| Suetonius Paullinus | 17 Jun 2012 2:52 p.m. PST |
Got the Athenians yesterday, here the first two painted: link Cheers SP |
| Steve at theassaultgroup com | 17 Jun 2012 3:16 p.m. PST |
nice, how do u rate the figures and putting them together? |
| jay138 | 17 Jun 2012 3:30 p.m. PST |
Outstanding and fast, looks like the wait will be worth it. |
| Suetonius Paullinus | 17 Jun 2012 3:38 p.m. PST |
I really like them!
Assembly is not different from other plastics and therefore not too much
of a challenge if you've done it before.
Only point of critique is the amount of heads.
A few more for the sake of even more variety would have been great.
But with 48 figures in a box I'm not complaining ;-) Bring on the Spartans! Cheers SP |
| Cheriton | 17 Jun 2012 4:42 p.m. PST |
Got the Athenians yesterday, here the first two painted: Excellent! What type of paint for the metallics? Appearance resembles an artists' medium we struggled with many, many, moons ago. It worked but required much practice. Your results are very effective… 
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IGWARG1   | 17 Jun 2012 6:35 p.m. PST |
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| Marcus Maximus | 17 Jun 2012 11:28 p.m. PST |
Very nice indeed – Are the shields hand painted? I noticed how you used the brown wash (unsure as to what was used) to provide a subtle hue to the metal. I've tried this and I find it helps reduce the "glare" of metal on figures. Beautiful figures – can't wait to see the other 46! |
| Suetonius Paullinus | 18 Jun 2012 1:47 a.m. PST |
Thank you for your comments so far gentlemen,
for the shield and armour I used Vallejo Old Gold, washed with Citadel's Devlan Mud and a little Vallejo Umber wash which has an extremely matt finish.
The shield designs are some old transfers 'enhanced' with a little bit of shading and highlighting. Cheers SP |
| wargame insomniac | 18 Jun 2012 4:29 a.m. PST |
SP- these look great- impressive speed of painting. Re lack of variety / number of heads- how compatible would these be with IM/WG Hoplite Box Sets? Cheers James |
| Suetonius Paullinus | 18 Jun 2012 5:53 a.m. PST |
Immortal/ Warlord is considerably smaller than Victrix.
No match in size I'm afraid.
However, I might use some of the helmet crests for my Victrix Athenians. Cheers SP |
| Steve at theassaultgroup com | 18 Jun 2012 2:32 p.m. PST |
would you say these fitted in well with the Aventine/Foundry size wise? |
| Suetonius Paullinus | 18 Jun 2012 4:13 p.m. PST |
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| Mithridates | 19 Jun 2012 1:58 a.m. PST |
SP Looking forward to these guys in the flesh – have to say your paint scheme looks more like the 'real thing' than more glossy numbers seen recently. Hopefully you will paint up a few more! Garry |
