Sunday 9 August 2020

15mm Republican Roman Principes

I knew this Republican Roman army was going to be a slog, but I feel as though I have broken the back of it with the completion of twenty-eight elements of Principes, totaling one hundred and twelve figures. Four of the units are spear-armed, shown here with some earlier completed command stands:



I must have over-ordered by one packet, so included them as extra elements for one of the legions:

I also completed one unit armed with pila for use with the later Marian Roman DBMM list:
The figures are from Xyston, with the shield transfers again from Little Big Men Studios:
This now represents the legionaries completed, and means I am around two-thirds of the way through the army. 
I am planning on hauling out the remainder of the legionaries for a group photo while I have the scenery backdrop in place, to hopefully provide me with enough motivation to push the remaining third of the project over the line.

8 comments:

  1. You sure can paint, Lawrence! Great looking Romans, en masse too! The shields really make hem pop.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, the Little Big Men transfers take a bit of effort in terms of cutting and positioning, but are worth the effort.

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  2. Beautiful paint job! Very nice bright colors!

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    1. Thanks Biblicrafts, I think the shields really do provide that splash of colour.

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  3. More beautiful looking diminutive Ancients Lawrence - look forward to seeing some of your collection featuring in a game sometime!

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    1. Thanks Keith. We do game, honestly we do, it's just that we forget to take photos!

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  4. Superb additions to your Legions, Lawrence! I don't think I could do anywhere near that many shield transfers, but they do look fantastic!

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    1. Thanks Peter. The secret for me is distracting myself with some decent podcasts while I do them. That way I'm not thinking about the monotony of it all.

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