Full late Roman legion (Comitatenses) 36/1100 [+70 auxiliaries]

[lord marcus]

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]

Nice!  Will you have decals for the shields?   

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

[AdamPHayes]

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]

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]

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]

Ambitious project, but the first 16 looks nice Keep posting!

[lord marcus]

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

[lord marcus]

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

[lord marcus]

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]

Where I was last night with the Numeri

[lord marcus]

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

[bluewillow]

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

Cheers
Matt

[jon_1066]

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]

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]

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.