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Offline Unlucky General

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Duo Testudo
« on: September 02, 2020, 01:34:47 AM »
Comrades,

For those interested, please find the attached link to my latest blog posting - my second attempt at a Caesarian testudo. https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2020/09/duo-testudo-caesarian-romans.html


Offline Poiter50

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2020, 02:44:02 AM »
That's very nice. I have an EIR Testudo one (Warlord Games IIRC?), need to see how it fits in a game.
Cheers,
Poiter50

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2020, 04:20:29 AM »
That looks excellent! I have some of the same Romans that I’m unlikely to use - doing something similar would give them a purpose. How did you do the inside of the testudo? Are there painted figs inside?

Offline Wiegraf

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2020, 09:44:47 AM »
Great job putting this one together!

Offline Unlucky General

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2020, 08:46:00 AM »
Thanks all for the kind remarks and I'm glad you like it. I'm not the biggest fan of the old Wargames Factory figures but they are ideal for this purpose. In fact, I don't think I could have done them otherwise.

Pattus Magnus,

Here's the link to an earlier post on my blog about how I did it. Fellow contributor to this forum Tyrian Halfman started the whole idea and I adapted it. https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2019/03/caesarean-testudo-part-2.html

Offline Atheling

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2020, 08:52:30 AM »
That's just great. Better then the resin Imperial Roman Testudo from Warlord IMHO  8)

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2020, 03:00:39 PM »
Unlucky General, thank you for the direct link to the description, that’s very informative! The end result you got is great.

Offline Mason

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2020, 08:35:45 PM »
That looks great!
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Offline bluewillow

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2020, 07:53:58 AM »
Fabulous work again

Cheers
Matt

Offline Unlucky General

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2020, 08:12:22 PM »
Thanks very much everyone.

Part of me wishes there was a model available for the Caesarian testudo. This is fiddly and slightly time consuming for what represents an optional formation. I suppose I could easily have made a marker just saying a cohort formed testudo.

On the other hand part of me likes having something individual and I do find myself making more conversions these days.

Offline Karadek

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2020, 06:49:01 PM »
Nice work!

Offline Fremitus Borealis

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2020, 02:40:53 PM »
Wow I thought I'd already commented on this, but this is amazing. Thanks for the walkthrough on how you put it all together! I don't do Romans (yet :D Never say never, right?), but it's awesome to see!
"Nice try, history; better luck next year."

Offline Chimpfoot

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2020, 08:10:44 PM »
Love it well worth the time and effort :)
chimpfoots-tavern.blogspot.com

Offline nervisfr

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Re: Duo Testudo
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2020, 07:47:10 AM »
Great work.
Good idea to show us how to use them at the best

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