A Roman painting update
post! In the overall scheme of things a mere month and a third doesn't seem too
long to wait, but its been that long since any interesting Roman-related news
appeared. With the matt varnish being applied to the latest batch of finished
models that interesting news has arrived.
I decided to paint the
remaining 16 slingers, half of my auxiliary cavalry (6 models on a total of 3
50mm by 50mm bases), my second tribune character model and a scorpion. After
starting I decided to add the other two scorpions in, and gradually worked my
way through all 32 models (the war-machines counting as 3 apiece – 2 crew and a
catapult). I actually finished painting a couple of weeks ago, but various bits
of life got in the way and I only 'dipped' and flocked and sprayed in the: last
couple of days.
I now have two units left to
paint; the 1st Cohort (a total of 24 legionaries to represent its extra
size), and a squadron of auxiliary cavalry (6 more horsemen), plus my overall
CO, plus his dog and handy helper. The army even got into a punchup last week
against a bunch of greeks (see part 11!), which enthused me enough to start on
the 1st Cohort.
Painted: 137
Un-finished: 33
Finally, and in a rare
twist, here is a picture of the latest troops to be finished.
One of the horses at the back seems to be a funny colour....Im counting 5 brown horses heads, but only 4 brown horses bodies....
ReplyDeleteThat would be because 4 horses have brown bodies, one has black and one a muddy white, but with a brown head. They are based on the actual horses at Erddig Hall
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