GB Plastic Late Roman Infantry

[Suetonius Paullinus]

@Tom
Looking forward to seeing yours mate!

Here the second archer and another legionary with a plastic Saxon spear arm:




Very slow but progress nonetheless:



Cheers

SP

[Corso]

Slow but beautiful progress!

[Argonor]

Brilliant! I didn't imagine the Viking Hirdmen and Saxon Thegns could be used for kitbashing with these.

Gives a lot more possibilities for this somewhat 'monopose' set!

I guess, the un-armoured Dark Age Warriors arms could be used with the un-armourd bodies, too - and vice versa - and all of a sudden it became much more probable that I will get a set of these!

[Admiral Alder]

I'm glad that someone else has noticed the lack of variety in the archer's poses, if anyone's thought of good conversion/remodelling techniques I'd be keen to see your ideas, I might try some cutting and repositioning on the arms.

[Suetonius Paullinus]

I'm glad that someone else has noticed the lack of variety in the archer's poses, if anyone's thought of good conversion/remodelling techniques I'd be keen to see your ideas, I might try some cutting and repositioning on the arms.

I was actually considering removing the quivers and reassign them to the front rank. There are some spare shields which is handy.
I also will have a look at the Fireforge plastic medieval archers and see what parts could be used..



Cheers

SP

[KGatch113]

Are you painting on the facial hair or do some of the heads come with beards?

[Suetonius Paullinus]

Beards are just painted on..'twas the fashion 

Plus it conceals the Mick Jagger lips somewhat..



Cheers

SP

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[A Lot of Gaul]

Enjoying these a lot. Well done!

[sukhe_bator]

Anyone else think there's potential for a GOT Ghiscari Legion here? Cpn Blood? Jimbibbly? Tomrommel?

[Il Lord]

for Ghis I would use greek oplite instead, for the late romans I was thinking of using them as Volantene troops (in combination withfuture Byzantine miniatures from fireforge).

[tomrommel1]

Would second the Volantene idea

[Gripweed]

SP,

 I have looked at a lot of your painted miniature over the last couple of years, and the figure companies owe you some royalties for all the miniatures I have purchased based on your work.

I love these plastic guys!!!!

[Melnibonean]

Very nice brush work but...

I've painted plenty of GB's other plastics which I quite like but I have to say that I'm still not sold on this set. I really dislike the leg bindings which look too precise and I think the poses look a bit rigid.

[Leigh Metford]

Just to clarify the situation as regards planned GB plastic sets, according to a reply to a query I received from Andy, the company has no plans to release dedicated Germanic infantry; that niche is considered already filled by the existing sets.  There will be a generic light cavalry box, then sets of specific heavy cavalry types, such as Roman and Vandals/Goths.