Romano Brits ready for action More Irish added 15/2/18.

[THE CID]

Inspired by the good Captains twilight of Britain, I got round to finishing these beautiful Footsore Arthurians. They were a pleasure to paint, hope you like.

[arget8]

VERY nice! You've given me a few ideas for my own Romano-British! I'm definitely stealing the guy in the stripes!

[Dags]

Nice work

I'd be tempted to limit the use of blue in future though - it was very difficult to make an effective dye and therefore extremely expensive and rare.

[aircav]

Very nice 

[Duncan McDane]

I'd be tempted to limit the use of blue in future though - it was very difficult to make an effective dye and therefore extremely expensive and rare.

Aren't you confused with purple? Woad ( main western source for making blue ) was quite comman in Roman and post-Roman times... Or am I mistaken?

Oh, and of course, pretty nice Footsore Arthurians, effective looking force 

[Dags]

Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him

Edit:

A variety of plants have provided indigo throughout history, but most natural indigo was obtained from those in the genus Indigofera, which are native to the tropics. The primary commercial indigo species in Asia was true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria, also known as I. sumatrana). A common alternative used in the relatively colder subtropical locations such as Japan's Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan is Strobilanthes cusia. Dyer's knotweed (Polygonum tinctorum) was the most important blue dye in East Asia until the arrival of the Indigofera species from the south, which yield more dye. In Central and South America, the species grown is I. suffruticosa (añil). In Europe woad containing the same dye was used for blue-dying. Several plants contain indigo, but low concentrations make them difficult to work with and the color is then more easily tainted by other dye substances, typically leading to a greenish tinge.

[THE CID]

Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him

Edit:

. Merlin had magic blue dye though, .
Thanks for all the nice comments much appreciated. I will go easy on the blue in my next batch 

[DintheDin]

Wow! You did an EXCELLENT job on face expressions and the shields! (and the dicing...) Congrats!
These sculpts are offered for masterwork!

[THE CID]

Another close up.

[Dr DeAth]

very nice indeed

[Little Odo]

Great looking warband. Certainly a bunch of upper-crust warriors as the richness of the colours used in their clothing attests.

[Duncan McDane]

Nope, Bill Thornhill gave a me polite rollicking for doing it myself on ones I was painting for him

Thanks, I'm about to paint some DA-Footsores myself so the blues I'll use will be more bluish-grey than indigo.

[nic-e]

. Merlin had magic blue dye though, .
Thanks for all the nice comments much appreciated. I will go easy on the blue in my next batch 

I think they look wonderful. The rich colours might not be historically accurate but they would contrast with the earthier tones of their enemies on the table, and they hint at the former glory of rome that these romano British warriors might be trying to cling on too.

[Phil Robinson]

A fine bunch indeed, like the check trousers.

[Duke Donald]

Aren't you confused with purple? Woad ( main western source for making blue ) was quite comman in Roman and post-Roman times... Or am I mistaken?
Oh, and of course, pretty nice Footsore Arthurians, effective looking force 

Polite rollicking or not, Duncan McDane is right, blue dye extracted from woad (Isatis tinctoria) was one of the three common and most affordable dyes used in Europe from the Neolithic era up to the 16th century.