Wednesday, April 14, 2021

From GregB - 10mm Roman Auxilia Unit

10mm Roman Auxilia...figures from Pendraken.

I am pleased to share a slight diversion from my recent WW1 efforts...here is a unit of Roman Auxilia in 10mm. The figures are from Pendraken, and they are based for "Warmaster Ancients" - although they could, of course, work with any number of other rules.

View showing some of the detail from behind the line...

The Roman Empire is a recurrent hobby interest, albeit one that never seems to make it very far in terms of painting efforts. I fascinated by the era, but for whatever reason, I get almost nothing painted, and the meandering course of these Auxilia figures beneath my brushes are a fine exhibit of this many-starts-but-more-stops when it comes to Roman subject. 

Not so many command figures with this bunch - just an officer and a musician.

During the recent AHPC XI I completed a small group of Roman Legionary infantry. Yay! I had finally made a bit of progress towards something Roman on the gaming table! These Auxilia figures were "up next" in the painting queue at that time, and I was certain that I would keep rolling along...I had finished 20 of the 30 figures for the Auxilia unit - and the remaining 10 figures were primed, base-coated and sitting on sticks, waiting for a couple colours...but...SQUIRREL! I decided suddenly "hey, maybe I'll finish some of this other 10mm stuff" and before you know it, the inspiration had moved on...

Ready to move out!

So these Auxilia have been sitting for just about three months, nearly completed, on my painting desk, but I just would not get around to finishing them. I guess they finally spoke to me or something this past weekend, as I settled down and finally finished the last of the little guys and got the group based. Here they are!

As always, the Pendraken castings are lovely and I really recommend their 10mm products. I now have four units of 10mm Romans painted - oh my! That's hardly anything, but still a massive increase over the "zero" number painted prior to AHPC XI...who knows when the Roman bug will bite again, but watch for more! Anyway, back to WW1...thanks for reading, and stay safe everyone!

18 comments:

  1. A mere 10 figs and BAM! a lovely unit all done up and ready to fight for Rome. Well done dude, these guys look terrific (the groundwork looks awesome too).

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    1. Thanks Curt! I don't know what took me so long to finish them...anyway, they are done. A good "beach head" project for the next edition of the Painting Challenge...

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  2. Very nice, Greg! I'm sure (or I hope ;-)) they are a shade of things to come.

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  3. Excellent work Greg! These little fellas look like they're about to smash some hairy arsed barbarians heads together. I also know your feeling all too well. I'm a sucker for all things Roman, but apart from a few Late Imperial Romans I seem to never get very far with anything Roman painting wise. Right now I have two units of 3rd Century Romans starring at me accusingly from the other side of the painting table. More or less finished of course ;-)

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    1. Thanks Nick! I need to work out some barbarians too, in addition to further Roman reinforcements...

      At least your Roman figures are only staring. If they start talking to you, that is another issue...

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  4. They took a long time to finish, but they do lok great!

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  5. Really nice work on the Auxilia Greg, we need to see more of this project.

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    1. Thanks Peter! I never know when Roman inspiration will strike...but at least I have the project started...

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  6. Smashing job, feels like a sensible way to play the war master rules instead of paying through the nose on eBay for “OOP” figures..... and I look forward to the time bending GSW where this lot face of against the WW1 figures :)

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    1. Thanks Jamie! I just need to figure out some enemies for these Romans...that said, I'm not sure they would last long against the WW1 troops...

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  7. I know how you feel about half-started Romans. I have EIR and Celts stored away in a box that I keep meaning to get to, but...

    These 10mm chaps, they look fantastic.

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