Saturday 22 January 2011

Equites Singulares Praetoriae Command

This week, I've finished the command stand for my Praetorian cavalry.  All pics are clickable.


The riders are BlackTree, shields trimmed down from Warlord Games, horses A&A, and transfers VVV.  I'd like to thank Steve from the WAB Forum for sending me the Wargames Factory standard (I'm not 100% sure it is historic, but it looks great!).  Allan Curtis is sending me an imago, which I'm going to use with another, cavalry Ala that I intend to start in a month or so.  A full cavalry Ala in 1:20 would have 24 figures and would look very fine, indeed, on the table.

The A&A horses, which I think were sculpted by Adam (now of Aventine) are superb.

Here are all the Praetorian cavalry, deployed together; a fine sight!  I'm very enthused with the Black Tree cavalry riders and have ordered an awful lot more of them.
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10 comments:

  1. DeanM22 January 2011 at 16:06

    Excellent unit, as always! Dean

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  2. Paul´s Bods22 January 2011 at 17:18

    Very nice. Among the ancients it´s the romans that really get my vote and the praetoriansget it twice.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  3. Ray Rousell22 January 2011 at 18:49

    Very nice, love the sheilds!

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  4. BigRedBat22 January 2011 at 19:06

    Thanks chaps, I'm very pleased with how they came out!

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)22 January 2011 at 20:57

    Nice,nice and I'll echo the comment on liking the shields.

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  6. Broeders23 January 2011 at 13:33

    Nice work. The shields really set them off.

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  7. Gabriele Campbell23 January 2011 at 15:01

    Pretty badass. And they got those shiny decorated Weiler (Gallic Imeperial) helmets I blogged about last week. :)

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  8. BigRedBat23 January 2011 at 15:20

    The shields were dead easy; VVV transfers on a dark blue ground, overpainted with a lighter blue. Only thing that was challenging, was fitting them around the larger shield boss; I had to cut them up to fit.

    Hi Gabriele, that style of helmet is just beautiful! really easy to paint, too. I love the batavian helmet with the feathers. I've thought about whether I could sculpt those feathers on a 28mm Miniature...

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  9. Secundus29 January 2011 at 16:05

    Lovely stuff! Warlord games are bringing out a nice mounted general (Maximus from Gladiator), I think it's a must for any Roman collector.

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  10. BigRedBat29 January 2011 at 16:58

    Wotcher Secundus, I fear that will be too snall for me. Anyhow, I have a huuuge not Maximus from Jim Bowen; I think of it as the "Maximus who ate all the pies!".

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