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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

On the Workbench - those Romans painted

Well that was enjoyable!  An evening by the radio listening to Liverpool beat Exeter City in a cup that some reckon doesn't matter and painting a few figures some would reckon don't really matter.


The figures have a few subtle differences in cloak and hair colour that don't really show up in these pics.  
They're painted but not yet varnished but I couldn't resist basing them and "glooping" the base with tile grout to see how they'd look as a Basic Impetus skirmisher unit.


I'm pleased with how these figures look.  Even dashed off in a couple of hours they're better than the previous times I've painted them so I guess I'm still improving!

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3 comments:

  1. BigRedBatAugust 24, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    It's a slippery slope, Richard....

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  2. CounterpaneAugust 24, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    I don't know, I was looking at some Baccus Roman cataphracts yesterday. They're expensive for 6mm but still work out cheaper than 28mm for the number you need to make a decent-sized unit.

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  3. BigRedBatAugust 25, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    I'm still loving my 28mm ancients. They are expensive, and bulky, but I think a big unit of them looks cracking. I struggle with anything smaller than 20mm...

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