mrtn's late Romans

[mrtn]

Here comes the first of my late Romans (from the new Gripping Beast plastics). These are (part of) the legiones comitatenses Prima Flavia Constantia, originally recruited in Egypt and stationed along the Danube frontier.

[Jericho]

Nice ones.

I don't know why but when I glanced at the first picture I thought to myself, why do they have such floppy spears 

[Suetonius Paullinus]

They look great 
I really need to get on with mine..

Keep'em coming

Cheers

SP

[mrtn]

@Jericho: Thanks! Hehe.

@SP: Thank you!

[duc de limbourg]

These look realy nice, thanks for sharing

[ayak333]

nice work on the minis! I also like the unusual legion choice!

[mrtn]

@duc: Thank you!

@ayak: Thanks! The legion choice is mainly down to laziness, I wanted something easy to freehand on the shields. Speaking of which, the rest of them should be ready soon, all basecoats are down and I've started on the washing.

[Richard in Sachsen]

These look great. Very nice brush work! The faces on these sculpts have bothered me since they came out until I just now realized that I've only seen extreme close-ups in pictures and the faces probably pop very nicely on the gaming table. I imagine they are a pleasure to paint as well.

[mrtn]

Thanks Richard! Yeah, the faces are not bad in a unit, especially if you vary skin tones. But I would have prefeered different faces, and not just clones.

These are the rest of my Prima Flavia Constantia legion. Mainly based on the new GB plastics, but with some arms, heads and bodies from the viking and saxon boxes, and two Warlord auxilia with converted helmets.

[mrtn]

Here we have the Prima Italica legion. They seems to have worsened over the centuries, in the late Roman era they got stuck as border guards by the Danube, and are noted as a pseudocomitatenses in the Notitia Dignitatum. Their fairly dubious wikipedia article says they had a boar as a symbol, so I went with that for the standard. Being originally Italians, and presumably filled up with barbarians I gave these a lighter skin colour. I also mainly used unarmoured bodies for a "not quite as elite" look.

[armchairgeneral]

Really nice work Mrtn. You have been busy 

[mrtn]

Thanks mate! Yeah, got hit by an inspiration with these.

[jambo1]

Very nice looking units, they really look the part.

[archiduque]

Very nice work!

[Mithridates1]

Looking good - must admit I really like the idea of an army with known/named units.  GB's figures may not be everyone's cup of tea but they are fine, have used the Dark Ages warriors as generic tribesmen in my Dacian horde.  Yours show what is possible with some good painting and creative work.   Now, if I was starting again.........