The Ludus of Antonius Ignavus Maximus

[pocoloco]

Ave!

Thanks to unnamed former lanista and LAF member, I Antonius Ignavus Maximus, the not-so-well-to-do patrician, have jumped the ludus bandwagon and gotten myself yet deeper in the lead pile by acquiring quite a number of gladiatores to gain rich and fame for my name and ludus as well.

Here's a pic of the bunch, Antonius Ignavus Maximus can be seen in the upper right corner.



I guess next not so logical step is to make myself an arena... Hopefully James will have those hex boards available soonish

[Malamute]

Good to see another Lanista enter the fray.

PM James, the arenas are available now.

[Ray Earle]

That's a good selection of gladiators. Should keep you busy for a while. 

Worth dropping James a Pm, the arenas are a very worthwhile investment. 

[OSHIROmodels]

I have arenas 

cheers

James

[Dr DeAth]

I have arenas 

Don't worry, they do a cream for that now, a few applications and it'll clear up. 

[pocoloco]

Don't worry, they do a cream for that now, a few applications and it'll clear up. 

  I think those are the fighting words...

James, do send details of the groundworks

[Mason]

You have your hands full there, Antti!
 

Looking forward to seeing your progress with this.
 


As for James' offerings: His hex-board thingy is really nice and highly recommended..... whereas his other declaration: I guess he should keep these things to himself and take the good Doctor's advice on that one.
 

[pocoloco]

I have first one of the lot painted, will post pics tomorrow... need to have proper daylight to make half-decent pics of a shoddy paintjob

[Furt]

What a great collection of lead there and all Foundry me thinks - some of my most favorites minis in that lot

Looking forward to seeing them painted - good luck with them all and welcome to the madness. 

[pocoloco]

@Furt: Yes, quite a bunch of them and indeed, all Foundry. Thanks go to that unnamed LAF member for the whole lot. I try to get at least four painted so will be able to have a small contest with friends at some point in the close future

Here's first one at his current state, still need to tidy him a bit here and there but not being a good painter he isn't going to get that much better from this level. I call him Robustus Still missing a shield... or maybe I give him a second blade?

[Mason]

That is a great start, mate.
 

If you are looking for a shield for him, wouldn't a standard Roman shield work just fine?
I am sure that the good folks on this board could help.
 

[pocoloco]

That is a great start, mate.
 

If you are looking for a shield for him, wouldn't a standard Roman shield work just fine?
I am sure that the good folks on this board could help.
 

Many thanks Mason, I hope to improve my skills bit by bit, or rather fighter by fighter

I have shields etc for the whole lot of them, just can't decide what to arm him with

[Furt]

He's nice - well done. Are you using any washes or an Army Painter dip?

I have shields etc for the whole lot of them, just can't decide what to arm him with

He is certainly a Murmillo (and one of my favorite Foundry miniatures), so I'd arm him with a scutum for sure.

Looking forward to more from Antonius Ignavus Maximus. 

[Elbows]

A quick google search for images of the common gladiator types and you'll see precisely what the armaments were (or the trends we've discovered through research).

When I gathered my first models/rules, I compiled a folder for each time, and stuffed it with as many images as I could find on google.  The foundry minis ship with a bunch of weird agent shields, so I went about making up most of my own to be slightly more appropriate.

Myrmillo
Thraex
Secutor
Provocator
Scissor
Hoplomachus
Retiarius
Dimachaerus
Arbelas
Laquearius
Eques

etc. 

[pocoloco]

Thanks chaps.

There's some washes on the mini, maybe I should have dipped it more and better Lets see what I can do once I have given the shield.

Good list of different types, I did google some of those earlier but maybe I will not stay within the historical archetypes as Foundry has done