Saturday, January 31, 2015

ANOTHER 28MM LIR LEGION

Another Late Imperial Roman Guard unit. 28mm Wargames Foundry. Its not clear on the pictures but it was a bit of a squash fitting the centurion in as he is pointing his sword to the rear. His sword tip ended up on the shoulder of the horn player. Actually, I thought, this works nicely. He is tapping him on the shoulder to give a signal on his horn! A pre-arranged signal manoeuvre between the two of them in response to an enemy movement.
Its logical, there must have been a good understanding between the musician and the centurion - the musician would need to know what the officer wanted and what signal to play in order to relay the instructions to the soldiers - shouting orders in the middle of a battle would not be enough and could easily be misunderstood.





I tried a bit of graffiti on the back of one of the shields - a bit of Roman humour harking back to the good old days of Julius Ceasar - Veni Vidi Vici. I like the idea of Roman graffiti/humour, so need to research more Latin phrases - I looked at some surviving wall graffiti from Pompei but its all a bit too rude and certainly not contextual to the back of a soldiers shield, even though the soldiers sense of humour would be pretty rough.
In the Early Imperial Roman period a legionary was appointed as the medic - medicii. I guess it would continue into the later period so I have marked this mans rank on the back of his shield.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

28MM WARGAMES FOUNDRY LATE IMPERIAL ROMANS


This is a Late Imperial Roman guard type unit, hence the more regular appearance with purple and white clothing tunics. I put some variation on the trousers though as I guess the tunics for the guards might be state issued - not necessarily the trousers though. A more straight forward shield design taken from the Notitia Dignitatum's list of guards units was also used.






Thursday, January 15, 2015

28MM WARGAMES FOUNDRY LATE IMPERIAL ROMANS


Another change from AWI commissions - some Late Imperial Romans. Figures are Wargames Foundry. The shield design is that of the Lanciarii Gallicani Honoriani, taken from the Notitia Dignitatum. This was a fairly straight forward design to paint compared to some of the others!


Sunday, January 11, 2015

3RD CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS 28MM PERRY MINIATURES

More cavalry painted for the American War of Independence commissions  - Continental light cavalry this time - the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons. These are also 28mm Perry Miniatures.
I have some pictures of AWI Hessians to post soon, Perry Miniatures again.



Monday, January 5, 2015

28MM PERRY MINIATURES AWI 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS

A return to the American War of Independence commissions - The 17th Light Dragoons, figures are by Perry Miniatures, just a small detachment as most of the British Cavalry seems to have been parcelled out in small packages. Therefore units of 6 cavalry figures seems quite appropriate.