Imperial Rome - first cohort

First full cohort finished, Praetorian cohort undercoated, Syrian archers cohort in line...

So the Roman army is on the move. Been meaning to do this army for at least 10 years!

First picture has the general's element in front complete with Eagle.

Next, the first of my cohorts. Quick paint job designed for service rather than good looks - didn't bother painting lightning bolts on the shields and the grey animal skins are meant to imply wolfskins.

Not really anything else to say about these. Pila would need work doing to them if I ever wanted to cast these commercially - it's bent because it snapped of during mould making and is therefore a bit wonky. Not great, but just about passes.

Dragons and Eagles

I don't spent enough time on the Fantasy side, so a few toys to help redress the balance a bit. Toyshops are useful, and as part of my current basing marathon I based the toy dragons and some eagles I bought ages ago.

These two are the biggest so I've put them on 60mmx80mm bases - I think they'll always be fielded as dragons. The one headed dragon is really quite impressive.

That little blue dragon is my favourite. Chances are that the ones on 60mmx60mm bases will usually be fielded as flyers.

I suspect this will be the most used, either as part of or fighting against my Greeks when they are in Fantasy mode... thinking about a couple of 'Atlantis' scenarios. The original Atlantis, not the now cancelled TV series.

The eagles and hawks will be appearing in various Elvic armies. All I have to do is paint them up. And cast them.

Figures have all been based in my current style - buy a tub of filler, mix a load of acrylic paint in it, plaster onto a 2mm MDF base, plonk figure in the wet filler, smooth edges and allow to dry. In theory I should next paint or otherwise adorn the bases properly but I know I'm not going to really.