...which gives me five units of 48 figures, all Old Glory. I like the idea of an army composed of guys by the same manufacturer, it's not something I manage very often. Here's how they look in their storage box:
Not bad in work-heavy circumstances: 240 finished since May. It's a start...
28mm Greek Javelinmen
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These Greek skirmishers were the last troops I needed to complete my
Macedonian army for Commands and Colors.This was a successful year for my
ancients pro...
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En masse, the colors are spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThey look great
ReplyDeleteVery nice and good going. I'm same, hate to mix manufacturers within units, it's just wrong! My germans are coming along at decent rate, but it's the shields and transfers which slow me, lifes to short for hand painted shields, or transfers for that matter. Keep them coming.
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking, everyone. I seem to remember Tacitus writng that German shields were brightly coloured, whatever that means in practice, so I kind of went with it. I kept the clothing mostly drab, but I did paint the guys with furry jerkins lighter to look like sheep skin. I have seen some lovely German armies out there with the really dark look, but I wantd something a bit different.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! What a wild mass of irregulars they present for ordered Romans!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dean. It remains to be seen how they fight...
DeleteWith numbers like that, what could possibly go wrong?
DeleteLooking fantastic, ready to take any unsuspecting Roman army.
Thanks, that is indeed the plan...
DeleteGreat work, Paul!
ReplyDeleteHi Aaron; these are definitely easier to paint than Gauls!
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