Thursday, 7 August 2014

Allied Hastati and Triarii


This is a (clickable) work in progress shot of the hastati and triarii of my allied legion. These lovely Aventine figures all date back to the 2010 Zama game, and, unusually, most were painted by me. I've retouched them, and replaced some of the shields. This legions is going to have a "horse" theme, with some careful use of LBMS transfers. Now they just need some matt varnish, and a little work on the bases.  Once that is done, the allies will be complete.

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Partizan in the Park Video



An excellent video of the games at the recent Partizan in the Park, from the chaps at Wargames Illustrated. It is very interesting to see closeups of the games I didn't have time to see properly on the day.  The standard of the games was exceptionally high!  I love the terrain on the fist game; I'm going to need a whole lot more terrain for my expanded Cremona.

Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Allied Principes


Today is the turn of the allies.  These two units are the Allied Principes, and I think they look even better than their Roman colleagues.  They are of course Aventines and came from the brush of 2 different (unknown) painters, one of whom is very good.  I did a little highlighting and shield work (LBMS shield transfers).  All photos are clickable!


The figures are very animated and look very heroic, with their plumes and feathers.  Below, I have a command stand for the legion, too.


Both of the legions are now nearly finished; I just need to "tart up" my own allied hastati, and base some miniatures that Shaun has painted for the Roman hastati.  I will need to paint some Roman horse, too, but there's no time for that just now!

Monday, 4 August 2014

Pydna boards

... and they are literally boards at this stage!


I've four big boards and 9 smaller boards to cover with static grass sheet, and then add patches of flock, selectively.  When finished, they will make an 18' by 5'4" table, which I'll use for various large games over the next year or so.

Sunday, 3 August 2014

Principes



These lovely Aventine figures were painted by David Imrie and Shaun Watson (Redzed), and I'm very pleased to own them, as they are both far better painters than am I.  Luckily, they had both used the same shield design.  



Finally, here is the command stand; I absolutely love the Centurion, and what Shaun did with the crest.  The two figures behind were painted by Nick Speller.

The new legions are coming on apace, and I may take them along to the Wargames Holiday Centre for the weekend there on 30/31st August.  They will certainly be at t'other Partizan on 7th September.

Next... the Allied Principes...

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Res ad triarios venit

Or "It comes down to the triarii!"




The triarii were the reserve line of the Polybian legion, and if they needed to be committed, then it was a bloody battle that could go either way. These are lovely Aventine figures, that I bought beautifully painted from Shaun Watson (Redzed), do have a click to enlarge the photos. I've only needed to repaint the plumes to match the colour theme for this legion, and base.

These are part of a huge refight of the battle of Pydna, 168BC, that I'm working on for t'other Partizan, in Newark on 7th September. I'm collaborating with Keith and Adam from Aventine, the illustrious Saxon Dog, Craig Davey and others. This will be one to catch!




The other big wargaming project that I'm working on, in parallel, is my second "gig" at the Wargames Holiday Centre on the weekend of 30th/31st August. This time, I'm adding Spartans to the mix, and more Late Romans. The battles will be, tentatively: 

The Battle of Mice 331BC
Kent 55BC
Tacfarinas’ Revolt AD17
Take the High Road c.350AD
Siege of Sparta 272BC
The Elephant Victory 273BC
Thapsus 46BC
Count Theodosius vs. the Barbarian Conspiracy 368 AD

Mark still has some spaces, but it is filling up quickly, I gather, so please do drop him a line, quickly, if you'd like to come along.

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Roman Consular Army WIP

A very bad photo of some lovely figures...


These are Principes and Triarii figures originally painted by Saxon Dog and Redzed, that I'm currently basing for the Aventine Roman legion for our Pydna game at Partizan.  Better photos to follow in a day or so.