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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: airbornegrove26 on March 07, 2013, 09:15:37 PM

Title: Legio IV earns it's colors
Post by: airbornegrove26 on March 07, 2013, 09:15:37 PM

This is an idea I have had for awhile.  After taking a look at http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=51058.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=51058.0) thanks gentlemen for that. =)
I finally got inspired to get it started.
Here is my first test model.  Shields are going to be blank, with the only decorations being the legion identification and a few graffiti phrases.  

(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n497/airbornegrove26/Page_1-15_zpsdec457fa.jpg)

Title: Re: Start of my new legion
Post by: angstpuppet on March 07, 2013, 11:06:28 PM

Nice job on the test model and the ideas and brief history of the legion are very cool.  Good luck on the project.  Sounds like a lot of work that will be a lot of fun. 

Title: Re: Start of my new legion
Post by: commissarmoody on March 07, 2013, 11:47:49 PM

Pretty cool

Title: Re: The Legio IV earns it's colors
Post by: airbornegrove26 on March 20, 2013, 09:12:17 PM

Taking some inspiration from Mad Doc Morris: http://lead-mountain.blogspot.com/search/label/Centurions (http://lead-mountain.blogspot.com/search/label/Centurions)

As well as Big Red Batcave:  http://bigredbat.blogspot.com/2009/06/newly-raised-legions.html (http://bigredbat.blogspot.com/2009/06/newly-raised-legions.html), http://bigredbat.blogspot.com/search/label/Caesarian%20Romans (http://bigredbat.blogspot.com/search/label/Caesarian%20Romans)

I finally got some work done this week.  I tried about three or four color schemes, and finally settled on this one.  I really enjoyed the look of the graffiti shields and decided the whole legion would have them.  I imagine this legion to be one of Octavian's stationed in Macedonia.  In Dando Collins: Nero's Killing Machine, he mentions that several legions guarded the border of Thrace while Octavian and Mark Antony cleaned up Caesar's assassins in Greece.  That is where I got the idea for these this project.  I will hopefully have some more progress next week.  Till then comments welcome.

(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n497/airbornegrove26/Page_1-15_zps947a9ce1.jpg)

(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n497/airbornegrove26/Page_2-15_zpsdd7c5b09.jpg)

Title: Re: Legio IV earns it's colors
Post by: Mad Doc Morris on March 20, 2013, 09:28:51 PM

Very cool. Some cool models excellently painted, I like it!
And thanks for the reference. :)

Title: Re: Legio IV earns it's colors
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on March 21, 2013, 07:24:51 PM

Fine stuff, great paintwork!