Monday, 28 March 2011

Coh. I Legio Secunda Traiana Fortis


My first Middle Imperial Roman unit (pictures clickable; worth it for the LBMS shields...).  I bought these painted on fleaBay, painted one more mini to match, replaced the shields and rebased.  Whoever originally painted them was very talented.  I aspire to a small army... some II Parthians, Lanciarii and a unit with the Dura Europos shield.

My impressions of the A&A miniatures are very favourable. I've ordered (and received) some more.  Minis that look somewhat dubious on their Website, are actually very nice in the hand...  Most or all of the Romans were sculpted by Aventine Adam, I believe.


Now I can't decide whether to paint another pretty unit of MIRs, or some French Napoleonic artillery, by way of a change.  Tough call...
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12 comments:

  1. roma91228 March 2011 at 20:24

    Great looking unit! Have always lliked the look of the A&A figures for Middle Roman Empire maybe one day.

    Cheers

    Ross

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  2. CarloAntonio28 March 2011 at 21:07

    Great work !! Compliments

    Best regards Carlo Antonio

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  3. Paul´s Bods28 March 2011 at 21:46

    very nice...respect!
    Cheers
    paul

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  4. DeanM28 March 2011 at 22:36

    Very nice! I like those hooded guys - they look like the ones from that Trojan War fresco. I used to have some A&A Macedonians. They looked good, but I think these Romans are really nice. The armor really matches the poses & style. Regards, Dean

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  5. BigRedBat28 March 2011 at 22:59

    Thanks chaps!

    Hi Dean, I find some of their ranges a bit "pudgy", but Adam nailed the MIRs!

    I'm just about to fire off another order...

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  6. James28 March 2011 at 23:15

    More MIRs! Looking luverly.

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  7. Phil Hendry28 March 2011 at 23:16

    Nice looking unit. The only negative comment I'd make is that by this date, shields all seem to have had a raw-hide edging, rather than the earlier metal one.

    You're right about the A&A stuff - some of it looks a bit ropey on the website, but great in the hand and even better once panted.

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  8. BigRedBat28 March 2011 at 23:39

    Hi Phil, didn't know about the rawhide, will have to do save that for the next unit!

    Do you have any suggestions for a shield design for II Parthica? I have a nicely painted caged-eagle standard bearer and I need a legion to go with him.

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  9. МаксимС29 March 2011 at 03:04

    Всё как всегда красиво.Красивая работа!

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  10. legatus hedlius29 March 2011 at 08:10

    Probably my favourite range of Romans. Your bases are utterly beautiful!

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  11. Broeders29 March 2011 at 20:17

    Great stuff as ever. Very good painting there.

    I'm more MRR myself but got some EIR in 10mm recently and so may get to MIR eventually!

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  12. Paul O'G3 April 2011 at 01:13

    They are just fantastic - both individually but most especially as a based unit.

    Makes me want to move to ancients once I've finished my current Dark Ages bug!

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