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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Roman Iron


Hitting the ground with some 3rd Century Romans for Infamy! Infamy' from TFL rules. Time just seems to fly and for various reasons it took me longer to get these off the desk then I anticipated. These are heavy armored Imperial legionaries that make up the backbone of the Roman force and the core focal point of my army. I already began the Germans towards the end of last year and now onto some Romans. I may mix them both in the challenge, but at the moment the Romans take priority.



I picked 3rd Century Romans as they are probably my favorite looking of all the Romans because they have imho the most diverse look of all the periods they are involved in giving you more freedom to interpret their presentation. I just really like the mix bronze, iron and steel in various coats of banded armor, chainmail and scalemail toped off with an assortment of headgear makes for a vary interesting looking Roman force! 



I often like to take liberties and here is no exception when I added Palestinian clubmen to my western Roman force operating in Germania which I suspect is highly unlikely, but they look so cool I had to add them!
In the front rank I have the clubman and those Romans who have drawn their gladius after having thrown their pilums. The second rank is preparing to throw their pilums  in support of the front rank.



The figures are from A&A miniatures which have been around for quite a few years now, but like Foundry are standing up very well to the test of time. What is rather surprising is they are one of the few companies offering Romans from this period considering the range of armor, weapons and opponents one can find from this period.



The bases are from Charlie Foxtrot Models and Colin is a great chap to work with and will modify your bases to your specs. The paints I used were a mix of Foundry and Vallejo paints and some Mig pigments for weathering. The shields are decals from the most excellent LBM although I did add extra battle damage and weathering so they won't look exactly like that if you want some of your own.

More Infamy troops on the way!

Miniature Company- A&A miniatures

Thanks for viewing!

15 comments:

  1. Your Romans will cause shivers of fright down the spines of any barbarians. Well done!

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  2. As always, Christopher, beautiful work.

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  3. Very nice work on those Christopher!

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  4. Lovely work Christopher, the mix of equipment is great, variation but still with uniformity, wonderfully painted and based: units look fantastic!

    CdlT

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  5. Wow - these are so nice. A&A are awesome sculpts, and these look...wow! Great painting.

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  6. Hello,

    Superb paintjob !!! As usual !!!

    Nikkobourges

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  7. Superb work there Chris! Makes me almost want to revisit my Romans...

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  8. As others have noted, a beautiful force to reckon with. Splendid painting and basing.
    Regards, James

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  9. Beautifully painted Late Romans, Christopher. I always liked those A&A figures, and agree on their style and look.

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