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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Late Romans 2nd unit complete for Saga

It finally stopped raining long enough for me to brave the chilly weather and get outside so I could spray a couple of protective coats on my second completed Late Roman infantry unit. I have about 4 more units plus my Warlord to complete to finish the project, but while I waited for the seal coats to dry I was not idle. Started working on a cavalry unit and my Warlord.

As mentioned in my other post these are Gripping Beasts 28mm Plastic Late Romans. The shields have transfers applied from Little Big Men Studios. One thing I will mention is if you buy the plastic kit and want transfers make sure you look at Little Big Men's Plastic Late Roman shields, because the ones made for Gripping Beast metal figures won't work. Also the blue shield edging is me matching up colors to complete the look.

The one thing that I really don't like about the kit is the fact you only get 8 dudes wearing chain mail. I really wish they would have made at least 16 out of the 44 but oh well, I'll make it work.

Hope you enjoy the photo's.



Cheers
Kevin

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  1. Steve WilliamsNovember 4, 2017 at 5:03 AM

    They look brilliant! Shame about the lack of chain mail bodies.

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    1. KevinNovember 4, 2017 at 10:53 PM

      Thanks Steve, and yes I’ve been reading that the Late Romans in fact did not shed their armor, so it would have been nice to have a few more. But hey at 57 cents a figure I can’t complain.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. PrufrockNovember 4, 2017 at 6:45 AM

    Agreed, they look smashing,

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    1. KevinNovember 4, 2017 at 10:56 PM

      Thanks Aaron, note the picture I sent you and ths one. Notice the change in trim color. I was bummed out that the yellow and blue shield pattern clashed with first color, so I resigned myself to repaint them all. Current color goes way better.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  3. SkipNovember 4, 2017 at 8:19 AM

    These look really nice. You do amazing work.

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    1. KevinNovember 4, 2017 at 10:58 PM

      Thanks Skip, I am excited about facing your Britonians soon:)

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  4. Malicious PanoNovember 4, 2017 at 10:54 AM

    Pretty nice dude. They look awesome! 👍

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  5. DeanMNovember 4, 2017 at 11:43 AM

    Very nice work, Kevin. I hadn't realized there was this set of plastic Late-Romans. They look good and even have the tunic designs molded (which may or may not be to everyone's taste). If I were ever to build a Late-Roman warband, I'd certainly consider these. I see that they come in multiples of 4/8/16 - for Saga, I'm sure.

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    1. KevinNovember 4, 2017 at 11:03 PM

      Thanks Dean:) Note you can build from this box set 8 armoured infantry, 16 unarmoured infantry, 16 unarmoured archers, and 4 command (officer type, standard bearer) dudes divided between two sprues. So works well with Saga numbers.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  6. DaveNovember 4, 2017 at 1:03 PM

    The late romans are awesome. Very nice job.

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  7. caveadsum1471November 4, 2017 at 7:25 PM

    Lovely work, I just got a box of these, along with some Black tree design metal late Romans that were really reasonably priced, these have come out really well.
    Best Iain

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    1. KevinNovember 4, 2017 at 11:09 PM

      Thanks Iain, nice of you to have a look. I’ll have to have a peak at the Black tree stuff, I know they make nice minis. The plastic Romans are a bit stiff, but for Saga it works out really well.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  8. DucatNovember 7, 2017 at 11:47 AM

    I like those a lot. It will be a pleasure for people to face them in a game.

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    1. KevinNovember 7, 2017 at 11:22 PM

      Thanks John, I hope also with fear in their hearts as well;)

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  9. PhilNovember 8, 2017 at 2:46 AM

    Awesome job, they look great, splendid painting and basing...

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    1. KevinNovember 8, 2017 at 1:04 PM

      Thanks Phil, stayed tuned for another unit (this time cav) to be posted soon.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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