Warlord Romans

[k.b.]

Am presently fiddling around with some 28mm figures. These chaps are Warlord 28mm hard plastic Republican Romans. I must say what a welcome change they make from my usual Napoleonics. Not much assembly work, and after finishing the Roman contingent will come the more daunting task of painting up their barbarian enemies........ I bought the SPQR starter set and boy was i disappointed with what i got for my money - especially in terms of the Romans. A very few options available and we are obliged to build only 5 Romans with pilums and shield, 5 with sword and shield and we have 2 sword wielding officers, 2 musicians and 2 standard bearers and NOT the 8 Romans with gladius and 8 with pilums that are described on the box. Besides Warlord's misleading content description i have to admit they are delightful figures to paint. i haven't painted any Victrix or Aventine to be able to compare them but one day i will hopefully get to grips with a few.
Loved the grimacing faces on some of them and obviously i thoroughly enjoyed researching shield motifs, and ultimately decided on the angry black bull which i saw on the shields of some reenactors. Needless to say it was a challenge being able to hand paint the bulls on their shields. Obviously i wasn't able to reproduce any of them exactly the same size but it adds to the realism I'd say. Here's what i've painted up to now..... see what you think.

[k.b.]

i intended to do a work in progress on the shield but took a single photo at the beginning and forgot to take any more.



oops.......sorry about the size!

[Peter]

Nothing wrong with the size. Now we can see it very good!

Great work so far!

[Santi Pérez]

Fantastically painted figures, k.b. Nice job!

Santi.

[MABO]

Cool Romans. The faces are really impressive and I like very much the groundwork.

[Ben90]

Your Romans look top notch, but the groundwork is a real show-stealer!

[k.b.]

Thought you might like to see these chaps from these angles before i take pictures individually and post them up close.

[k.b.]

As promised here are a few close ups of individual figures;











Apologies if they're too big....

[k.b.]

..... and a few more.......

[k.b.]

and finally .......

[Peter]

Like them! And I don't mind big pictures! That's good for my eyes!

[C M Dodson]

Super figures, painting and photography.

Best wishes,

Chris

[k.b.]

In a short breather from my zulus i found time to finish another Roman who was lying around doing nothing.

Decided to add a blood- stained bandage to his right arm, he has a bloody left knee and when his shield has been varnished i intend to add some splattered blood. That way if i don't like it i can just wash it off and try again until i get it right.

[k.b.]

Here's Roman number 7 ready to join what's left of his cohort.





here's what they look like in the raw ......

[Rich W]

I particularly like the shields and they all look great!

[k.b.]

......... more Romans to come soon!

[Konrad]

This is a group of very well painted Romans.
Well done!

[k.b.]

Here's a snapshot of an unfinished accompanying musician. Am wondering whether to paint the bearskin a darker brown or black. I think it will frame better the finely sculpted face.

[k.b.]

Good evening gents,
just to show some work in progress on the shields.....

[MABO]

Looking great! The Taurus is super!