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Offline mrtn

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mrtn's late Romans
« on: May 20, 2016, 02:15:26 PM »
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.






Offline Jericho

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2016, 03:43:56 PM »
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  o_o
De hem weert, ic salt hem lonen.

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Offline Suetonius Paullinus

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2016, 06:34:32 PM »
They look great  8)
I really need to get on with mine..

Keep'em coming

Cheers

SP

Offline mrtn

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2016, 12:06:50 AM »
@Jericho: Thanks! Hehe.

@SP: Thank you! :)

Offline duc de limbourg

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2016, 07:38:19 AM »
These look realy nice, thanks for sharing

Offline ayak333

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2016, 05:44:26 PM »
nice work on the minis! I also like the unusual legion choice!

Offline mrtn

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2016, 10:31:44 PM »
@duc: Thank you!

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

Offline Richard in Sachsen

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2016, 04:25:31 AM »
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.
You go to war with the figures you have, not the figures you wish you had!

Offline mrtn

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2016, 12:07:06 PM »
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.








Offline mrtn

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2016, 10:49:30 AM »
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.






Offline armchairgeneral

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2016, 11:28:06 AM »
Really nice work Mrtn. You have been busy  :)

Offline mrtn

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2016, 11:10:11 PM »
Thanks mate! Yeah, got hit by an inspiration with these.

Offline jambo1

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2016, 04:44:07 PM »
Very nice looking units, they really look the part. :)

Offline archiduque

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2016, 11:18:26 AM »
Very nice work! ;)

Offline Mithridates1

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Re: mrtn's late Romans
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2016, 11:00:34 PM »
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......... 

 

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