Late Roman skirmish for the shores of the Humber(the first stand anyway)

[tin shed gamer]

I decided to do a small force of Late Romans to go with the boats I've promised to do a tutorial on.As it occurred to me that I have no use for them.I also have a dark age farmstead and other bits floating around.So this is likely to turn into a long running project.
I wanted the auxiliary/ light unit to have a simple shield as I could only find one shield design for the region.Which Is for the Brough fort.so I intend on using that for the regular unit.Also I'm aiming for a grubby and tired feel for this unit.
Mark.

[Mad Doc Morris]

Nice start. Interesting choice of (a local) topic and (multi-period) miniatures. Looking forward to your progress.

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[Romark]

They look great 

[OSHIROmodels]

I like the subdued palette 

cheers

James

[rumacara]

Nice figures.
Keep it coming.

[Warboss Nick]

Nice looking models! I'm just a little confused by the colour of the rider's face. Is that a metal mask?

[Denouement]

Impressed!

Stuart.

[tin shed gamer]

Thank you for changing the image,( finally got my iPad back off my daughter and now have no idea how to use it.I was beginning to wonder if it was something I'd done as this doesn't happen on the android tablet and phone I've been posting on )
I've used multi period figures to build the local auxiliary ,because I don't hold with the uniform look,transitioning units have more appeal. From my own experience there is no instant kit change it takes years and often a full generation of soldiering to achieve ,and even more so in irregular and auxiliary units.and add in budget cuts its ,and it's recycle ,make do and mend.
The RAF still had 1908 pattern belts in stores in late '96.is just one example. So I can see no reason why units in a late roman back water,on a major trading route for Germanic nations is going to be poster boy material for the ideal legionary of the Med legions.
The choice of location is simple it's a blind spot in Roman Britian,come south of Scarbrough and the books go blank until well south of the river Humder and towards York.despite thousands of reported private finds being reported ( there is a paper on this which suggests a settlement history for the area based on private finds reported to the local archeology units.)
Which in short means rivet counters are stuck for a basis of an argument (or to put it simply no one can tell me I'm wrong and spoil my fun )
Yes the helmet has a face mask just to give a sort of local tribal leader feel to the finished unit.
Mark.

[bigredbat]

I really like those- especially the Draco.  What miniatures range are they, and what's the unit depicted?

Best, Simon

[armchairgeneral]

Seconded for the Draco. I am always looking for inspiration and ideas for them.

[tin shed gamer]

Thank you,
This 'command' stand isn't from any one range,it breaks down as follows,
Standard Figure is an s very old Citadel/GW Alan,the Draco is all me.
The figure without trousers is a 1st Corps early roman with up dated clothing and the head is all me.
The trousered figure I don't recall the company as I bought them years ago at York (someone will know when I post pictures of the rest of the unit they have tiny feet though!)heads me.
The dead figure is all me.
The rider started life as a foundry dark age irish leader.head all me ,as is the cape shield ,detailing,etc.The horse had super skinny legs so they needed reworking.

If your after ideas for Draco/standard ,then take a look At 1st corps miniatures,I did a four figure set of a late roman officer defending a wounded draco standard ,from a saxon lord and a fallen saxon.It'll add a little drama to your front rank.
As for the unit it doesn' t have a name,there are two units mentioned for the area but only one is named so for this unit I chose the late roman style of quartering in the colours of the know shield design station at Brough just to give a 'uniformed' theme to the roman force where as the raiding force will have a more random selection of shield designs.just to contrast the two sides.

[bigredbat]

Wow- there's certainly a lot of work in that stand!  No wonder I didn't recognise the minis.  :-)

[tin shed gamer]

Just to keep me motivated,here's the inspiration for the table,and to prove that most of what I need is floating around my workshop in various states of repair.
The rear rank are painted to a simpler standard as they are the ones who'll take the most abuse in a game.(pictures to follow when the unit is finished).

[commissarmoody]

Nice boats

[Captain Blood]

Lovely looking ships