Saturday 5 February 2011

WIP shot

The last 18 minis are almost finished.  Above, I'm in the process of painting the black-primed shields white, ready to take the LBMS transfers.  I'll put a coat of varnish over the white, tonight, which will help the transfers to adhere.

I've been surprised how much more quickly I can paint the legionaries, relative to the command figures.  It's easy to get a production-line going with them.  They are lovely figures to paint.

I don't suppose anyone has a spare Foundry Praetorian standard bearer I could swap for,  please (for another project)?

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6 comments:

  1. Guidowg6 February 2011 at 01:36

    These are coming along at 100mph and looking fantastic.
    Sorry, I dont have the figure your after, otherwise I'd send it to you.

    Cheers.

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  2. BigRedBat6 February 2011 at 10:10

    Thanks.

    I'm sure I'll find one... last time I asked I managed to get a swap together, but I find that I need a second one. I hope to be able to start some Praetorians, soon.

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  3. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)6 February 2011 at 12:04

    Your legions are shaping up very nicely!

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  4. BigRedBat6 February 2011 at 14:15

    Thanks Christopher, I just got the transfers on, and hope to finish the painting today.

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  5. Gabriele Campbell8 February 2011 at 19:34

    Makes me wonder what the Romans would have said to an army like this. They did have toy soldiers but probably not entire cohorts of them. :)

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  6. BigRedBat8 February 2011 at 20:16

    Hi Gabriele, they'd have loved these chaps; all the same height, fully equipped and physically perfect. Just like Trajan's column!

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.