Sunday, 25 September 2011

Roman Auxiliary Infantry - part 2

These chaps are now finished, and given that they were my first real crack at painting plastic ancients, I'm quite happy with the results. 
A (very tall) barbarian's-eye view of my new Romans.
Just to prove I paint them all round...
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13 comments:

  1. peter25 September 2011 at 16:45

    And the final result looks good Tim!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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  2. Tim Gow25 September 2011 at 17:39

    Peter
    Thanks - praise indeed from you!

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  3. Don M25 September 2011 at 21:27

    they look pretty good Tim!

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  4. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com25 September 2011 at 21:53

    They look pretty good to me.

    What about under the bases? Do you paint there? :)

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  5. Tim Gow25 September 2011 at 23:09

    Don M
    Thanks - plenty more still to paint!

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  6. Tim Gow25 September 2011 at 23:11

    Ross Mac
    Come off it! I reckon it's a good result to have painted the figures! The undersides of the bases are finished with a sheet of magnetic strip so they'll maintain formation in the box.

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  7. Paul26 September 2011 at 04:34

    We never use magnetic strips nowadays to maintain formations, just a plain old marker.

    The troops look good, but needs a AFV or two to spice things up.

    Is the second shot closer to the true colour or did you use a dark wash?

    Regards Paul

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  8. Tim Gow26 September 2011 at 07:39

    The shots are without and with flash. I did use a dark wash - actually a wood stain varnish. I'll put your AFV idea to the Emperor but it may have to wait a couple of millennia....

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  9. Al26 September 2011 at 09:37

    Nice work Tim, clearly you're a painting machine if the occasion calls for it

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  10. Paul26 September 2011 at 11:13

    Hurry up and wait eh? Some things never change...

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  11. Tim Gow26 September 2011 at 14:12

    Al
    A painting machine? Yeah - a really inefficient one!

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  12. Conrad Kinch27 September 2011 at 02:21

    Nice work, are you planning a punic excursion?

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  13. Tim Gow27 September 2011 at 13:29

    Conrad Kinch
    More a case of just painting random figures!

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