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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Suetonius Paullinus on 19 October 2017, 09:30:28 PM

Title: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on 19 October 2017, 09:30:28 PM
They are finally here! Seriously good as well:

(https://s1.postimg.org/3kfl0z5btb/C08_A1_CAD-6_EA9-483_F-9_C0_E-075_F657_FD42_F.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/7eocjxn9qj/)

The mail shirts are just fantastic and I find it hard to do them justice..

Cheers

SP
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: carlos marighela on 19 October 2017, 09:38:17 PM
Those are lovely. Wonderful brushwork.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: nervisfr on 20 October 2017, 10:17:09 AM
as always !

Perfect and awesome  :o
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: redzed on 20 October 2017, 10:35:28 AM
uber painting their dude 8)
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Phil Robinson on 20 October 2017, 11:55:03 AM
The mail looks very fine, I think you have certainly done it justice, looks great.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: DintheDin on 20 October 2017, 12:04:55 PM
EIR was my favorite DBM army...

The chainmail was extremely well done by the sculptor and then received the best treatment from your brush! Excellent paintjob on very well sculpted minis!

Cheers!
Dinos
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Ninefingers on 20 October 2017, 06:49:03 PM
That is the best mail I've ever seen on a plastic miniature, and your brushwork has picked it out perfectly. Damn them, but I'm going to have to buy some.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Corso on 20 October 2017, 07:00:22 PM
 :-*

Fantastic brushwork on fantastically sculpted miniatures
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Orctrader on 20 October 2017, 07:08:14 PM
They look excellent.   :)
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: nic-e on 20 October 2017, 07:15:31 PM
It's a credit to both you and the sculptor thatwhen i first saw this picture I thought they were life sized.

Victrix really do make the nicest historical figures around.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on 20 October 2017, 08:29:06 PM
Thank you for your kind comments gents  8)

Some progress:

(https://s1.postimg.org/79klqt6pyn/272_DDCA2-8_C67-4_DFB-8187-2_F29_A872_CB2_A.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/1297qnayuj/)

Cheers

SP
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Captain Blood on 20 October 2017, 08:38:54 PM
Outstanding SP. That has to be the best looking mail in this scale I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: arget8 on 21 October 2017, 01:37:59 PM
Wow, just wow. Your painting really brings life to figures that I wasn't completely sold on when I saw the renders. You can't paint any more of them, though, because I'm going to make a fiscally reckless decision if you do!
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: WuZhuiQiu on 21 October 2017, 05:33:16 PM
Amazing! Nevertheless, that mail armour must be heavy, with no waist belts to support the weight at the hips!
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Anselm van Helsing on 22 October 2017, 10:50:00 AM
Breathtaking!  :o  :-*  Some of the best painted 28mm minis I've ever seen.

Must be very excellent sculpts too. Never held Victrix in fingers. What they can do with plastics these days!
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Mad Doc Morris on 22 October 2017, 12:13:31 PM
Truly inspirational work, SP, as ever! You really get the best out of these plastic kits.
Can't say that it's the best representation of chainmail I've seen as it looks a bit like scale armour. But that's the sculpting and not to take away from your paintjob. Seriously got me considering a purchase. Oh well. ::)

Amazing! Nevertheless, that mail armour must be heavy, with no waist belts to support the weight at the hips!

Yeah, that depiction, most likely derived from Trajan's column, is a bit off. Would have preferred to see these guys wearing waist belts, because it's an accepted detail nowadays. Despite the Bishop/Coulston comment, weight isn't that much of an issue as the baldric sliding with every movement.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on 22 October 2017, 09:34:57 PM
Meet the centurion:

(https://s1.postimg.org/89qmljd6rj/02_EDCB4_F-_B43_C-4_C1_D-_BD15-636725_DE451_E.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/12z587eohn/)

Cheers

SP
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: DintheDin on 22 October 2017, 09:46:37 PM
Fierce and awesome!  :o
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Captain Blood on 22 October 2017, 10:00:32 PM
He’s quite a character  8)
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Phil Robinson on 23 October 2017, 12:25:51 AM
He is a mean looking B!#!
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on 23 October 2017, 12:55:30 AM
Thanks guys   8)

(https://s1.postimg.org/5st5x0vebj/486295_AE-_A181-4_C6_D-9_D86-177649837_DCC.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/89feby2a7v/)

Cheers

SP
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: GamesPoet on 28 October 2017, 04:34:07 PM
Well done, and they definitely look like they are on campaign!
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Jeff965 on 28 October 2017, 06:50:38 PM
Great work on some very nice sculpts :-*
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Corso on 30 October 2017, 05:23:36 AM
Their gritty look is amazing :-*
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Codsticker on 30 October 2017, 02:05:54 PM
He looks bad ass. Is his cuirass of hardened leather (or is that just his natural man chest? lol).
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Coenus Scaldingus on 30 October 2017, 02:55:42 PM
Have to agree that the armour is in fact the one thing I dislike about these sculpts, which is a shame as I've waited some time for a versatile set of plastic auxiliaries for a Batavian Revolt project. Here's hoping they go for a different pattern when they start their Dark Age range at some point in the next year(s).

The paintjob is still on point though. The gritty look fits them very well indeed.
Title: Re: Victrix EIR Auxiliaries
Post by: Codsticker on 31 October 2017, 02:24:12 AM
I just noticed it wasn't shiney so assumed it wasn't meta... :-I