Great work, looking forward to seeing them all complete,


kev

So, the guys for the front line! The Romans Auxiliary !


Auxiliary at attenshion without command.


Auxiliary with command.


Auxiliary from the side

Do you all think the command should be on the front line?

The Centurion should be on the front leading the regiment. But the Horn blower and Stndard?

I've put them on the front as that's the done thing in Warhammer Fantasy. But they are smaller units.

Also, I imagine the Romans making a wall with the shields and they don't have shields?

So what do you all think? Move the standard and horn blower to the center or back? Or keep 'em on the front?

A standard is to be followed. And a musician communicates the officer's wishes. You know my methods, Watson. Apply them.

Centurions might be in the front rank if things were desperate and standard bearers and musicians might lead in an advance but by point of contact the front rank should be legionaries or auxilia with spear/ sword/ shield, so I'd say it depends what phase of the battle the unit is representing ... or to put it another way, do what you think looks best there's an explanation for either option!

Bizarre... first post was actually in response to the Night goblin thread but somehow ended up here. Suspect touch pad-thumb integration issues...

If your guys are on single bases in movement trays pop them to front when marching, back a rank when it gets down to the shoving and bleeding

"Competition" Warhammer players might balk (the standards not in the front rank, no bonus!) but stuff 'em.

Right, first part of the terrain building...

The board is recycled from the African board
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=5712.0;wap2

It has a textured coat already, using a mix of paint with sand mixed in. I've added some more hills by mixing up polly filler. Top tip for the hills. Make a pile with your filler about the size you want the hill, then use a wet 3inc paint brush to smoth it out.

Then once dry a coat of paint ontop. I have now given it a coat of green paint as tomorow will do another coat and spinkle grass flock onto it before it drys.

For the path I've used decorators calk to outline it before painting it brown. I have made sure each one starts and ends at the same point on the board so each can be swapped changing the layout .

Because of the bases the trees from my winter board fit perfect and just look slightly frosty.
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7664.25;wap2

I think front rank is best. It may be correct in any case but more to the point, the opponent can tell what units have what.

Another regiment of Legionaries done! These will be Vetrans, a lot these have older variants of armour and a few have gladiator style gauntlet armour to help protect the sword arm, a lot of Romans lost the sword arm fighting, this was a add hock solution that Legionairs would chose to use.

Board compleat. It's 4ft by 8ft and can be altered. I've done a cross road board, a river, a plain board, a board with 1 hill and one with 2 hills.

Can't get all the board in this pic!



Long roman road, in the distance you can just work out some Romans on the horizon.


Road has a thin layer of gravel on, this was a later idea, looks good.


Trees also fit well, although made for a snow board. It looks just like a slight frost in the trees and dosnt look out of place.

 
Cheers - Phil

Legionaries regiment IV


All Legionaries regiments so far.


Massive map of 50AD Britain with drawing pin markers ready for the campaign.

Half my army based and painted.

Looking good, that man !
Cheers - Phil

Looking good! 

Pretorian personal guard.


Retinue 2nd row. From left to right:
Pay Master, Musician, Slave Girl with fan (for the hot British summers), Imperator's Dog, Slave Girls with wine.


Retinue front line, From left to Right:
Imperators Bodyguard, Slave girl, Legion Standard, Imperator, Slave girl, Pretorian Captain


Marching to war.

That's some serious weight of metal there, and I love the slave girls - what self respecting Emperor would take the field without them?

The army is a boat load of metal! Probably worth more in scrap than I paid for them!!

However, they are looking good! Only got 3 regiments of Legionairs, one very small squad of Auxiliaries and the 4 scorpions with crew and 20  Auxiliarie Cavelry.

The slave girls and retinue bring a lot of character to the unit. Instead of just the Genral on his own, his entourage make him look more important. I think it will look fab with the Genral at the back of the field with his advisors and slaves attending him.

Very nice work indeed, V.
Cheers - Phil.

Good ideas V