Author Topic: Full late Roman legion (Comitatenses) 36/1100 [+70 auxiliaries] (Read 5654 times)

lord marcus · « **on:** September 27, 2022, 03:52:44 PM »

I'm painting an entire roman legion from the Wargames Atlantic Decline and fall range. The goal of this project is three-fold:

1. To create a unique studio army showcasing the decline and fall range that I sell on McDougalldesigns3d.com

2. To Create a visual representation of a full roman legion that can also be used at conventions and events in various historical systems.

3. For fun, and as a pallete cleanser between groups of commission items.

Current painted total is 16 out of a planned initial 1100

Easy E · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2022, 06:21:58 PM »

Nice! Will you have decals for the shields?

I am mulling over whether this should be my next project as well.

AdamPHayes · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2022, 11:39:48 PM »

Wow, quite an ambition! Do you have a legion in mind or is it going to be a generic one? Also what century for? (The helmets you have chosen for your initial batch are typical for the 3rd Century. Not sure if Comitatenses was a thing until later.)

carlos marighela · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2022, 04:49:37 AM »

1100 figures?

I admire your ambition.

If it was me I'd say 'this is a placeholder, please check back in six years time'.

Johnp4000 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2022, 10:09:09 AM »

That is a big target, but you made a good start there. I never realised that wargames Atlantic set had a variety of headwear, including the late 3rd century style. I had only seen the Late helmets used.

Freddy · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2022, 08:36:44 PM »

Ambitious project, but the first 16 looks nice

Keep posting!

lord marcus · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2022, 07:57:09 AM »

Up to 20 men in the first century. More to come.

lord marcus · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2022, 07:25:55 AM »

Imperial Foederati Numeri WIP. These are in addition to, and not part of, the 1-1 Comitatenses legio.

lord marcus · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2022, 09:55:22 AM »

Roommate and I were up late watching the first few episodes of The sandman.

I had some artistic inspiration and started working on some of the numeri before bed.

lord marcus · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2022, 12:12:18 AM »

Where I was last night with the Numeri

lord marcus · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2022, 10:00:09 AM »

10 Foederati Numeri Infantry, awaiting the rest of their unit before being based and finished up for the battlefield.

bluewillow · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2022, 08:18:39 AM »

That is a great project, I have admire a crazy goal of 1100 figs in the same unit!

Cheers
Matt

jon_1066 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2022, 01:35:59 PM »

Certainly an ambitious project. What are you basing the soldier spacing on? As I understand it we are not really sure how spaced apart the ranks and files would be.

lord marcus · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2022, 01:39:06 PM »

Quote from: jon_1066 on October 11, 2022, 01:35:59 PM

Certainly an ambitious project. What are you basing the soldier spacing on? As I understand it we are not really sure how spaced apart the ranks and files would be.

1. Personal experience in a shieldwall formation.

2. 50mm base frontage, mainly due to spacing for the shields.

lord marcus · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2022, 10:44:01 PM »

8 legionaries with Spears and shields are on the painting desk.

Another 24 are primed.

And I'm currently de-spruing the remainder of the sprues I own to see what I can make out of them.

Oh, and I unearthed two Palatini Comitatenses I built months ago as a test.

I'm currently out, but I will endeavor to get more photos when I get home.

For those who are not aware, the first stage of the project here is centurio Ii with 100 troops, of which 20 are painted.

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