Sunday 10 July 2016

Red Legion, Yellow Legion

Or, in this case, a legion with red and yellow shields:
Figs mostly by Companion Miniatures. I have no idea who the officer is at the leftmost position as you look at it - he came with the stuff Roy passed onto me. I really like his (handpainted!) shield, though, so I left it on him.
The other shields came with the figures, one of several embossed types that Companion made. Thanks to Happy Gordon in Newcastle for swapping them! I didn't quite have enough for this legion, so I added in a few plain ones - after all, on campaign one makes do as best one can. All I now have to do for this lot is add in some casualties and a mounted legate. Then it's onto the final legion, for now at least. I then have a cunning plan, or perhaps an insane one - running a three-part mini-campaign based on Philippi for the Society of Ancients conference in October. My running total for 2016 is now 330 foot, 20 mounted and an unfeasibly large Aventine nellie.

6 comments:

  1. Very nice and they way other manufactures mixed in compliment the Romans.

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    1. Thanks, Joe, that's what I was hoping for. It's a real shame that Companion are no longer produced...

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  2. Splendid Romans, excellent job!

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  3. Lovely legionaries - the Companion figures are hard to beat!

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  4. Splendid Romans, indeed! Coincidentally, I have the first of two Aventine nellies on my painting desk now. Great models.

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  5. Cheers all, and thanks for looking.

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