Sunday, May 12, 2013

Roman Velites Complete!

A busy week saw me complete the Aventine Velites this morning for the Republican Roman army. These are fantastic models to paint and I am very happy with they way they turned out. I thought long and hard on how I wanted to create the bases, knowing only that I wanted to do them differently than the Carthaginians. I ended up using ground cover (fine and medium ballast) that I purchased some time ago from the local Railway hobby store to give the ground some contrast in colors and textures which breaks it up nicely.

This is two small units of Velites for Hail Caesar, which represents half of the number for a full Republican legion in my scheme of things. I am painting half of the legion at a time so I can play some small battles with these Romans sooner rather than later. They are based on two 100mm x 30mm bases.

Thanks for looking. Next up, the Hastati!
 




8 comments:

  1. Good work, Johnathan! To the front, boys, to the front!

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  2. Very nice work, love the bases!
    Phil.

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  3. Nice! I really like those weathered, beaten shields. Makes those guys look tough!

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  4. Yep, turned out great. I like the "broken ground" effect on the bases.

    FMB

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  5. Excellent Velites, the Aventine Republican Romans are a great range.

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  6. Nice looking velites. The muted colours really make the stand out.

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  7. Thanks for the comments everybody - I am really getting excited about this army and getting them into a battle!

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