28mm Warlord Games Roman Eagle bearer, Roman Mounted General and unit #2 Celtic Cavalry

Well I just finished these up sand grass tufts which I am out of at the moment.  These were all very nice models and cleaned up very well.  So far the only boxed set I had trouble with from these guys was the Roman Cavalry that I posted some time ago.  I would say however that I am beginning to notice a lack of muscle detail on the horses and am beginning to wonder if the were designed on AutoCAD as they just don't have the detail Foundry or Perry horses seem to. So anyway here they are and my first post of 2012...  Again sorry for the crappy pics, I am NOT a good photog...

28mm Warlod Games Celtic Fanatics and Balearic Slingers

I just finished these guys up from my collection of unpainted stuff.  They are Warlord Games Naked Celtic Fanatics and for my Roman Army Balearic Slingers.  Both were in units of 8 when I got them so I suppose I need more.  I really enjoyed painting the Slingers and I just well painted the fanatics...lol. Not much on painting naked chaps.  I would say that the scupts were done well but could use more variety.  So up first the Balearic Slingers.

Next will be the Celtic Fanatics... I have more pictures of them as they tend to be individual in their painting.  I had intended on painting hi-lights on the skin but then realized that I had the blue tattoo's on them and that wasn't going to work after I had used Army Painter dip process on them.  Anyway here they are...

28mm Warlord Games Roman Army Done!!! For now...lol

I just finished the Warlord Games "boxed" army of Imperial Romans.  They are listed as follows:

4 Cohorts of Legionnaires
1 Cohort of Praetorians
1 Cohort of Veterans
1 Cohort of Auxiliary foot
1 unit of 12 Light Cavalry
4 Scorpions
and assorted leader types.

These guys were a hell of a lot to paint, the not so fun part was basing the entire army at once!  I officially HATE BASING FIGURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Anyway I have these guys painted for like about a week now but the basing was killing me.  I finally forced myself to get the done to post.  I do not know how many points this is for Hail Caesar as I don't have the army list book but for Clash of Empires I have the list posted in either the main rule book or the web, either way these guys kitted out to the max come out to about 4220pts.

 

I am now waiting for the last bits from a trade I did some time ago to arrive.  Supposedly tomorrow arrives my Vikings, Saxons and Norman Knights.  As SAGA rules and associated dice are unobtainium, I will be using Skjaldborg Rules as they are what I could find on the web.   And hopefully my Celts/Gauls/Dacians will arrive at some point. Then I will be ready to go with either Hail Caesar or COE, but until I get the army lists book for Hail Caesar I will be using COE point values obviously...

Cheers...

Warlord Games 28mm Romans coming along nicely.

I got these guys about 2 weeks ago and have been painting as I can, I have not been painting as much as I usually do as I have been working at a new job and have some other life  type things getting in the way.  Anyway I found these guys nice to paint, I am absolutely in love with the "Army Painter" Dip specifically the Medium one called "Strong Tone".  I have used Dark Tone in the past and was debating about using it on these guys but when I opened my dark tone it was more Solid dark tone, so in the bin it went. So far I have 1 Legionarie unit done and 2 other almost done as well as 1 unit of auxiliary cavalry and 1 unit of Auxiliary infantry. My dip process is as follows:

My "Army Painter" finishing process.

1st. I first brush on the Army Painter dip after shaking the tub. I brush on until I get the effect I like so it is rather lightly.
2nd after it drys about 6hrs here, very dry climate....lucky me.
3rd I use the Army Painter "Anti Shine" and mist that on, it does not take alot just enough to remove the glossy appearance. I can not say how much I really love the Anti-shine.  It works miracles and is very fast drying.
4. Once that all drys I start highlighting the miniatures areas I want to bring out more detail with light colors of the base colors I feel like doing, on these guys I did not do much of this as I wanted them to look a bit trail tired so to speak and sun tanned. I did it mainly on the Tunics.
5.  After that I put on the Shield transfers IMHO the next best thing to a big steak dinner I love shield transfers.
6. I then put some GW 'ard coat on the shield transfers almost as soon as I am done putting them on the entire unit, also getting some under the corners that have turned up slightly. After covering the hole shield front with 'ard coat, I let that dry, again it does not take long, but that will vary with your climate. and lastly I do a very, very light misting of  "Army Painter Anti-Shine" on the shield faces I just got done doing and thats it.

So anyway that's it. So here are the first 3 units done. I still need to do the basing, but I am waiting for bases, although I may just go ahead and do these guys before they get here.  Also I still have not recieved the missing stuff from the army I got of which these are a part of from Warlord Games, they supposedly sent them out late last month and told me the other day if I dont see them by xmas to call them or email.  I am not going to say anything on that.... I think you can figure that one out on your own.  I hope you like the mini's....cheers

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