All the figures are again Xyston, with the shield transfers by Little Big Men Studios:
When I first looked at the LBMS shield transfers I was a little wary as they involved, in most cases, cutting out the middle of the shield boss. This involved catering for a few unusual shapes on some of the shields, but I soon got into a rhythm and found that if I could do this accurately enough they were actually far easier to position than the Gallic shield transfers:
The Xyston Spanish figures are a delight to paint as usual, and they are more like a large 18mm than a true 15mm figure:
There are two options for the standard bearers, with a choice of a pennant:
or a bull-like standard:
The figure below on the right is possibly my favourite Xyston figure thus far. Unfortunately it is not the best picture, but I very much like the dynamic pose and the way he is leaning back prior to letting loose with his javelin:
That's twenty-eight elements of scutarii now completed, with around another forty to go. These are in the queue at the moment so, when finished, will see the backbone of this Spanish army completed.
Xyston figures are truly superb, and you've done an excellent job with them, congrats...wonderful shiedls as well!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil. I'm a big fan of Essex figures as well, but these guys tower over them so I have tended to stick with Xyston my 15mm ancient armies.
DeleteLawrence, your latest batch of Scutari are fab! The shield transfers are little gems. Great job putting the transfers on so expertly. I can’t imagine the painstaking work to do this in 15mm.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. The tricky thing is that there is often a slight variance in the shields so, even when I think I have cut one of the transfers perfectly, it can sometimes be a little to the left or to the right of where it should be. Thankfully a little bit of paint covers up most of these flaws.
DeleteAnother fantastic batch of ancients Lawrence - you can certainly crank them out at an impressive rate of knots!
ReplyDeleteCheers Keith. I had a few units backed up which are now just finding their way off the queue, and 15mm ancients is much quicker than the 28mm Napoleonic figures and frigates you have been tackling so well of late.
DeleteLovely looking unit! Your steaming through these now, the shields have come out really well, you're a better man than I am, don't think I could do transfers at that scale and detail!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Cheers Iain. I am hoping that when I get back to 25mm a bit later in the year they will seem like giants again!
DeleteI agree, they look super. The shield transfers came out great, although I echo the intimidation that other experience at the thought of using them! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. I was very intimidated when the shield transfers arrived, but bought myself a good Xacto knife which has made all the difference. The most fun part is when you have finally got them in place, put water on the back, and then slide them off to reveal the transfer for the big reveal. Much easier though than trying to slide them off the front of a sheet and chase them around the fuselage of a model airplane, as I did forty years ago.
DeleteAnother great looking warband Lawrence.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark, only one more group of these to go now.
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