So much for the finished
product; having deployed the lot on the table for their first bash against Red’s
ghostly Greeks (a while ago now) I was disappointed by how much they blended in
with the tabletop! It didn’t help that
Reds troops were very bright, but it still sent me away thinking something
needed to be done, and ages after I’ve started on that.
My troops didn’t follow my imagery
of a wall of shields advancing unstoppably upon the enemy because they were
simply too dark (although they still
seemed to bring fear to the Greeks). So
I thought of two possible solutions; repaint the shields a brighter colour, and
give the armour a lighter tint. I
started with the shields and rejected blue to stick with a slightly muddied
light red, I think its come off quite well.
The attempt at highlighting the armour was less successful, however the
shield effect may be enough.
I’ve finished 2 cohorts in
this colour scheme, and the picture shows them compared with 2 original cohorts
(not a good picture sadly). I’m going to
try and get the other 3 cohorts done soon, the rest of the army should be fine
as it is.
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