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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Exiledadmiral on May 24, 2018, 09:49:02 PM
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Hi all, in my quest to never completely finish an army and to spread myself across all the boards on this fine forum I've started yet another project! I've always fancied an Imperial Roman army and when I see the Victrix Romans recently I couldn't resist! I've got ten assembled so far and have begun basecoating the lot but I thought I'd focus the Centurion and his Optio to start. Lovely miniatures and really fun to paint.
(https://i.imgur.com/zQQ1m4m.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ShZMd45.jpg)
They're not entirely finished, I'll probably do a few more highlights and the bases need finishing but I'm pretty pleased for an evening's work!
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Having spent a bit of today sticking warlord Romans together I'm very jealous of those, excellent paint jobs.
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They look great!
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Thanks both! I almost ended up with the warlord Romans but decided against them when I saw some reviews mentioning their diminutive size. I've got tomorrow off work so hoping to get some more done.
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Excellent start , I,d like to see more please .
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I have heard that the Victrix EI Romans are the best out there. These certainly look great. Happily I am immune from your wicked attempt at seduction because I know they are plastic! hahaha what do you think of that?
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I have heard that the Victrix EI Romans are the best out there. These certainly look great. Happily I am immune from your wicked attempt at seduction because I know they are plastic! hahaha what do you think of that?
Haha I think my wife would be worried to know that I'm trying to seduce people on Internet forums! Happily though even she likes these models, I think the historical aspect interests her more than my usual fare. Personally I don't mind whether a model is plastic or metal, what in particular puts you off plastic?
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Haha I think my wife would be worried to know that I'm trying to seduce people on Internet forums! Happily though even she likes these models, I think the historical aspect interests her more than my usual fare. Personally I don't mind whether a model is plastic or metal, what in particular puts you off plastic?
It's the lack of weight and the fragility of thin parts. When they first came out I bought a box of the Victrix Napoleonic British and I went to work very keen putting them together. But within an hour I had broken off half a dozen bayonets.
I am (half)seriously looking at the Victrix Romans . Maybe I could swap the pila for metal ones.
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Lovely painting :-*
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Got some more done today!
(http://i.imgur.com/2CXWQLF.jpg)
Still WIP, the glue hasn't even dried on the static grass, but that's it for today so I thought I'd update. It's the lack of weight and the fragility of thin parts.
Unfortunately you're right, I had the standard snap on the Signifer and had to do some very fiddly pinning to get it back on. The pilums seem much sturdier though. You don't get this trouble with heroic scale cos their weapons are thicker than their arms :D
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They look awesome. I am just waiting for 2 boxes of these to come.
Very inspiring.
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They look great. Lovely figures. Very clean, sharp paintwork :)
I must resist!!!
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Very nice work! :-*
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beautifully painted ! will you painting up enough for a large or small game? i will be painting up enough for a full ten cohort legion
brian
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Thanks for the kind comments! It seems as though everyone's got some of these on order or is desperately trying not to be tempted!
beautifully painted ! will you painting up enough for a large or small game? i will be painting up enough for a full ten cohort legion
brian
I think I'll go for a fairly small force. Its definitely something I'll add to as I go, I fancy some war machines and cavalry. I admire your dedication to do a whole legion! It'll be great to see it as it progresses, I'll keep an eye out for it.
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Very nice paining on those Victrix Romans. :-*
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Hello all, I'm back with an update! I've now got a ten man squad that I'm pretty happy with, just a few more details to finish like a SPQR on the Signifer.
(http://i.imgur.com/6HIZLHt.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/roflNLB.jpg)
I decided to give the rank and file less brass/gold details than the officers to distinguish them a little. Need to flock their bases but the shields have varnish on at the moment so I'll do that tomorrow.
(http://i.imgur.com/Enkfv5U.jpg)
I've got a few roman character models to paint that should be fun additions, but not historically or proportionately accurate.
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Good work, now you just need another five thousand or so to finish the legion off ;D
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Very nice work!
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The shields rims look like the could use a little tidying up (only visible in the last pic) but great work!
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my goodness they're superb.
the quality of the paint-work and figures - if you'd told me they were 54mm I'd believe it.
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Damn, it is getting hard to resist buying some of those :-*
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Nice painting, I really like the Matt finish on the armour :-*