Shields Up... Hold the Line!: Package arrived from England!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Package arrived from England!

I opened the first package of soldiers. Aventine's UD-44 16x standing soldiers with Pilums. As you can see some assembly will be required. Thinking Loctite gel super glue will work. First, I'll wash the figures with warm water and Dawn. Next will be removing any "flash" from the molding process. Although, I have to say Aventine has very little "flash" cleaning required - which I think is really great.

I intend on priming the figures with Pirate Press's P3 Black Primer. Armor painted first, then Flesh will go on next. Then red for garments and silver highlights for the armor. The plan is to use primarily P3's line of great acrylics. The shields I will prime with white (with cheap Krylon white primer) - then paint the backs a wooden brown and then apply the shield decals and paint the rim and boss. I intend to also wash "dip" them in Army Painter's Strong Tone Dip Wash once painted and sealed. Finish with matt varnish.

A summary of my planned painting process: Step 1. Prime, Step 2. Paint, Step 3. Intial Deep Paint Wash & Dry brushing, Step 4. Gloss Poly Coat, Step 5. Army Painter Dip, Step 6. Dry brush highlights/Touchups, Step 7. Base minis and then Matte Poly Varnish

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Roman Legions

A Roman Legion was an infantry unit consisting of heavily armed soldiers, equipped with shields, armor, helmets, spears and swords. In the early republic (circa 170 BC), the strength of a Legion was about 3,000 men; there were 4,800 Legionaries in a Legion in the days of Julius Caesar; the 28 Legions (about 185,000 soldiers) that defended the Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus counted more than 5,400 soldiers each (circa 10 AD). They were the backbone of the Roman army, supported by auxiliary troops, siege equipment and cavalry. Although in the third century, large cavalry units gradually superseded the Legions as Rome's most important force, many of the foot Legions remained well into the fourth and early fifth centuries.

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The birth of the Legion

By 390 BC, the organization of the Roman army was in need of change. Fighting in the Greek-style was proving increasingly outdated and inflexible, resulting in the severe Roman defeat and the sacking of Rome at the hands of the Gauls at the Battle of Allia (c. 387 BC). Following on from this catastrophe and in the next fifty years of warfare against Gallic and Italian tribes, a military revolution was born: the Roman Legion. This was a new unit of organization made up of three flexible lines of maniples consisting of troops of both heavy and light infantry. However, at the end of the 3rd century BC, Rome's prestige was shattered once more by the genius of Hannibal of Carthage, causing Roman battle tactics to be revised again. The legendary general Scipio Africanus achieved this, finally destroying the Carthaginian army at the climactic victory of Zama. A wholly new kind of soldier had been invented, and the whole Mediterranean world was now at Rome's feet. Later, Marius would improve the military greatly with his reforms around 150 BC. Finally, Augustus would make changes that would establish the Legion as the premier fighting unit of the Roman Empire; the army eventually became all-conquering and all-powerful.

Shields Up... Hold the Line!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Package arrived from England!

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