A rebase of the 20mm Romans has been taking up my time here in Cyprus. Its good that the basing dries out so quickly in the heat - even in November - but its a project that snuck up on me. I doubled up on the bases making the Infamy unit of 8 figures into groups of 16.
The Romans were intended as an auxiliary force but I added a box of HaT Legionaries at the last minute. The original intent was to field five groups of Auxiliaries and four Legionaries. This has now become three and two respectively.
I'm leaving the cavalry and skirmishers at eight figure units, but increasing the size of their basing to look right. The Early Imperial Roman army is much smaller as a result of this drive to get a better looking setup, but it's still powerful.
Legion Centurion and Optio
Two groups of Legionaries
Auxiliary Centurion and Optio
Three groups of Auxiliaries
One group of Auxiliary archers
One group of Auxiliary Cavalry
One group of slingers
One Legionary Scorpion bolt thrower.
When I turned to the Celts I had a slightly different problem. The Italeri figures are excellent. I would rate them higher than even the few metal figures I have, but at 40 figures to a box I have only two groups.
Using bases of 4 and 2 figures I can match the frontage of the Romans, and a warband has six bases, making it easy to move about. The Cavalry and skirmishers remain I groups of eight, and the Chariots in fours.
The HaT Germans that extend my "barbarians" are shockingly bad figures. I'd rather not use them but needs must. Eventually I'll replace them with more Italeri Celts. They do give me another two warbands.
Chief, Sub Chief and hornblowers
One Warband of naked fanatics
Four Tribal Warbands
Two groups of Cavalry
One group of Chariots
One group of Slingers
As part of this 20mm Infamy project I added to the terrain pieces with some Cork tile bogs and rough ground.
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| The pva glue is still drying on these, the idea is to give the bog pieces a shiny wet look. |
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