Wednesday 9 December 2020

15mm Republican Roman Command Stands and Artillery

The penultimate element to this army is the completion of a number of command stands and two artillery pieces. Firstly, a mounted Scipio Africanus figure:











And Gaius Laelius who was a great friend of Scipio and accompanied him on most his campaigns, commanding the Roman cavalry at Zama:











A rather youthful-looking Julius Caesar:











And assembled as a group, with one additional cavalry officer on a white horse in the event I need an additional general at some point:











I also completed two additional infantry stands, one depicting Crassus who was part of the triumvirate alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey. He is shown here wringing his hands, probably representing him at Carrhae which resulted in a massive defeat at the hands of the Parthians and the subsequent death of Crassus while he was attempting to negotiate a truce. A miserable end, especially as his son had been killed in battle, and with his head stuck on a spear the previous day.




The last stand depicts Vorenus and Pullo, two competitive Roman centurions who accompanied Caesar into Gaul. When they were attacked by the Nervii Pullo tried to take them on single-handed but was quickly surrounded, whereupon Vorenus came to the rescue. According to Caesar they fought their way back into the Roman fortified camp to the cheers of the Roman onlookers, killing many Nervii along the way:











Finally, just to round out the latest additions, two artillery pieces:





















That now only leaves eight elements of Italian Allied cavalry to be finished in this project, which I should complete within the next week.

14 comments:

  1. Nicely done Lawrence, impressive artillery!

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    1. Thanks Phil. I hope they perform as impressively.

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  2. Excellent work, Lawrence, and terrific production. A single white horse scattered within a unit adds a lot of “oomph” to a unit.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan, it definitely does. It also helps allay some of the "which one is the General again?" questions which always seem to permeate our games.

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  3. Great looking command figures and some nice biographical details thrown in free of charge .. ..thanks Lawrence!

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    1. Thanks Keith. I did start reading Caesar's memoirs in Latin when I was at school, but it felt a bit too much like additional homework and I gave up after about page 3. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to get even that far forty years later.

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  4. Lovely looking Roman Republican command stands!
    Best Iain

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    1. Cheers Iain. I'll be glad to see the end of this project so I can get stuck into one or two Renaissance armies I have in the queue.

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    2. I'm really looking forward to your renaissance armies!
      Best Iain

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    3. Thanks Iain. I have a Cossack army I'm quite keen to et stuck into first.

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  5. These are gorgeous Lawrence. I particularly like the sheen to the helmets. Show shiny you can see ya face in them.
    Regards, James

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    1. Cheers James. Normally I dull them down a bit with an ink wash, but I liked the shinier look on these so left them.

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  6. Very handsome leaders, and almost at the exit ramp for this massive project!

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    1. Thanks Peter. Indeed yes, and a huge relief it will be too!.

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