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
Lovely work there Iain and well done Jon for gifting these:).
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve and I entirely agree!
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Iain, great to see these figures make it to the front of your painting queue. You are most welcome!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're happy with them, thanks again!
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I'm amazed by how you master such different periods and how you manage to always produce such interesting results!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Suber, lack of focus?
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Looking good! Nice cavalry stand, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Fitz!
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Very nice work and a lovely gift to get. I like Newline figures and think they are a very underrated company.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, yes I think you're right, I think their 15mm range is bigger?
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Great gift!
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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.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence, the design is kosher, I've just fiddled with the colours on one of the units to make them match!
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Fantastic work Iain, and what a great prize to start it off as well.
ReplyDeleteYes very generous of Jonathan!
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Lovely work on Jonathan's generous gift.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard!
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Excellent!
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gifts of miniatures are fully realized when painted. nice job all round. the giver and receiver. 😁
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Stew!
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Excellent brushwork Iain. And very nice of Jonathan too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray and yes I agree!
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Nice work, strangely I have been sticking some late Roman cavalry in the last couple of days 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, more additions to your dark age armies?
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Nice work Iain and a nice gesture from Mr Freitag too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith, I'm in full agreement!
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It’s always nice to get a gift… especially if it ends up painted and on the wargames table…
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
I'm in agreement with you on all counts!
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A nice pairing, was the dragon sock on a lead pole and then converted to wire?
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm, yes both of them were, I just thought it was a better idea!
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