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A tutorial on Painting some Warlord plastic Romans
#1
Painted up a box of the Warlord plastic legionaries and chronicled my progress step-by-step:

http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/...roman.html
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#2
I have a few of these to try and paint and this tutorial will be very helpful, although I'm just a beginner with shaky hands :mrgreen: They look great, nicely done!
André
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#3
Quote:Painted up a box of the Warlord plastic legionaries and chronicled my progress step-by-step:

http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/...roman.html

Very nice figures James Cool

I am no great fan of the Roman Imperial period, but Warlord do make very nice and relatively inexpensive figures. I have toyed with the idea of collecting some of these to get my son into the hobby. After all, one can assemble a variety of units (legionaries/auxiliaries/praetorians/marines/veterans/artillery etc.) quickly and cheaply and they look every bit as good as some of their metal alternatives.

Excellent paint jobs Big Grin
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Ghostmojo / Howard Johnston[/size]

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[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
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#4
Thanks.
If your son is at all familiar with Games Workshop then this will be very similar, except without the gratuitous skulls and spikes! :-D

The Wargames Factory Marian Romans aren't bad but those models require rather more assembly. It means a greater scope for conversion work though.

James
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#5
Excellent work James, and your comment about Games Workshop is spot on.

These are excellent 28mm figures and being in plastic, actually affordable.

Thanks again for the step-by-step guide -- most useful.

:wink:

Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
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#6
Quote:If your son is at all familiar with Games Workshop then this will be very similar, except without the gratuitous skulls and spikes!

My son is familiar with X-Box and PS3!! :!: And you try getting him away from them!! :lol:

He was never interested in the whole Dungeons & Dragons / Fantasy gaming thing (neither was I) and non of his friends are either. However, I live in hope of introducing him to the more relaxed and thoughtful business of historic tabletop figure-gaming at some point (although I may have to bribe him somehow)...
[size=75:2kpklzm3]Ghostmojo / Howard Johnston[/size]

[Image: A-TTLGAvatar-1-1.jpg]

[size=75:2kpklzm3]Xerxes - "What did the guy in the pass say?" ... Scout - "Μολὼν λαβέ my Lord - and he meant it!!!"[/size]
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#7
Sometimes a little bribery is required. :-D
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James Manto post=302694 Wrote:If your son is at all familiar with Games Workshop then this will be very similar, except without the gratuitous skulls and spikes!

My son is familiar with X-Box and PS3!! :!: And you try getting him away from them!! :lol:

He was never interested in the whole Dungeons & Dragons / Fantasy gaming thing (neither was I) and non of his friends are either. However, I live in hope of introducing him to the more relaxed and thoughtful business of historic tabletop figure-gaming at some point (although I may have to bribe him somehow)...

My grandson too plays a lot of PS3 and Nintendo DS, however ...

We also play Space Hulk, Commands & Colors Ancients and Axis & Allies. Indeed, we have a small group of his friends who gather, irregularly, to play Axis & Allies. The conversion to tabletop war games ( board or miniature) is a long slow process but worth the effort. Good Luck on the Long March.

:wink:

Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
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