7 AD - somewhere in Germania (upd. 14.06.15 - more Germans)

[Prof.Witchheimer]

persomlly for me that's is too dark. this is what I aim for.

These are Romeo Models and some of the best large scale models I have seen.

fantastic sculpt, indeed. It looks more bright but I believe only due to lighting?

[OSHIROmodels]

It's not bad, but it depends on the bronze.  Most of the 'clean' ancient bronze artifacts I've seen (mainly buckles and clasps from Roman segmented armour), the 'bronze' is rather more of a brassy colour.  Not all are strictly bronze either - and the current (cautious) archaeological term for any and all 'bronze' objects from that sort of era is 'copper alloy', since many of them contain a fair proportion of zinc instead of, or as well as, tin.

I'm assuming that a lot of it would depend on where the 'bronze' was manufactured 

cheers

James

[philhendry]

I'm assuming that a lot of it would depend on where the 'bronze' was manufactured 

Presumably that would affect it - yes - since making stuff was very much an art rather than a science, and they'd have next to no idea of the composition of the metals they were using...  So it'd depend on the ores and their source, i.e. their quality and composition, etc.  They'd, presumably, work out, by trial and error, roughly what worked and what didn't.

[elysium64]

How cool is that...

Back to the bronze..this is one I like:

I have in the past created a very similar effect using a base colour of GW Tin Bitz, and highlighting up by progressively adding GW Burnished Gold and/or GW Shining Gold, I hope this helps.

[The Baggagetrain]

These guys make some of the best 90mm figures I have ever seen, here again the Bronze shows up quite bright. there are a few of the Late Roman figures that I am looking to buy later this year.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

As you know (or not) I couldn’t resist and did buy all the Foundry Roman Civilians. These weren’t on my to-buy-list for this project but then I thought it would be nice to have a gang of Roman colonists/settlers defending their farms and families against attacks by the raiding Germans. More to come..

[Ray Rivers]

Love the direction of this project!

Your going to have a great collection when this is finished!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Thanks, Ray!

As usual, I am never able to keep the original direction of a project

[majorsmith]

amazing! love the flesh tones

[Keith]

Wonderful stuff as always Alex!

[OSHIROmodels]

You can never have too many civvies 

Great work Alex, they got my vote 

cheers

James

[Centaur_Seducer]

Thanks, Ray!

As usual, I am never able to keep the original direction of a project

Lovely work, Alex!
And it's no wrong in getting too many civilians
My current pulp project is missing about 10 miniatures. And everytime I was about to buy them, I got something else which inspired me

[bigredbat]

Lovely painting, the flesh and tunics are great, and I particularly like the eyes. 

I have the same set of minis; I rather wish Foundry had made the weapons a bit slimmer.

Cheers, Simon

[Dr. The Viking]

Skilfully done!

[philhendry]

Great painting.  Half fancy some of them myself - except for the problem of not liking paying Foundry's prices.