Roman Cavalry

This will finish up the backlog of posts for my infamy project bringing me up to date. I now have enough Roman infantry so decided to turn my attention to some supporting cavalry and leader to give the Romans a chance to flush out some ambushes and close down dangerous deployment points, counter enemy cavalry and to get behind the German lines if possible.

At this point I really don't need to add more to the Romans, but as you know we all like more options so I have no doubt this force will continue to grow and grow so as to cover as many situations as possible. It never really ends does it?

The figures are from A&A and quite enjoyable to paint, but as is the case with all cavalry in my experience takes quite some time to finish. The shields are hand painted which I like to do if the design isn't overly complicated as I find I prefer the stronger colors tones in paint then transfers. The lines are not as perfect as transfers, but richer in color so that's the trade off.

The paints are my usual for ancients which is Foundry with some Vallejo and MIG pigments for the dusting. The whole collection is on sabot bases which I tend to do for all my skirmish gaming pre modern including leaders. Leaders are on sabot bases for two reasons for raising their height closer to the unit and to put the leader into the unit itself if I want to.

Up next will be my French and Indian War backlog of posts. I hope to get some in before the challenge or at least photographed because then my time will be spent painting and photographing new units. Nick has challenged me to see who can paint the most points which will likely be him, but who knows maybe I'll pull a rabbit out of the hat and beat him.

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