Fantasy romans in AoS scale

[VonMoltke]

Dont know if this is the correct forum part.
But we will see.
Because I am a big fan of romans in all scales, I decide last year to start a little project to create some legionaries which I will use for different small scirmish rules set.
As I like resin miniatures in the quality of alkemy and anvil industries miniatures, I decide the goal would be resin miniatures.
After many years of cooperation with different traditional green stuff masters of art, this time it should be the first real try with 3d sculpting.
So the search begun for a good sculptor.
At the end I have the great luck, that my favourite fantasy sculptor has a little time window for me
Andrea Tarabella, who sculpt for raging heroes and some other companies.

The miniatures should be in a very bulky style, and than in a 36 mm feet to eye level.
Why this scale?
Because I like to paint it, if the miniatures are a little bigger, and so I could use them also for different scales with different rules.
After some talks with Andrea we decide to use his ball/joint system, so the legionaries could be arranged a little different.
For the first project part, there should be:

legionary with pilum
legionary with a fantasy gladius version
legionary with sling
centurio
tribun
legat (tribun with an older man head )
signifer
imaginifer
vexillifer
aquilifer
cornicen

Additional some different heads (bandaged, scared, shouting)
Attached you find the first aateur sketch from me and the different designs.
Please remeber, that are fantasy romans, many details are not historical correct

[Psychoflexible]

Looking good but more dynamic poses will be welcome.

A good idea, many people use to have big scale minis today. And with today GW scale standards you'll be ok for the younger players.

[wolfen]

I like them a lot.

[fastolfrus]

What makes them fantasy Romans?
Just an observation, but they don't look very fantastical.

Not sure about the Dacian armguards though. Or the sling.
But otherwise, nice enough designs.

[TRS]

Really like these, good luck with the venture and look forward to seeing the finished product!

[A Lot of Gaul]

What makes them fantasy Romans?
Just an observation, but they don't look very fantastical.

The OTT 'Ahnald the Sigmarine' physiques of these figures alone is enough to qualify them as Fantasy Romans, at least in my book. Definitely not my cup of vīnum, but I wish the OP success in his endeavour, all the same.

[VonMoltke]

Thanks for the comments!
My personal goal is not to sell them, only to show the community the way from a idea to the final miniature.
May be Joel from anvil industry, who print and cast them, would also sell some in his shop, we will see
For me, Anvil industry miniatures are from the quality of material and casting the best in the market.
A very hard resin, very clean and detailed castings.
Here some example of the last ones:
http://www.beastsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/anvil-back.jpg
http://cdn.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f212a49bc930c793346ff43ea30f70a9_original.jpg

At last pictures of the tribun and the standards, hope you like them

[TRS]

Again, great detail! I could see myself painting these 

[The Voivod]

Astounding detail.
Look like fun models to paint. I'm really curious how the casts turn out.

[Captain Blood]

Well, they do look great.
Historical in detail, fantasy / cartoonish in style I'd say.
They'd almost do for Asterix 

[tancrede]

Well, they do look great.
Historical in detail, fantasy / cartoonish in style I'd say.
They'd almost do for Asterix 

+1 with the Captain !
Very cool work on those Romans. 

[Golgotha]

That face is incredible. Funny how Ancient Greek fantasy is relatively common but other ancients as fantasy are hard if not impossible to find. Not sure how much demand there would be for Roman fantasy but these minis look the part. You would need a big enough range perhaps to make it viable, including enemies of Rome. Personally prefer to see less muscle and more movement and a Roman throwing a Pilum. The Gladius is a tad long but as you said these are fantasy Romans.

On a side note I would be interested in Asterix and Obelix minis of which there have been a few available over the years http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/asterix/asterix.htm.

[VonMoltke]

As enemies, there is a early stage plan for male and female gladiators.
Something like this for the male ones:
http://cgimg.s3.amazonaws.com/t/g46/467946/1212441_large.jpg
http://www.cgsociety.org/cgsarchive/newgallerycrits/g64/242364/242364_1288854378_medium.jpg

But not finally decided yet.

[Nord]

Very nice, this is a section of the market that is surprisingly untapped.

If you need any painting helpers, let me know. 

[white knight]

I quite like them too. If I were into AoS, I'd probably try to combine the two ranges into something coherent with lots of conversions.

On a side note I would be interested in Asterix and Obelix minis of which there have been a few available over the years http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/asterix/asterix.htm.

For what it's worth, I'm still looking to sell my complete set of the 15/18mm Atlas ones (village + Roman camp + battlefield set).