Blog Marcus' painting blog 2022

Nice collection! In my pursuit for GW armies I always overlook historical stuff.

Looks like fun!

 

Wargames Atlantic Roman heads on dark age archers from gripping beast.

Have to get as much value out of the Roman box as I can.

 

A good use for those spare Roman heads.

A pity those Gripping Beast archers are so monopose, fine for mass battles where you want them all facing in the same direction and doing the same stuff, but not good for skirmish gaming where you want them to be more poseable.

 

The Wargames Atlantic goths are great for the posability aspect.. Only 3/5 bodies on the sprue can be archers though. You could technically make the other 2 slingers, and just build two ranged units.

I do like the monopose stuff though, and it has its place. When you need 40 dudes, but only 15 or so are on the flanks and need to look like they are doing something. Boom, blocks of monopose guys in the center.

It's great for massed ranged units, like these archers eventually will be, too.

 

Built more archers last night.

 

That's certainly one of two options I've been considering to make archers for my Welsh, alongside the Victrix Dark Age Archers set which allows you to make all archers if you wish.

Oh yes, the Gripping Beast ones do have their niche as I myself mentioned, but it's not a niche that I will be investing in personally.

 

4 Saggitarii for the Roman legion project. Gripping beast dark age archers, heads from the Wargames Atlantic late Roman infantry set.

 

Big fan of the beards Marcus. Contrast or speedpaint for them?

 

different shades of brown and black contrast.

 

So I just ordered the first bit of stock for the upcoming landskneckt ogres from Wargames Atlantic. I scored myself 3 boxes as well.

Expect a handgunner ogres regiment with a couple of heroes.

 

16 legionaries nearing completion.

 

16 more Romans, added to centurio II.

I've discovered lowered spears do not like the legs of preceding ranks. For display purposes, I will be sourcing a set of "spacer bases", which will help me add in combat vignettes.

 

Printer has a failure. I built the remaining 36 bowmen I had available out of frustration.

Going to catch some Z's and then hit it all again.

 

8 more archers, bringing me to 12/60

 

Went back through your blog and noticed this chap, curious that you gave him a Persian head and shield - is he going to be a Parthian, in line with the upcoming Cataphracts?

 

no, that was something random i stuck together before i figured the roman project was going to go full-bore.

Also, i only occssionally get a, well, craving, to paint cavalry. Normally its a chore for me. so i ran with it.

 

Status on the Sagittarii...12 more down.

 

I built some figs tonight.

I also hemmed and hawed over whether to use dark ages saxon thegns as earlier foederati or other troops with a shield swap and some helmet swaps.

I still don't have an answer but i do need sleep. so off i go.

 

My display spacers arrived. I'm probably going to model dark age casualties on these, just a few.

Fill the negative space but still allow for the spears sticking out the back

 

Just finished a character for the Romans. I can't share photos yet though.

I also need to paint a bodyguard for him.