Dipping with Army Painter WIP

So far so good, next up some highlights and a little matt varnish, not to mention a mountain of shields. Once added to my others this lot should make up three 18 man cohorts of the 14th Legion.

I painted the odd little touch to give them more character like beards and wrist guards.

Dipped in strong tone they start to look battle field worthy. I actually like the effect the stain leaves and could easily just leave them in this state, but the painter in me has to tweak the odd highlight or three.

The last thing I painted on the figures were the pilums, leaving the silver spray on the shank and butt end.

The troops start to look a bit more human.

Once all the tunics had been painted I painted in the flesh using Foundry's Flesh 'B' colour.

" I LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE...MAYBE WE SHOULD GO OUT FOR A DRINK SOMETIME?"

I then worked my way inward with the other colours. I tried to keep these down to a minimum when it came to tunic colours etc, this would make highlighting a lot quicker. As these were being painted to match a unit I had acquired from eBay, red was the main tunic colour used.

I have decided to paint them up quickly using Army painter and after a bad start with the stuff, now I am a complete convert. I have sprayed these guys with a silver car paint which stays metallic even when matt varnished, great for armour.

I have been quite taken with the plastic Romans and Celts from Warlord games and decided to make up a couple of cohorts at the weekend. The fun of putting them together just never gets old.