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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Unlucky General on 13 December 2017, 04:46:05 AM

Title: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Unlucky General on 13 December 2017, 04:46:05 AM
I forgot to mention in the blog that I pruned off the plumes except for the figure I imagine to be an optio. Once I've got a few more cohorts done for my speculative Legio XI I'll have to build some enemies. No hurry though. For anyone interested the link is next: https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2017/12/caesarian-romans-my-cohors-ii-legio-xi.html (https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2017/12/caesarian-romans-my-cohors-ii-legio-xi.html)

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Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: levied troop on 13 December 2017, 12:22:55 PM
They look excellent and I do like the idea of the ‘new’ shield quickly stencilled.  Will steal borrow that idea.
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Codsticker on 13 December 2017, 03:36:48 PM
I like your painting style- very straight forward and effective.
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: A Lot of Gaul on 13 December 2017, 03:43:57 PM
Very nice, those! It's good to see legionary shields painted in a colour other than 'Hollywood red.'
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Corso on 13 December 2017, 06:33:53 PM
Nice work, especially the shields
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Unlucky General on 13 December 2017, 08:36:10 PM
Thank you gents. As I'm a couple of thousand miles from home on posting, I didn't bring the making for finishing my bases - that will happen in a year or two.
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Johnp4000 on 13 December 2017, 10:29:52 PM
The shields look very effective, what colour did you use for the wooden part of the pilum? It has a decent grainy wood look to it.
Title: Re: A Ceasarian Attempt
Post by: Unlucky General on 14 December 2017, 02:47:58 AM
Thanks John. Actually I think I just painted it up straight using thinned Humbrol Wood - can't recall the number. I use Valejo for skins and brass but Humbrol enamels for everything else. I may have black washed them but probably just thinned the brown down and added some black - tends to wash over unevenly. I don't normally bother with wood grain effects on this scale.