Finally I'm starting to get to the proper "line of battle" troops of the Roman army I'm collecting and painting - and why not start at the back, with the Triarii?
These are
Crusader Miniatures figures from North Star - I picked them as they are very similar in style and stature to the Foundry guys who make up most of the Legions.
As you may spot, on taking the photos of them I noticed that I'd gotten some basing material on the back of one of the chaps in red - I'll be fixing that before they hit the table !
I bought a Unit Deal from North Star, getting me 16 infantry and 4 officers/standards etc for £27.
Rather cheaper than Foundry prices - although I did also get some officers from Foundry, and I'm not sure if these two in the middle are Foundry or Crusader figures.
It's a very simple paint scheme, with black undercoat, drybrush gunmetal on the armour, and what is essentially a couple of layers of white slap-chop on the tunics.
I edged the raised detail on the armour with white as well to give them a bit more definition and interest.
The faces are white "second undercoat" on the black spray base, then Contrast Darkoath Flesh, and finally highlights with Vallejo Dark Flesh to create the faces and hands/arms etc.
The second unit ended up with red tunics and these really nice yellow boar design shields.
Cutting the transfers out wasn't as painful as I feared - maybe I am channelling memories of trying to do this with 15mm transfers, whereas the 28mm ones are much bigger and so easier to slice the shield boss holes out of them.
Here they are from the side view.
There are 4 different heads on these figures, but only one real pose, so attaching the shields at different heights and angles really is vital to get some motion into the units.
Dropping one front rank shield onto the ground is especially important I think as thats a very visibly different pose.
And there they are, ready never to be called upon to fight if things go right with the rest of the Legions !
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