Monday, 25 March 2019

Latest Batch of 15mm Spanish Scutarii

Another twenty-four elements of seventy-two scutarii figures completed, making fifty elements completed so far with only a dozen or so left to go:
The figures are, as usual, Xyston and the shield transfers are by Little Big Men Studios:




































These are mainly javelin-armed with four different poses per pack, alongside the four blade-armed figures:




































I have maintained the theme of mainly using browns, cream and white linen for the tunics, with black or red for the helmet crests, which I think makes for a pleasing combination:






















The shield designs are now starting to repeat themselves, but there are around forty-eight different patterns so hopefully it shouldn't be noticeable en masse:




































With a bit of a push I should have the scutarii completely finished by the middle of April:


















Given that this troop type represents the bulk of a Spanish ancients army, that should be about the halfway point of the project. We are playing a Carthaginian versus Spanish DBMM game this Saturday, so it will be nice to get them on the table so soon after completion.
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12 comments:

  1. rross26 March 2019 at 00:01

    These are fantastic looking figures for 15mm Lawrence and you have painted them up beautifully too!

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    1. Lawrence H26 March 2019 at 04:59

      Cheers Keith. Xyston really do make some great 15mm figures, although after having painted the same one twenty or so times I start to look forward to the next phase of the project.

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  2. Jonathan Freitag26 March 2019 at 01:03

    Super work on these hordes of Scutari, Lawrence! They look even more impressive en masse with 72 figures. Great job and a beautiful addition to your Spanish Army.

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    1. Lawrence H26 March 2019 at 05:06

      Thanks Jonathan. I'm hoping I'll be able to get the army finished within the next four months, but have a feeling that family and work life will have something to say about it.

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  3. Phil26 March 2019 at 02:36

    Happy to look at such beautiful Scutarii, wonderful job!

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    1. Lawrence H26 March 2019 at 05:07

      Cheers Phil. Coming from someone who specialises in 15mm figures, that is high praise indeed.

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  4. Mark Strachan27 March 2019 at 14:27

    Great work Lawrence, but I am a litte disappointed that the figures are bare legged as I would have liked to have seen some ofthe figures in plaid trousers.

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    1. Lawrence H27 March 2019 at 18:34

      Thanks Mark, although I'm quite glad they are bare-legged so I have an excuse not to have to do any in plaid.

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    2. Mark Strachan28 March 2019 at 16:29

      But you would never take fatal casualties because dead men don’t wear it, of course.

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    3. Lawrence H28 March 2019 at 21:55

      That takes me back Mark, all the way to Potatau Street in Grey Lynn and my flatmate Nicole who first introduced me to that movie. Lovely young lady and very thick-skinned, but then I suppose she had to be living with us.

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  5. caveadsum147127 March 2019 at 15:13

    Great looking Spanish! Lovely finish,transfers work well!
    Best Iain

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    1. Lawrence H27 March 2019 at 18:35

      Cheers Iain. After being initially daunted by the transfers I am now a huge fan.

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