If you'd been worried that I hadn't posted any pictures of Byzantines in 15mm for a couple of weeks, then worry no more, as here come the Skoutatoi for my Byantine army!
I used the extras up by making a couple of bases with 5 spearmen in the front rank rather than the usual 4, with the theory that I can occasionally use these bases as "supported spearmen", or just call them even more Skoutatoi as needed, depending on the design of the army list.
This padded armour is Warlord Games Blood Red from their Speedpaint set.
This armour is GW Aggaros Dunes contrast type paint. One of my favourite contrast colours.
This armour is GW Militarum Green - a contrast type paint.
Viewed from above this close up you can see a load of casting lines that I perhaps should have spent more time shaving off .. but, "three foot rule" and all that I guess ?!
Shields are of course LBMS transfers, sold to me by Forged in Battle.
TheLBMS transfers are smaller than the shields by some margin, so these blue 'blokes face' ones I painted in with a dark blue (and also a mached red) up to the edges of the shields.
These rather odd looking shield transfers seem to be missing a bit - possibly a cutout for a shield boss?
Anyways, as they too didn't reach to the edge of the shield I painted in a red edge to each shield before sticking on the transfer (which already has a red edge...)
That also didn't really look right, so I then added an outer edge of yellow with an AK paint pen, which I am finding is much easier to use for touchup than a brush.
An extra shield transfer was cut down and used for the standard bearer.
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SUperb colors and wonderful work!
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