Skip to main content

Posts

Featured

Sunny day photoshoot!

Today was a sunny day so I dug out some miniatures for a photoshoot. First off were the Romano-British: I love the shield designs on Romano-British figures - a mix of orderly designs inherited from the last days of the Western Roman Empire, and some barbarian designs from the germanic tribes. The Romano-British army has a nice visual balance of order and regularity with some standout visual elements to add some spice. Then the Sarmatians: serried ranks of long spears are always visually impressive on a wargaming table (though they do make handling difficult). Also, the Sarmatians get a draco standard, which is always fun. I recall I made this one out of a section of plastic tube and some thick foil. And the Late Imperial Roman Legions: I'm quite proud of the Imago I painted for this standard bearer, which was quite difficult to do at this scale. Again, for the LIR there is a nice mix of orderly and ranked troops in shining armour as well as some interesting shield designs with the

Latest posts

15mm/10mm Forests

The Persian campaign: Game 1

Game Report: Late Imperial Romans versus Sassanid Persians

LIR: More Goths, and Artillery

Late Imperial Roman project: reinforcements.

Late Imperial Romans versus Sassanid Persians test game

Cavalry for the Late Imperial Roman army

Late Imperial Roman Infantry

The (very) Late Imperial Romans, possibly the last army I'll paint

Dux Bellorum: Macedonians vs Romans