28mm Roman Scorpion finished

Hey all!

Well, I finished up some more Romans for the son's collection (he has some on the workbench.)

This was a scorpion, from Warlord Games Hail Caesar line.  I made the base out of two bases, and then used a drill to drill out the holes for the bases.

Here are the two guys.  You might notice that I am using a slightly different flock mix... when I got my lockbox, I decided to start to step up my flock game.  I've gotten a whole selection of flocks, and accident mixed a few, and I like how it looks!  I think I'll probably do up a whole tub of a 28mm mix, with several longer grasses of several colors mixed in, to give it a bit of a more wild look, which is generally how battlefields should look!

Here is the scorpion in front of some Roman officers... I'll see if I can get some larger group shots, as the collection is coming together a bit.

Who ever would have guessed we'd have a Roman and Germanic collection in the House of War?  Not I!:)

Roman commander (from Gladiator) finished

Hi all!

Thought I would finally share my finished Roman commander for my son's collection!

It is the "Unleash Hell!" figure from Warlord Games, along with the Aquilifer and a few soldiers to fill out the tray.

Overall I think he turned out pretty sharp!  Maybe not perfect, but pretty good!

Germanic Chieftan Ariovistus from Warlord Games done!

So, I got the commander finished up for the OpFo for my son's Romans... a Germanic Chieftan and his guard!

Here he is... I had originally bought him to paint a crazy display figure, but then realized he should just lead the Germans!  So I painted him up and stuck him on a movement tray the same size as the rest (I'll take photos soon, promise!)

Overall I think he looks suitably intimidating!

Some Germans to fight the Romans...

Hey all!

Well, I have four units of Romans done (my son painted a fourth group entirely on his own... and they turned out great!) so I wanted to get someone for him to fight!

So I bought a box of Germanic tribesmen, some skirmishers with javelins, and a general.  I am going SUPER simple with them... I actually undercoated them with a brown, and then just went in and added, and then dipped.  Now I just have to grass them, and get their trays done, and voila!

Here are the Romans, btw.  Four units done, four to go.

I've started rebasing the Romans...

Hey all!

Well, as I mentioned earlier, I decided to go ahead and rebase my son's Romans.

I had originally done them on stands of eight, all together.  But then I thought... that just isn't as much fun for a kid.  You want to play with them independently at time, you know?

So I got some bases from Litko and have started rebasing!

I finished one unit, and have two more nearly done.... I'm going a little simple with the ones who I had already finished, and I'll do them a bit different when I start new, from fresh units.

Thoughts?

Oh, and there are more coming... another box of Romans, a box of Germanic tribesmen, some German skirmishers, a scorpion for the Romans, and a few generals.

More finished Romans...

Hey all!

Well, I did a unit of Romans for my son myself... and frankly, they don't look any better than his:)

I will say, they are just so simple to paint if you just do base coats and a dip, and that is plenty good for them.

Here they are with the already-finished unit... overall very happy with how they look!

Two more are glued together and ready for their undercoat.

My son's first unit done... Romans!

Hey all!

Well, my son and I finished up his first unit of wargames figures!

Now, he started playing Rome Total War a while back, and so decided that he wanted an army of Romans.  We picked up a couple of boxed sets of Warlord Games Romans, and went to town!

I decided we'd go SUPER simple with these; just a base coat and then dip.  Eventually I'll show him how to start highlighting after that, but he is only 5, so...

Overall I think they turned out great!  If you look closely you can see "mistakes" but overall he did a great job, and was SUPER willing to go back and correct stuff.

Here they are on the workbench.

So!  One unit down, four more (and a scorpion) to go!