tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376051232024-03-05T11:11:33.500+00:00Punic War Ancient Battleslegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-57871299561874671602018-02-06T13:29:00.003+00:002018-02-06T13:29:43.347+00:00Victrix War Elephant part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I filled the very small gaps in the elephant body halves and filed them. These were not gaping holes by any means and I only needed a bit of Games Workshop's liquid green stuff to fill some slight areas on the head, back and belly of the main body, where the ears joined the body and where the trunk joined the body. I then undercoated all the pieces and dry fitted the assembled howdahs and supporting cushion. The howdahs fitted together so perfectly that they didn't need any filler whatsoever.</div>
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I decided that I would paint the elephant first and also paint it and the rope work before mounting it on a base, so I could get at the underside. This shows four shades of grey on the elephant body and the dark shade on the rope. I have initially painted the eyes reddish brown, which is what the eye muscle on elephants is like but will need to paint the pupil to cover most of this. </div>
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Having finished off the elephants' bodies and the ropes I could then mount them on bases which makes them easier to handle. I used cut down Renedra plastic bases. These are 5x5 centimetres, which is twice the size of a base I use for mounted figures. The undercoat for the armoured tusk tips and the white undercoat for the transfers on the cloth is done now too.<br />
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Now I can add some plastic filler to the surface of the bases some sand and a few stones to the base. The black ends to the elephants' tails have been done now too.<br />
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Next I added the ribbons and collar tassel. I painted these a dark red and edged the elephants' cloth a dark red to match the transfers. </div>
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It's a long time since I put any Little Big Men transfers on and they are a bit of a fiddle for anyone as clumsy as I am. The transfers do not fit the elephant precisely and there were some edges that needed touching up against the ropes and at the bottom of the cloth. I finished the eyes (that really was a fiddle!), painted the bases, painted the metal work (the bell and some harness rings) and touched up any messy bits. Lastly, I painted and added the howdah support cushion. I can put these to one side now while I get on with the howdah. Grass will be added last.</div>
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I decided that I needed a Christmas project to get me back into painting again and the Victrix war elephant, which came out last month, seemed to be just the thing. I already have a small force of Republican Romans for the period painted and even a unit of Carthaginian infantry. I ordered it on Monday and it arrived today so I spent an hour or so this afternoon starting work on it. Although Victrix products all used to come in (big) boxes, latterly, they have been using bags more and more but this was a sturdy bag made from thick plastic so the components were well protected and it arrived in a strong packing box.</div>
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There are four sprues; two each of an elephant and crew sprue. The elephant sprue includes two alternate left hand sides to add variety although, apart from one having its front left leg raised, they are identical, even down to the position of the tail. The crew sprue contains figures for three different nationalities: Carthaginian, Numidian and Roman. A Ptolemaic crew can be built by using the Carthaginian bodies with separate Ptolemaic heads (there are four sets of heads but only three sets of crew bodies). The mahout bodies can be given appropriate heads as there are plenty of heads to chose from. I'll look at these more when I get around to building the figures.</div>
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The first thing I did was stick the two halves of the elephants together. These fit really well with good, deep lips to ensure correct placement. A very small amount of sanding and filling was needed and given enough glue and paint you could probably get away without filling the two halves of the body. There are no bases supplied but I trimmed sown some Renedra bases into 5 x 5 cm squares, which is twice the size of the base I use for mounted troops which seems about right. I decided not to glue them to the elephants yet as I will want access to paint their undersides before doing so.</div>
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While these were drying I built the howdahs (yes, I know that Carthaginian elephants probably didn't have them but they just look better). This has four pieces (plus spear quivers). Two L-shaped side units go around the wooden plank effect floor piece very snugly and I attached the floor piece to one of these before attaching the other part. There is no need for any filling here, the fit is perfect. There is a separate 'howdah cushion' to go underneath it which has slots to fit the elephant body. I think I am going to take my old model kit approach to this and paint some of the assemblies before sticking them together so the howdah cushion (I am sure there is at technical term for this) will be painted before it is attached. I also bought the Little Big Men howdah and blanket transfers for this (£10 extra - they do these for the other nations' forces too) and think it will be much easier to paint and do the transfers of the elephant and howdah separately, rather than sticking everything together first.</div>
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Next it was time to attach the ears and armour-tipped tusks (they look like something you would get in Ann Summers", opined the Old Bat) and the elephants' trunks. There are two alternate trunks. These did have some, tricky to remove, light mould lines and will need a bit of filling where they connect to the head, as will the ears.</div>
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This is far as I got before the light went and they really were very easy to put together. Tomorrow I will do the last little bits of filling on the trunk and ears and hopefully undercoat them and the howdah. First painting, I think, will be the howdah cushions and the base coats for the howdahs. Enjoying this so far.<br />
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Now, although I don't post on many of my blogs very often that doesn't mean I forget about them completely. The arrival of the new Victrix plastics for the Punic War period has got me interested again so I ordered a box of their new Republican Romans. In fact, these are not the ones I ordered. I ordered the ones with pectoral armour but would have bought these anyway so didn't bother to send them back.</div>
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Now, as I have mentioned before I did build a small army for this period using Crusader figures. Two small legions of 42 infantry figures each. I am going to organise my basic units the same way as 12 each of velites, hastati and principes and 6 triari. How many blocks of 42 will make a legion I am not sure yet.</div>
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Now, you always get a big box with Victrix and this is no exception with no less than 60 figures included. You get 36 legionaries, 18 light infantry (velites in my case as they will have shields) and 6 command. However, if you want to make 3 musicians (for which the parts are included) you will have to sacrifice 3 of your legionaries. I'm not sure yet how I am going to handle the command for my small units.</div>
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Compared to many Victrix figures these are easy to assemble because each figure basically has four parts: legs and body excluding right arm, right arm with weapon, head and shield. Simples! You have to be a bit careful when holding them as both the spears and helmet feathers stick up and are quite delicate (but not <i>really </i>delicate). Feathers on these figures were always a nightmare on metal models for this period; either too chunky or two delicate and liable to breaking of. Plastic really handles these well and they look just right. I like my Romans standing to attention rather than the more action packed figures produced by the likes of Warlord Games but you can have your legionaries holding their pila overarm if you want, by the look of it. </div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-15144318184551807732010-01-16T22:11:00.001+00:002010-01-16T22:16:14.442+00:00Carthaginian Veterans- first unit completed<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLch9mCaXemvy9o2-0JDFptgFfyzQb06c-LSydolFEbmCf-_BoFXEubBZ0C4E49K51ImqYIDEAPS-Z4Hs_LFVMylyOIfw-op7bLNb6nB3WVhOjEDy1hnjwzJfxUX64LJy8WXP/s1600-h/carthaginian+veterans+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427464669094469554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLch9mCaXemvy9o2-0JDFptgFfyzQb06c-LSydolFEbmCf-_BoFXEubBZ0C4E49K51ImqYIDEAPS-Z4Hs_LFVMylyOIfw-op7bLNb6nB3WVhOjEDy1hnjwzJfxUX64LJy8WXP/s400/carthaginian+veterans+1.jpg" /></a><em> Crusader Cathaginian Veterans</em></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />I managed to get them finished today, slightly ahead of schedule. I will start work on the next unit (which is made up of A&A figures) but need to order some command for them. Once these are done I will probably mix the figures from the two units up a bit.<br /><br /><br />I painted most of the shields (very quickly) on the basis that your eyes are drawn to the LBM shield transfers so it doesn't matter what mine are like! </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-12747016980523452262010-01-14T12:08:00.000+00:002010-01-14T12:38:31.390+00:00Carthaginian Veteran: shield issues<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnOqh4wAIttecRk8iXpPl-1sq0j8HMucnrdys4JHLWamJiexCrgrXkFdhiFdEwljt4OEXh4RAid_0S5mELeyekgnTAuNnLO1d09MTj9JTsO4hUuravRAZ1A0OmeqcE5UZM_qK/s1600-h/IMG_2714.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426573736993227554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnOqh4wAIttecRk8iXpPl-1sq0j8HMucnrdys4JHLWamJiexCrgrXkFdhiFdEwljt4OEXh4RAid_0S5mELeyekgnTAuNnLO1d09MTj9JTsO4hUuravRAZ1A0OmeqcE5UZM_qK/s400/IMG_2714.JPG" /></a><em>The unit so far</em><br /><br /><div align="justify">This unit was going so well. I had finished the twenty figures except for the shields and I was just waiting for my LBM shield transfers to arrive. When they did I realised that they don't fit most of the shields in the Crusader packs. This is not LBM's fault, though. The problem is that they arrived with a mixture of three different shields, which is fine for veterans who have looted much of their gear. There were a number of hoplite type shields and this was OK as I had already got some Carthaginian transfers in stock.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePlVxSUjHtkDFjBy3iGsvI3KHqFvkRufXpG-iJpaqYiBkXOBaDtTZTPyuGintyysHkyNVQuxG69YOusQhkDZOo5wBigB_oFDQQFXZzaZ86jxayXdzJ5Ebhp-u1rxs_2sqpSeR/s1600-h/anc005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 176px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426570581825514914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePlVxSUjHtkDFjBy3iGsvI3KHqFvkRufXpG-iJpaqYiBkXOBaDtTZTPyuGintyysHkyNVQuxG69YOusQhkDZOo5wBigB_oFDQQFXZzaZ86jxayXdzJ5Ebhp-u1rxs_2sqpSeR/s400/anc005.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="justify">Then there were the curved shields (above), which the LBM transfers were designed for, but the problem is that there were only three shields of this design included in the twenty that arrived; most were a flat design (below) for which LBM do not make a transfer. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFmf_v1wZRC5HIOFdoF6duDITMidnjkiCnGUcj10R5KYkbY0SiLzHeGLceLoDTW7SupjLoNsMpISyuiDMqS3splPbmf6yZeAgo5o5rWJvsl8KEFDhQ5oGthBIS6DX8ejBmcoi/s1600-h/anc002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 194px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426569441485493074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFmf_v1wZRC5HIOFdoF6duDITMidnjkiCnGUcj10R5KYkbY0SiLzHeGLceLoDTW7SupjLoNsMpISyuiDMqS3splPbmf6yZeAgo5o5rWJvsl8KEFDhQ5oGthBIS6DX8ejBmcoi/s400/anc002.jpg" /></a> Having just let them sit for weeks because I was so fed up with this I did glue all the shields on yesterday evening with the realisation that I am going to have to paint eleven shields by hand. This shows how lazy LBM has made me as, of course, this is what I always did before! I painted all my Spartan shields by hand and so shoouldn't be too put off by this!<br /><br />The good thing is that now I know, with a bit of luck, that I should be able to get them finished this weekend! Next I have a unit of A&A Miniatures Carthaginian Veterans to start but at least I have all the right transfers for the shields for them!<br /><br />I don't think that we are now doing Zama at the club; there doesn't seem to be that much interest and I don't even know if we have been entered for the SOA battle day or not as I haven't been there for months. Nevertheless, I always wanted a Carthaginian army so will carry on with these anyway.legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-25382000794306290582009-11-10T16:23:00.001+00:002009-11-12T07:54:20.250+00:00Carthaginian Veteran Spearmen started<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNevcqTaqOvr_2QhNHlaUJ0Nd1JX1EKaJRvsjNMdPzH1E7i8Vn3cHWcFESyVLsWlj5xIR3Bz5n5G00IAdEqspK6gLrBXxV19qgNCqQ-8xlw5NRE6w9lXT8ZNMZKdOxqh3O3XL/s1600-h/P1010908.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403122252212694194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNevcqTaqOvr_2QhNHlaUJ0Nd1JX1EKaJRvsjNMdPzH1E7i8Vn3cHWcFESyVLsWlj5xIR3Bz5n5G00IAdEqspK6gLrBXxV19qgNCqQ-8xlw5NRE6w9lXT8ZNMZKdOxqh3O3XL/s400/P1010908.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Well I have started work on a 20 man unit of Crusader Miniatures Carthaginian Veterans. One thing I find curious is that they are all modelled with a sandalled left foot but a bare right foot!<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2hMFxY8eZtwD5OSiE9_OeK_7g77UEFMv74-Eb035nYrkFLhi6tQB8_ZkxqZiD4aONVW2mITQBETZH2gpOYQLRa6fJ_JoHbRfR1JjkpaYsitDwuGEkMRCZZJnBBpEz1Xl95Gk/s1600-h/crusader+veteran+carthaginians.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402514656909886930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2hMFxY8eZtwD5OSiE9_OeK_7g77UEFMv74-Eb035nYrkFLhi6tQB8_ZkxqZiD4aONVW2mITQBETZH2gpOYQLRa6fJ_JoHbRfR1JjkpaYsitDwuGEkMRCZZJnBBpEz1Xl95Gk/s400/crusader+veteran+carthaginians.jpg" /></a><em> Crusader figures</em></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div align="justify">I have also ordered some of A&A's Carthaginian veterans as they are sculpted by Mark Sims as well and they will lend some varity to what will have to be a reasonably large number of figures. I also ordered some of Little Big Men's shield transfers for the A&A figures and must get some for the Crusader figures.<br /></div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjoUH_G-aZaLtK9jN8VzD8b0xLeOax9Rbi3Q1kGQXTy6v4Uulp1E8dBhJUF7uLiLatecWCQaqhxMsuKd2UXRr42uo0D9i5EfSn4YzOU0QUTwCHezHSQjZywh_jlJFf1DZy-FC/s1600-h/A&A+carthaginian+veterens.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402514598973195378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjoUH_G-aZaLtK9jN8VzD8b0xLeOax9Rbi3Q1kGQXTy6v4Uulp1E8dBhJUF7uLiLatecWCQaqhxMsuKd2UXRr42uo0D9i5EfSn4YzOU0QUTwCHezHSQjZywh_jlJFf1DZy-FC/s400/A&A+carthaginian+veterens.jpg" /></a><em> A&A figures</em></p><div><br /></div><p>As the Veterans were a collection of different nationalities largely equipped with looted Roman gear I have decided that they will have a somewhat non-uniform appearance; so different shields and different coloured tunics. </p>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-77803668116082772252009-10-15T21:19:00.000+01:002009-10-15T21:23:48.343+01:00Zama: on again?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpuYRkVK6uLeRe5mt-lazmEuaNrB8Ih-2BuuwteE4APC0Hz_gSphSxu0Hj58z4-OyWoX4MNY0EpdvG3qb22wRFePqD12txSyw0sTuZ4FqqIC7aBsrLw3RntcYtXM8t7-13nv3/s1600-h/A005002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392924930629982370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpuYRkVK6uLeRe5mt-lazmEuaNrB8Ih-2BuuwteE4APC0Hz_gSphSxu0Hj58z4-OyWoX4MNY0EpdvG3qb22wRFePqD12txSyw0sTuZ4FqqIC7aBsrLw3RntcYtXM8t7-13nv3/s400/A005002.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Well it went a bit quiet on the "will we or won't we do Zama?" front but now it looks as though we may be on to do a game at the Society of Ancients day after all. I'm struggling with envisioning the forces and so I have a dropped a note to Big Red Bat whose Zama project is truly awe inspiring.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Two things we have agreed we need are elephants and Numidian cavalry so maybe I could put in an order for some of those; probably from Crusader.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-2185977819258293592009-07-04T23:16:00.000+01:002009-07-04T23:23:41.917+01:00Balearic slingers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi32r_oqdShv6rrEY-XzF1VMLGYdgvHyaWS2iK1oRRk8FqMbowzIm0-aPkOOWUxigPAFTJSwssLD7ViKeMZ8cfwYvFhUhiOl49N8eBJHNMC77oyE5S0msZYedjQB-QcJAQeRha/s1600-h/P1000539.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354734140769729314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi32r_oqdShv6rrEY-XzF1VMLGYdgvHyaWS2iK1oRRk8FqMbowzIm0-aPkOOWUxigPAFTJSwssLD7ViKeMZ8cfwYvFhUhiOl49N8eBJHNMC77oyE5S0msZYedjQB-QcJAQeRha/s400/P1000539.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="justify">These are my first few figures for the Society of Ancients Zama game. I think we are planning to use the Tony Bath rules and I remember from Cynoscephalae that missile troops are pretty devastating so I will have to get some more of these I think. </div><br /><div align="justify">They are Crusader figures so were very easy to paint and they match my Romans. I painted headbands as spare slings as they carried three slings of different lengths to shoot at different ranges.</div><br /><div align="justify">Two other people at the club are interested in entering a game and they have quite a few figures so I may not need to paint that many. I will concentrate on Spanish and Celtiberians to start with as I have always wanted a Spanish army to oppose my Romans.</div><br /><div align="justify">More on Zama this week.</div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-17454114875649526152009-04-27T13:39:00.000+01:002009-04-27T15:20:15.404+01:00Society of Ancients: Zama?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTot57iY4XyLZRF7FgVbwpPKmUWaYLBM0P6ulbDbULFry49NNzw6Ybg4DNmswIHy5GKIiAvmKmfEcsjOk_XChlTVQQiFvX5Ojl9DX7W57_TWGbGD4GRuia6uVvcrfvtQsQIR4/s1600-h/battle_of_zama.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329375249922532594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTot57iY4XyLZRF7FgVbwpPKmUWaYLBM0P6ulbDbULFry49NNzw6Ybg4DNmswIHy5GKIiAvmKmfEcsjOk_XChlTVQQiFvX5Ojl9DX7W57_TWGbGD4GRuia6uVvcrfvtQsQIR4/s400/battle_of_zama.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Elephants!</em><br /><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">We had some people at the Society of Ancients Battle Day over the weekend. Persians against Early Byzantines so not for me this year. However the rumour is that next year the SOA is planning to do something with Hannibal: probably Zama. This is much more exciting and gives me the chance to get going on lots more stuff after the Roman legions I did for Cynoscephalae two years ago. </div><br /><div align="justify">Both sides had lots of Numidian Cavalry. Hannibal had Celts and Ligurians as well as African (Carthaginian and Libyan) troops. It all sounds quite inspiring!</div></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-12176554828680808182007-12-18T08:09:00.001+00:002007-12-18T11:37:06.065+00:00Hannibal's Last Battle: Brian Todd Carey<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oyzxbm0cmqVMgRRsmWK3-zSBCevZFG7Bt8mX9PK3Zs3840q00Ir5lu6lF-8M5VSn6dxmqEqYHOHWKuUwJhnFgkjTq3x0p53vgliD5Ofl_NgaTLiTDJbAONUJJ0CH9jehh1ww/s1600-h/hannibal's+last+battle_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145222421771983522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oyzxbm0cmqVMgRRsmWK3-zSBCevZFG7Bt8mX9PK3Zs3840q00Ir5lu6lF-8M5VSn6dxmqEqYHOHWKuUwJhnFgkjTq3x0p53vgliD5Ofl_NgaTLiTDJbAONUJJ0CH9jehh1ww/s400/hannibal's+last+battle_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I picked up this new book in Waterstones yesterday. It looks like a good summary of the three Punic Wars. The best thing about it is the battle maps, however. Each battle featured gets five or six maps, rather than the more usual one or two, showing the development of the battle.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">The battles illustrated in this way include: Tunis 255 BC, Ticinus 218 BC, Trebia 218 BC, Cannae 216 BC, New Carthage 209 BC, Baecula 208 BC, Metaurus River 207 BC, Ilipa 206 BC, Great Plains 203 BC, Zama 202 BC, Cynoscephalae 197 BC, Magnesia 190 BC, Pydna 168 BC and Carthage 147 BC.</span></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">From a wargaming point of view this is excellent and has got me wanting to get started on some opponents to my Romans.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-25047532181327329412007-11-05T09:11:00.001+00:002007-11-05T10:01:36.829+00:00Crusader v Renegade Comparison 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlA6EFpp081WISqcF2vPNxJQZ4ArY0ONvvAXhchRNoLR4uqAEjngksetw9jxrMExD_GZbC9Z2_FloZ1OSYEFgehcrsz6ffSLToBYPoSCQfm7xrMmF1FRVfZb3gyBCX1XOukot/s1600-h/velite+comp+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129281686621829762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlA6EFpp081WISqcF2vPNxJQZ4ArY0ONvvAXhchRNoLR4uqAEjngksetw9jxrMExD_GZbC9Z2_FloZ1OSYEFgehcrsz6ffSLToBYPoSCQfm7xrMmF1FRVfZb3gyBCX1XOukot/s400/velite+comp+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwgEaPfRjk7yL8iOQXfszOFfhZzRHK6oZP9zBPB6VlmULFY-r9qN7chAcx6s5vYXsqQWKTuhxuIbuBOMxnhAW22aI9-GnwXUQvh42q0DJ2Kd7Lxc1ttnZKBI8PjWbXDVOOvbF/s1600-h/velite+comp+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129281592132549234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwgEaPfRjk7yL8iOQXfszOFfhZzRHK6oZP9zBPB6VlmULFY-r9qN7chAcx6s5vYXsqQWKTuhxuIbuBOMxnhAW22aI9-GnwXUQvh42q0DJ2Kd7Lxc1ttnZKBI8PjWbXDVOOvbF/s400/velite+comp+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Here are a couple of pictures of Velites from Renegade and Crusader. Confusingly the top picture shows Renegade on the left and Crusader on the right whilst the bottom is the other way round. The figures are not that different in size or bulk but the real difference is in the head size where the Renegade figures are very exagerated. The Numidian figures I bought were even worse with the head about one quarter of the size of the body. Horrible!</ span well. as bulk the to adds which figure Renagade on larger much is wolfskin The> </span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-44968677854027664242007-11-04T12:17:00.000+00:002014-10-03T19:22:23.550+01:00Crusader v Renegade Comparison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">I originally bought the Renegade figures and painted some velites which I liked. Although the Romans were big it wasn't that that stopped me buying the range it was the truly horrible Carthaginians which had huge heads. I had bought some of the A&A Carthaginians which were also sculpted by Mark Sims so went for his Crusader figures as they matched perfectly. He is now expanding his Carthaginian range so I am very happy with my choice as you have two ranges (A&A and Crusader) to choose from.</span></div>
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legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-7629858859405201642007-04-10T22:55:00.000+01:002007-04-10T23:02:59.755+01:00Italian allies Javelin men<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBDcIKy8Jmh9k9AVm1X4l66kGpiWryAMFmNaJPL0rGPhERRmmeRGPMDAR2N2ag9FdTT8AYVk9ngYgN78Ehwyn6sFFi_4Xp1I9a2G3mZYyhscOgIThp02U0q36IJJvez1Jb5LQ/s1600-h/javelin+men.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051923202974832610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBDcIKy8Jmh9k9AVm1X4l66kGpiWryAMFmNaJPL0rGPhERRmmeRGPMDAR2N2ag9FdTT8AYVk9ngYgN78Ehwyn6sFFi_4Xp1I9a2G3mZYyhscOgIThp02U0q36IJJvez1Jb5LQ/s400/javelin+men.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">These six figures were painted to make up the numbers for a unit of Velites we need for the Roman army for Cynoscephalae. In fact, they are the first figures to be painted for my Italian allies forces for the Punic Roman army. I have bought and based most of the two forces I need (one unit will be more Roman looking, one more Samnite) but have had to put this project on hold until after the Society of Ancients Games Day next month. I haven't given them shields to differentiate them from the regular Roman Velites.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-73027135584845969942007-02-11T09:28:00.000+00:002007-02-11T09:44:09.419+00:00Second Legion Complete<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYy-4PD7tLtjOTFY1WIvAiehyphenhyphen1aJ18OdyjNsu_aQ5MgVnE9Vh5C_13P1vQ8f0aGPcRZYf9jYLwx7mqZIfOXsbuPo-OiJ47bVJPmunB1eqMh0oKn3uNZwJN3ZRYOgfxhygaH_b/s1600-h/legion+cavalry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030207183661574130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYy-4PD7tLtjOTFY1WIvAiehyphenhyphen1aJ18OdyjNsu_aQ5MgVnE9Vh5C_13P1vQ8f0aGPcRZYf9jYLwx7mqZIfOXsbuPo-OiJ47bVJPmunB1eqMh0oKn3uNZwJN3ZRYOgfxhygaH_b/s400/legion+cavalry.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em>The combined cavalry force.</em><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLpuq1Aum6V0-buNwMDgwFsgRBGkyvgixkkVFyBoKENzcC1VkFLkgJENCukIrpLR5wxUEftgX06UjM2hfLLPQTyifAnySKTkk2Z2gqlth_ROwaNkQZ_m-oj7pW9U9m61Y1ZeT/s1600-h/2nd+leg+principes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030207003272947682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLpuq1Aum6V0-buNwMDgwFsgRBGkyvgixkkVFyBoKENzcC1VkFLkgJENCukIrpLR5wxUEftgX06UjM2hfLLPQTyifAnySKTkk2Z2gqlth_ROwaNkQZ_m-oj7pW9U9m61Y1ZeT/s400/2nd+leg+principes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em>The final unit of principes.</em><br /></div><div align="justify">I've finished the second legion by completing the principes and the last cavalryman. I can't think that I have ever painted an army quite so quickly. There are 92 figures for a WAB total of 1316 points. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">The next job should be to paint the Italian allies and I have most of them based now. However at a run through of the Tony Bath rules we are using for the Society of Ancients Battle Day it became apparent that what we were short of was Macedonian cavalry and Greek light troops, so I may do those next.</div><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmR-6Bme5ey2TzU9_OC3Z76TAs4cTaZk7khjv3FotE-dr22WlpwNzCW4CkDUJaqZAfpihyb2cfn-i2pg2oDFzgQqqLIBs84wR7ydtSnemDXurM5jet_An0lAEC636GOazQYBw1/s1600-h/2nd+legion.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030207389820004354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmR-6Bme5ey2TzU9_OC3Z76TAs4cTaZk7khjv3FotE-dr22WlpwNzCW4CkDUJaqZAfpihyb2cfn-i2pg2oDFzgQqqLIBs84wR7ydtSnemDXurM5jet_An0lAEC636GOazQYBw1/s400/2nd+legion.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="center"><em>The completed second legion.</em></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HxH9K4aDmrCl_xLP5DlGCnojDR6HK4ktjuWSXUFMdsW7wInjU9DB09GJnsrIMGT0qAhLW1KKctEImIiegR7W6oVRGX9XuXDi4CYmgcGw26D1Q7Vc84m8mPRnX3aBMUxWribm/s1600-h/legions.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030207535848892434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HxH9K4aDmrCl_xLP5DlGCnojDR6HK4ktjuWSXUFMdsW7wInjU9DB09GJnsrIMGT0qAhLW1KKctEImIiegR7W6oVRGX9XuXDi4CYmgcGw26D1Q7Vc84m8mPRnX3aBMUxWribm/s400/legions.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>The two legions in battle array.</em></div><div></div></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-39817671125324262432007-01-14T22:04:00.000+00:002007-01-14T23:16:05.566+00:002nd unit of Triarii<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmu9eNFqDFmprDkBj-ZhI4Tnw8qLfv65rC-sq5begiKRBpmgj0erbEfhwwvLSTTxKISDfjZw3cP2PrWpCm3o9W-fmawSrczhsIfLNYfy9TKrdWg-NWJswlyzS3lzLtEIQMNfR/s1600-h/trari+2nd+leg+c.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020027922382961266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmu9eNFqDFmprDkBj-ZhI4Tnw8qLfv65rC-sq5begiKRBpmgj0erbEfhwwvLSTTxKISDfjZw3cP2PrWpCm3o9W-fmawSrczhsIfLNYfy9TKrdWg-NWJswlyzS3lzLtEIQMNfR/s400/trari+2nd+leg+c.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I've finished the final unit of Triarii. The standard bearer is a Copplestone-sculpted Foundry one. The Centurion is Gripping Beast. Rank and File are Crusader. I haven't painted anything on the Vexilium yet so need to think what I can put there. Now I only have the Principes to do to finish the legion. I <em>might </em>be able to get all twelve done in a week if I really work at it.</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTcuuSyDSv81255LC8CqsSjXUPHaEftCu_oV_j4SlwZ2dGFztBG5FCgVavCmKf_khbYof39sqV43QEbhEPdYbfKvOWgDdI7is8PkhQLGbXEVvJ0YWPgLtmB5fd4DYiJGE9Lx5/s1600-h/combined+triarii+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020026865821006434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTcuuSyDSv81255LC8CqsSjXUPHaEftCu_oV_j4SlwZ2dGFztBG5FCgVavCmKf_khbYof39sqV43QEbhEPdYbfKvOWgDdI7is8PkhQLGbXEVvJ0YWPgLtmB5fd4DYiJGE9Lx5/s400/combined+triarii+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the combined unit of Triarii with figures from each legion. I've now painted 79 figures for a total of 1143 points. Not quite my biggest WAB army (that's still the Wars of the Roses one) but getting there.</span>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-73496262787863839352007-01-12T11:26:00.000+00:002007-01-12T12:01:28.746+00:00First Ala started<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I've based two units of twelve for the Roman-equipped Italian allies. I don't think I got exactly what I ordered from A&A as they sent rather more figures in the disc pectorals than I wanted but it's not a great disaster.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I keep forgetting that I need an Elephant (or two) for the Romans! I will set out the two Alae this weekend and see what other figures I need. More command and skirmishers certainly. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Overall I need 18 command and 54 rank and file for the two alae plus 24 skirmishers. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have finished 21 out of 40 stages on the Triarii so should get them done this weekend. I've also got my first Greek skirmisher in there (from Foundry)! Hope to do bases and spears tonight.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1168445781147903142007-01-10T15:51:00.000+00:002007-01-12T11:44:58.661+00:00Stages in painting<span style="font-size:85%;">During a boring meeting at the Mansion House this week I worked out the various stages I need to go through to paint one standard Roman:</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1 Clean up figure with file and knife</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">2 Make base from artists card</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">3 Superglue figure to base</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4 Undercoat</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">5 Paint skin</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6 Paint tunic</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">7 Paint second coat on tunic (especially if black undercoated figure)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8 Paint leather work (belts and sandals)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9 Glue sand to base</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">10 Paint shading on skin</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">11 Paint highlights on skin</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">12 Paint whites of eyes</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">13 Paint pupils of eyes</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">14 Paint lips</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">15 Paint shading on tunics</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">16 Paint highlights on tunics</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">17 Paint shading on leather</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">18 Paint highlights on leather</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">19 Paint base</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">20 Drybrush highlights on base</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">21 Matt varnish </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">22 File shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">23 File pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">24 Undercoat shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">25 Undercoat pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">26 Paint shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">27 Paint pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">28 Paint shading on shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">29 Paint shading on pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">30 Paint highlights on shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">31 Paint highlights on pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">32 Paint Bronze metalwork on figure</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">33 Glue shield to figure</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">34 Glue pilum to figure</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">35 Touch up hand/spear</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">36 Matt varnish shield</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">37 Matt varnish pilum</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">38 Paint bronze shield rim</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">39 Paint iron shield boss</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">40 Paint iron pilum head</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">So, 40 stages for one figure. No wonder I only paint six a week!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1168417905077567002007-01-10T08:30:00.000+00:002007-01-14T22:03:44.233+00:00Second legion Velites<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpeJsht_2Lzve0PAoD3zEVUTr8ShIBeP-uImeQmKgaAF20py9QCtG_EE8D_cfwruGVVb_e_M_tO-KhA4CdY13SrV5JJ2s41Q-XGmknmHbdPbxgPUb-E_Ou_3Bjd8VlD-J0sBC/s1600-h/2nd+leg+velites+b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020010197052930642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpeJsht_2Lzve0PAoD3zEVUTr8ShIBeP-uImeQmKgaAF20py9QCtG_EE8D_cfwruGVVb_e_M_tO-KhA4CdY13SrV5JJ2s41Q-XGmknmHbdPbxgPUb-E_Ou_3Bjd8VlD-J0sBC/s400/2nd+leg+velites+b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/446103/velites%202nd%20leg.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">These are the Velites for the second legion. I now only have the Principes and the Triarii to do.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">My first order of A&A Samnites has arrived. I have heard bad things about the fragility of their helmet feathers but only three had any damage. I have decided to paint one ala as Roman equipped troops with Roman shields and pila. I will use some Samnites, some left over Crusader Hastati and some Conqueror Miniatures Hastati which also seem to be very compatible. I'm not going to use any chainmail for these units and points wise I will treat them as basic legionaries (i.e not drilled). For "velites" I will use the Crusader javelinmen without shields.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">For the other ala I will paint the Samnites in more Samnite colours and use the LBM shield transfers. This means that I can also use them as Carthaginian allies if necessary.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Samnite cavalry have much smaller horses than the Crusader Romans. I suspect the A&A figures are closer to reality as the Romans had quite small ponies rather than proper horses. Hopefully it shouldn't look too odd.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I hope to finish the Triarii this weekend and get a good start on the Principes (who are at least all undercoated now).</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1168045807563179042007-01-06T01:06:00.000+00:002007-01-06T01:10:07.570+00:001st cavalry unit<div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/732862/cavalry2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/400/118017/cavalry2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">OK it's only three figures but now I only have the Principes and the Triarii to do-18 figures. The cavalryman took my WAB total over 1000 points and I don't have too many WAB armies that size yet!</span> </div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1167854582084653762007-01-03T19:52:00.000+00:002007-01-06T01:11:35.103+00:00Second Unit of Hastati<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/185440/2nd%20leg%20hastati.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/400/700923/2nd%20leg%20hastati.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I finished the first complete unit for the second legion last week. I am also half way through the second unit of velites. All are Crusader figures except the musician which is Gripping Beast and the Standard bearer which is from the Foundry Caesarian range by Mark Copplestone.</span></div><p><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">My final order of Crusader figures arrived today, together with a rather nice Crusader pocket diary -I must be ordering a lot of figures! I now have everything I need for the second legion. I ordered some javelin armed skirmishers and I will use these intead of velites in one of the units of Alae. I have put in an order to A&A for some of their Samnites. I am going to equip the Samnites with Roman shields and paint their tunics in plain off white so they should look Roman but not quite. Not sure yet whether to give them pilum or spears. Probably pilum. I considered making the Samnites more Samnite and less Roman looking so I could use them as Carthaginian Allies but I think I am going to concentrate on the Punic Wars in Spain to start with so will get the new Crusader Spanish which are due out any day now.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1166911674368437172006-12-23T21:52:00.000+00:002007-01-06T01:12:18.773+00:00First Legion Complete<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/176682/1st%20legion.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/400/753516/1st%20legion.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">It's taken a bit longer than I had hoped, mainly down to Christmas shopping etc.<br /><br />This is the first Legion based for WAB at a figure scale of 1 to 100.<br /><br />12 Velites 84 pts<br />12 Hastati (drilled) 132 pts<br />12 Principes (drilled, light armour, pilum) 156 pts<br />6 Triarii (light armour) 90 pts<br /><br />3 Cavalry (light armour) 51 pts<br /><br />Total 513 pts<br /><br />1 General 145 pts<br /><br />Grand Total 658 pts<br /><br />I've finished five of the second legion with most of the rest being based and undercoated.<br /><br />After Christmas I will order the remaining figures I need to complete the second legion and order some Italian Allies from A&A Miniatures.</span>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1165786375105342902006-12-10T21:21:00.000+00:002006-12-10T21:32:55.113+00:00Finish the first legion next weekend?<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/476308/cav1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/320/107306/cav1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I have got 6 Triarii and two cavalry to paint to finish the first legion. They are all based and undercoated. I have had a very good week but don't expect to be able to keep this up! Here is the first cavalryman. Not a brilliant picture so I may try to do another with my wife's SLR. I only need three figures at 1 to 100. I will combine them with three figures from the second legion to make a unit of six. They won't be much use unless I can run down a few skirmishers with them! </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><p><span style="color:#000000;">The Crusader figures are nice (maybe the horses are a bit long-legged) but fitting the riders onto the horses is a pain. The cloaks get in the way at the back and need to be filed down and at the front the flying manes also get in the way so some of them are sitting a bit far back. Saddle cloths are moulded on the figure and aren't exactly a snug fit over the horses backs either.</span> </span></p></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1165785634753507082006-12-10T21:05:00.000+00:002006-12-10T21:20:34.956+00:00Velites and Principes at full strength<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/336565/velites%2012.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/400/317755/velites%2012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have added three more Velites to the original nine to make them up to the correct proportions rather than the eight or nine suggested by Allen Curtis in the WAB supplement. A lot of the action at Cynoscephalae involved Velites initially so I may need them. It depends on when the scenario starts, with the initial skirmishing or after the first Roman attack has been repulsed (which was the case in the WAB scenarion in Slingshot a few years ago).</span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/1600/442081/principes1.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3656/1843/400/792558/principes1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have finished the first unit of Principes. These took longer than the Hastati because I undercoated them in black because of the chainmail and so they needed more coats on the pale colours. The chainmail itself takes longer as well. I've also now got five of the twelve Hastati done for the second legion. Three more of these are undercoated and even started. The remaining four are based. I have rather more rank and file Hastati than I need so I am going to give one a sword to make him an officer, rather than using the officer in chainmail which I can use for the Principes.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37605123.post-1165442431274808132006-12-06T21:35:00.000+00:002006-12-06T22:00:31.846+00:00Principes nearly done..<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">My Crusader order came today. I ordered at 11.04am on Monday and they arrived 9.30am on Wednesday. Pretty good. I now have enough figures to finish the first legion and the cavalry. I can do most of the second legion but need some more command I think. I will put in another order to Crusader as they have reduced their box sets and I am quite tempted by the Byzantines again. I thought I had decided on Gripping Beast for those but enjoyed painting the Crusader Roman figure much more than the GB ones even though the GB ones are more anatomically correct.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hope to have most of the day at it tomorrow so want to finish my first cavalryman, three extra Velites to make the full 12 and three last figures for the Principes unit. Quite a tall order but achievable. Finished eight Prinicpes today.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">Next up I will undercoat the first Triarii and base the last of the cavalry. I am going for one unit of six figures which at 1 to 100 is exactly right for 2 legions worth.</span></div>legatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com0