Roman General

Having made all sorts of grandiose plans for the use of the 25mm figures in my custody, it occurred to me that I'd better make sure I could actually paint them!  To qualify my concern, I should point out that apart from my 6mm Ancients and a few 15mm Brits for the Sudan I haven't actually painted any pre-20th Century toys since the 1980s.  And even back then they were rubbish and few in number.

Anyway, back to the present.  I decided to ease myself in gently and dug out a Roman general and his eagle bearer to be among the first to face the dangerous end of my paintbrush.  I'm not sure of the manufacturer, but these chaps are old 'small' 25s and will fit in nicely with many of the new plastic figures.  The horses were already painted and I had already decided to preserve as much of JR's original paint as possible, so apart from some repair work I left these as they were.

Even if I say it myself - not a bad start.  Two down, a few hundred to go...