eBay Romans

I took the risky gamble of buying some painted Romans off eBay this week. Last year after discovering eBay I went a little crazy and got quite badly burnt with some choice buys. However, this little lot worked out quite well and with a little extra work they have reached muster.

Behind the armoured Auxiliaries can be seen another unit that has sat dormant for months, my Judean slingers.

I based them to match my skirmishing units. I think it's fair to say that after a time away, I have the painting bug again.

I have retouched most of the colours and repainted the tunics completely. Still, even with these changes the whole unit was made ready in just a couple of hours.

The shields were all hand painted and look good, I have added a little weathering just to give them that campaign look. Buying a unit like this has saved me a lot of time.

The figures are Warlord Games plastic Auxiliaries. They arrived mostly ok with only one broken spear.