First Gangs of Rome models

Three weeks ago I took delivery of a box of Wargames Atlantic plastic Citizens of Rome. Having spent a fair chunk of the intervening time gluing and painting I'm now very nearly in a position to get started with the rules. In fact I've painted 19 figures; very nearly one a day.

As I reported previously, the box gives you enough parts to make 30 miniatures with the emphasis on gang members in combat poses.

However I did manage to produce a few figures that will pass for less violence-focussed civilians:

The 80mm sabot base identifies these miniatures as composing a "mob" into which fighters may disappear if things get too hot.

The ducks are some white metal castings that were sitting in my spares box awaiting a useful purpose. the racks of amphorae are 3D prints from Thingiverse.

Another mob base is this shepherd and his flock, obviously more relevant to rural games or to muckier parts of the city.

At the moment I don't really have any Rome-specific terrain so this photoshoot features my Sarissa villa standing in as a large town house.

A mixture of homemade and Hovels resin-cast walls provide privacy to the senatorial family who live here. It seems they aren't at home as a number of ne'er-do-wells have penetrated the garden.

Fortunately the Vigiles Urbani are on the way:

I've found scribed Milliput to be the best way of making paved bases. Here we see a couple of vigiles bases, before and after painting. Each base gets a coat of Vallejo Basalt Grey before the individual stones are picked out with Pale Grey.