss lacquer them. It'll be a while before the unit gets finished, because the command figures I ordered from Black Tree Designs (in September, grrr) still haven't arrived. I've chased and ordered some more.
I know, somewhere, I have another 3-4 dozen Black Tree cavalry, but can I find the blighters? I've been scouring the lead mountain, but so far to no avail...
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9 January 2011 at 12:58
Looking good BRBC. I'll be watching with interest to see how your project comes along.
I've tried painting horse & rider separate but find I have less problems if I glue them together first.
9 January 2011 at 14:10
They're looking good. I really like the helmet sculpting and the scorpion shield design. Dean
9 January 2011 at 17:10
the decals are VVV, aren't they ?
9 January 2011 at 17:11
Very nice and really like the shade of blue.
Cheers
Christopher
9 January 2011 at 17:12
Thanks chaps! Another year or two and I'll have the unit completed. ;-) The riders are nicely sculpted, I think.
Yes DT they are VVV transfers. I had to cut them up to fit them around the shield bosses, so it was a bit fiddly. The blue is to match the colour of the LBMS Praetorian shields I expect to use.
9 January 2011 at 17:29
Heh, you won't want to meet the originals of those in a dark alley. ;)
Do you know what materials the Romans used to get such a pretty blue? (It's another item on my research list: Roman dyes.)
9 January 2011 at 20:27
Hi Gabrielle, I rather fear that the Romans never achieved that blue. Just possibly they could have imported ludicrously expensively imported Lapis Lazuli, maybe, from Afghanistan? I have a few units in blue shields, probably a few too many.
But it is a very pretty blue!
Simon
9 January 2011 at 23:40
What do you have the figures attached to?
27 November 2011 at 13:16
Hi Larry,
The figures are drilled and mounted on brass rod, which is pushed into the cork. The champagne corks have a 2p coin stuck to the flat underside, to gice them a little weight, and the coin has magnetic sheet stuck on it which holds them upright on my tray.
Wehn they are finished, I snip the brass rod off at 2mm length from the minis bums, and this fits into a hole drilled into the horses' saddles.
Cheers, Simon
27 November 2011 at 13:26