Friday 29 April 2011

Moritori Nullumus Mori II

Hoi,

Last Update I promised you pictures of my Foundry Roman Gladiators. Well they're done now and here they are. Before we take a closer look I have to make some comments of things I'll do different next time. The base sizes differ because I've painted the African gladiator separately from the rest and placed him on a smaller base. The wounded guy is on a round base since he wouldn't fit on a square one, this also gave me the option of adding a shield as added interest on the base. Now I know there would probably be no grass in the arena but the bases were really bare and so I added the grass to break up the empty space.

The idea behind the colour schemes is that they are paired off in 3 different colours: 2 blues, 2 whites and 2 reds. Either they're from 3 different lanista's or one lanista has divided the gladiators from his ludus in 3 teams. The shield designs are more personal to depict the gladiators own preferences.
To me these chaps turned out to be a test of skin-tone painting skills. I think I partly succeeded; both the blue gladiators turned out okay, the others which I tried to give a more Mediterranean skin-tone turned out too light.

Given all that I'm pretty contend with their overall appearance, so without further ado here they are!

A group-shot:


The Blues: an African- and Germanic Tribesman


The Reds, my personal favourites due to their armour and the shield.




The whites.



Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Tron Legacy, the soundtrack" by Daft Punk

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Moritori Nullumus Mori!

Hoi,

Finally, another update! I've been terribly busy with all kinds of stuff not hobby related. Today I found a little time to finish off one of the little projects I had lying around being some Foundry Roman Gladiators



http://wargamesfoundry.com/historical_ranges/single_packs/ancients/roman_-_gladiators/circus_favourites_glad013/?sector_id=12

I'll take pictures asap to put up here.

Cheers Sander

Listening to: "Roots" by Sepultura