Monday 17 August 2020

15mm Republican Roman Legionaries Completed

Having completed the Principes last week and reached the halfway point on this project, I thought I'd put all the legionaries together for a few group photos (and thank you again to Jonathan of Palouse Wargaming Journal for the thumbnail tip):













    As with the rest of the project, the figures are all Xyston and the shield transfers by Little Big Men Studios:

There are essentially four legions in all, with the first two lines being hastati, the third principes, with the triarii in the last rank:

The unit out on its own to the left are pilum-armed principes for use in later Republican Roman army lists as I intend for this army to cover all options from Camillan to the later Marian reforms:


All up this represents 106 elements or 424 individual figures. I have certainly had my fill of cutting and positioning LBMS shield transfers for now, although I do think they give the figures an extra lift and are worth the effort:


That's a large part of this project finished, although I estimate I still have around 400 figures to be completed. Thankfully there is a bit more variety in the remaining troop types, including some Italian allies and a penal legion:

Next up some Accensi for use with the early list which involves the last of the LBMS shield designs, for this army at least.

24 comments:

  1. Truly spectacular collection, Lawrence! 424 figures? Wow! Very well done. No thumbnail sketch...

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I got it working on an earlier post, so have just gone back and edited this one. Hopefully...

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    2. Your thumbnail sketch is working now!

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    3. Yes, thanks again Jonathan as that was really frustrating me. I don't know why, but it seemed to take a couple of hours to refresh after having made the change. I must remember to do it before publishing next time.

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    4. Yes, blogger can be slow to update a change in the Blogs Followed widget. What works for me is to revert to draft, make changes, set the scheduled publication for a couple of minutes into the future, and then republish.

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    5. That's another useful tip there Jonathan. I was quite amused to see when I was trying to sort out the thumbnail issue before you provided the solution, that the other queries to Google over the past couple of years seemed to have been from authors of other wargame blogs. The solution provided by the Google help desk also involved editing the HTML script, but none of their suggestions appeared to work.

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    6. That is interesting that these other queries were from wargaming blogs. Google provided solutions that didn't work? Unbelievable!

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    7. Yes, no surprise there unfortunately Jonathan. That said, the price they charge for Blogger (ie nothing) is very reasonable!

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    1. Thanks Ray, they are coming along although not quite as quickly as I had hoped.

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  3. That is indeed impressive Lawrence. The thumbnail works for me, BTW.

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    1. Cheers Mark. The bit of HTML Jonathan suggested worked like a charm, although it took a couple of hours to refresh.

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  4. Very impressive all laid out like that. Hopefully they perform just as impressively when the dice start to roll.

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    1. Thanks Codsticker. I hope they just get a game or two as, when I mentioned to my gaming group I was doing Romans, they said "What are you doing them for; don't you think we have enough Romans already?". The truth is they were the next in the queue and I was growing tired of tripping over the box they were stored in.

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  5. Wow this is a real achievement Lawrence. I don't envy you all those transfers but they certainly do enhance the end result!

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    1. Thanks Keith. I tried doing some with a slight hangover once, and found that definitely does not work!

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  6. Fantastic looking Romans! Sorry I missed your previous post, no dribs and drabs but one big hit,lovely!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain, I always appreciated your comments. Yes, there was quite a batch here to grind out, but I feel as though I'm on the home stretch with this one now.

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  7. Awesome details for such a small minis!! great job!

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    1. Thanks Biblicrafts, the Xyston figures are always a joy to paint.

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  8. Wow brilliant Lawrence very impressive!! A mighty force of Romans indeed, and glad to see Republican era too :)

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  9. Thanks Mark, Hopefully it won't be too long before I get to see how they perform in battle.

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  10. Wow, most beautiful and impressive army Lawrence, superb painting and these shields are amazing!

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    1. Thanks Phil. The shields are fiddly, but well worth the effort.

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