Sunday 15 March 2020

Early Imperial Roman 1 Newline onager

Last September I went to my first tournament, knightsfever in North London to play To the strongest! With my Italian wars figures as Venetian condatta as the armies had to be medieval (mine were pretty late medieval!) I have to say I really enjoyed it, it was a great learning experience and I managed to not lose every game!
 I wanted to have another go this year,the only slight  problem being that the theme is Rome and its enemies and I have neither, plus the tournament is in June, so three months earlier!
As I didn't have a Roman army I thought I'd better get some, I picked up an army box of warlord plastics in their post Christmas sale and then remembered that some years ago I picked up a couple of DBA armies back when I bought things on Ebay, put in a low bid and if no one else bids you get a bargain that you don't really need!




Well now was the moment I needed them, here is a newline Numidian onager ,I've painted the crew as Roman's in tunics with their shields and helmets stacked against their pila ( those bits came from the warlord plastics sprue)
The PVA is still wet but it's going to do!
So the onager or wild ass is a stone thrower next up will be some auxiliary infantry and I have at least one unit of legionarys painted in 1980!
All the best
Iain
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36 comments:

  1. Cyrus15 March 2020 at 10:29

    Excellent onager! Good luck with your EIR - the Warlord plastics are easy to paint, a silver or gun metal undercoat is a good start.

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 15:44

      Thanks Cyrus! Yes I'm going to play around with the undercoates, I've got lots to do!
      Best Iain

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  2. 'Lee.15 March 2020 at 11:05

    That's a very nice looking piece of kit, would not wish to be on the receiving end of it! The stacked shields are a great touch.

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 15:45

      Thanks Lee! The shields are spare plastic and I needed something to say Roman!
      Best Iain

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  3. Zabadak15 March 2020 at 13:13

    Good bit of kit and the scenics on the base really add to it.

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 15:45

      Thanks Joe! The bits and bobs all help!
      Best Iain

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  4. Simon Quinton 15 March 2020 at 13:52

    Looks great! I do like artillery pieces they make great little dioramas.

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 15:46

      Thanks Simon! Yes and the impetus bases help too!
      Best Iain

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  5. Norm15 March 2020 at 15:01

    Nicely done wood, it looks a veteran piece already. Nice to be doing another period, though you have your work cut out for that June deadline.

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 15:59

      Thanks Norm! Yes I have to knuckle down and get them done!
      Best Iain

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  6. Gonsalvo15 March 2020 at 17:26

    Very well done, and nice use of spare bits!

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 16:00

      Thanks Peter! Good to use the spare bits up!
      Best Iain

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  7. Jonathan Freitag15 March 2020 at 17:51

    This is a great looking piece, Iain! The "put in a low bid and hope for the best" on ebay works more often than you would think!

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    1. caveadsum147116 March 2020 at 16:01

      Thanks Jonathan! Yes, I almost filled my loft up by doing that!
      Best Iain

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  8. Dave Stone15 March 2020 at 17:52

    Great work Iain, all the extra detail you've added to the base really sells the story

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  9. Lawrence H15 March 2020 at 20:08

    Nice work Iain. A little bit of Ancient artillery often comes in handy!

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 09:26

      Thanks Lawrence! The only thing better than a stone thrower is 2,like you have!
      Best Iain

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  10. Ed M15 March 2020 at 23:37

    Very nice, and great bit of serendipity to have some figs on hand that you can use for the next tournament round. That's how I got into Saga: I realized that my Tartars could be used for Mongols, and "poof" I was off and running.

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 09:28

      Thanks Ed! Yes if you have a big pile of varied figures something will come in useful sometime?!
      Best Iain

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  11. rross16 March 2020 at 04:24

    Great work on this "artillery" Iain and good use of the plastic spare parts available when you use the hard plastic figure kits!

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 09:29

      Thanks Keith! Nice to use some of the excess kit you get with plastic, not that I'm complaining, just good housekeeping!
      Best Iain

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  12. Michal DwarfCrypt16 March 2020 at 04:46

    Great work sir!

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  13. Ronin16 March 2020 at 06:33

    nice job lain. strange how certain purchasers remain firm even years, until new inspirations are released. here we are in a state of apprehension perhaps similar to the blood nobody in the streets and curfew the coronavirus shows no sign of diminishing.

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 09:31

      Thanks Ronin! Good to have some figures waiting I think! Stay safe!
      Best Iain

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  14. Dmitry Svidlo16 March 2020 at 15:34

    Nicely looking onager, Iain!

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  15. Matt Crump16 March 2020 at 19:50

    Nice work hopefully an effective unit 👍

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 09:32

      Thanks Matt! Who knows? Probably not,but the next unit will I think be more useful!
      Best Iain

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  16. Stew17 March 2020 at 18:28

    Great job, really looks the business. Good luck with getting the army ready in time. Nothing like a dead line to spur productivity! 😀

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    1. caveadsum147117 March 2020 at 20:51

      Thanks Stew! Yes concentrates the mind wonderfully well,oh look squirrel!
      Best Iain

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  17. DeanM17 March 2020 at 19:37

    Very cool Ancient artillery, Iain!

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  18. Dai17 March 2020 at 22:15

    Another new army - those shelves are getting more packed!

    Like it tho. Hope there'll be a Scorpion to go with it too?

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    1. caveadsum147118 March 2020 at 17:06

      Thanks Dai! I've got a geriatric little metal bolt thrower that might make it out!
      Best Iain

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