Tramp, tramp, tramp! .......the inexorable progress of the Romans

Minimal progress here at chez moi, mostly due to miserable weather which puts a dampner (literally!) on any painting and certainly undercoating.

I did manage to work out what is required for the campaign and what is still to do (as well as what's available). That done, I turned my attention to some Romans bought with a minimal paint job on very small bases. Pilum were straightened and aligned. I managed to miss that many had bits of shield missing!

Once removed from the bases, they were mounted on temporary card bases and received a Dark Tone AP ink wash. They appear to be Donnington miniatures and had received a minimal paint job so the touch ups have been extensive. Poor light eventually persuaded me to call time; a little sun should see them finished. They will form the two raw legions raised as reinforcements.

While hunting out figures, I discovered some FK 15 legionaries I had painted as Pompeians. These were varnished and based.

This will allow the existing figures to form three Legions with similar colours to add to the other five Legions in red. I had thought I would have to incorporate a different colour stand to make up numbers.

While I was basing, I took the opportunity to rebase the lonely German from my painted purchase and clean up and undercoat some companions. Rather than re-base, I shall simply give the existing bases some TLC.

For the Romans there are cavalry to add, as well as baggage and camps. The barbarians have lots of potential reinforcements, mostly infantry. If I keep plodding on, I should have enough for the campaign to start around Easter..

Future plans.

Having assembled lots of Romans, the obvious next step after the Gallic wars is for the Civil War. This will mean lots more Romans, as well as more exotic allies. Fortunately, Romans are relatively quick to paint!

For a break from Romans, I may tackle some of the GHQ 1:285 stuff for the desert.

I have also been thinking of other projects and the size limitations. Sadly the flats will be on hold as the footprint is too large for the limited table. 

However, I have dug out the 15mm Italian Wars stuff as a possible replacement. Other than that, the other possible project is to revisit the 15mm SCW. At present, there are Romans and barbarians to be painted and cleaned up, undercoated and ready for painting there are SK Estavian reinforcements and a host of Seleucids and Ptolemaics and even some 25mm /30mm French & Indian War British and French.

Lets hope the weather improves and at least gets a bit brighter!