Monday, 29 April 2024

A gift from Jonathan Freitag cavalry units late Romans 2

 In the distant past I won a competition on Jonathan Freitag's blog and he generously funded the purchase of the Newline late Roman cavalry in this post, who have been further reinforced by the spare Foundry cataphract figures to give me a command/ companion unit and a regular rider unit for my Dux Bellorum late Roman force. I do like the Newline figures, they don't look too impressive in bare metal but paint up very nicely.  The shield designs are variants I've seen online and elsewhere and were fun to do, I've deliberately gone slightly less uniform, I think it works for a period with rather stretched resources! The infantry following up on the paint table are a bit more uniform. 












So thank you very much Jonathan! 

All the best 

Iain 

32 comments:

  1. Lovely work there Iain and well done Jon for gifting these:).

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    1. Thanks Steve and I entirely agree!
      Best Iain

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  2. Iain, great to see these figures make it to the front of your painting queue. You are most welcome!

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    1. Glad you're happy with them, thanks again!
      Best Iain

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  3. I'm amazed by how you master such different periods and how you manage to always produce such interesting results!

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    1. Thanks very much Suber, lack of focus?
      Best Iain

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  4. Looking good! Nice cavalry stand, too.

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    1. Thanks very much Fitz!
      Best Iain

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  5. Very nice work and a lovely gift to get. I like Newline figures and think they are a very underrated company.

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    1. Thanks Donnie, yes I think you're right, I think their 15mm range is bigger?
      Best Iain

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  6. Very nice of Jonathan and you have certainly made the most of it Iain. I have seen that shield design before, but can't remember where. It all looks very effective.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence, the design is kosher, I've just fiddled with the colours on one of the units to make them match!
      Best Iain

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  7. Fantastic work Iain, and what a great prize to start it off as well.

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    1. Yes very generous of Jonathan!
      Best Iain

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  8. Lovely work on Jonathan's generous gift.

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    1. Thanks Richard!
      Best Iain

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  10. gifts of miniatures are fully realized when painted. nice job all round. the giver and receiver. 😁

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    1. Thanks a lot Stew!
      Best Iain

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  11. Excellent brushwork Iain. And very nice of Jonathan too.

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    1. Thanks Ray and yes I agree!
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  12. Nice work, strangely I have been sticking some late Roman cavalry in the last couple of days 👍

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    1. Thanks Matt, more additions to your dark age armies?
      Best Iain

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  13. Nice work Iain and a nice gesture from Mr Freitag too.

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    1. Thanks Keith, I'm in full agreement!
      Best Iain

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  14. It’s always nice to get a gift… especially if it ends up painted and on the wargames table…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. I'm in agreement with you on all counts!
      Best Iain

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  15. A nice pairing, was the dragon sock on a lead pole and then converted to wire?

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    1. Thanks Norm, yes both of them were, I just thought it was a better idea!
      Best Iain

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