Good evening, all, as promised in my last post, here are the first of the Cromarty Forge 10mm Ancient Britons, destined to take on the might of the already painted Roman legionaries. Once again, they are fantastically detailed little figures - in fact, too much detail in some respects, but do remember when viewing the paint work that normal wargamers of the average, greying variety, won't be able to see ANY of this detail with the naked eye!
Warband One
Warband Two
Warband One in combat with some of the invading Romans.
And finally for this post, a little bit of light reading I have been doing to get me in the mood for Romans v Britons, circa AD40-60! For those who do not know the author, he is very Bernard Cornwall-esque!
More holiday pix next time, you lucky people, you!
What a cool start to the project. The figures are quite detailed as the size allows. I must admit at table length the effect is that of mass. Since the start of the project is some months back, which rules are you going to use ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, they are great figures! As to rules, not really sure. I do have a copy of Hail Ceasar but the Warlord stable of rules aren't my favourite, so I might adapt something else....
DeleteWoooow! Excelent work sir!
ReplyDeleteCheers Michal
DeleteThe camera is indeed unforgiving. The figures as pictured, though, look splendid--I'm sure that to the naked eye they must be impressive, indeed. Having painted up my share of small scale figures (6mm), I can imagine the effect a battle array will have on table (what miniatures is all about).
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed and yes, the mass look of the figures all grouped together is impressive!
DeleteSome great looking figures Keith, nice and easy to paint too, I'd imagine? Scarrow's book are great!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray...these Britons were a bit more work than the Romans, due to lack of uniformity, but they are worth the effort once completed.
DeleteI am enjoying the Scarrow books....on the third one now!
These half-naked fellas look great, Keith!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon...soon to appear will be the British "fanatics "....THEY are completely naked!
DeleteSplendid looking Ancient Britons! I've just ordered a pile of Victrix Celts, a 28mm army, I might get some paint on them next year?!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Ah, you are a better man than I, Iain....I couldn't face the number of figures required in 28mm! I look forward to seeing them in 2025 😀
DeleteGreat to see the Britons/Gauls Keith and they look great, with plenty of detail and nice animation too. Yep, I agree that most of the time we can't see diddly squat of any detail when on the table!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve! Our figures are a bit like a skirting board....you worry about a loose paint brush hair etc when on your hands a knees painting it...but once it's done, no one will ever notice the slight imperfections 😉
DeleteThey look superb Keith
ReplyDeleteCheers Scotty, I think they are pretty good myself!
DeleteEven blown up to 30mm size they look good Keith. Fine work on lovely little figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence....I did notice one of them seems to be wearing a torc or similar, that I had not seen while painting them.....but I am happy with the results of my efforts!
DeleteA scary looking bunch of barbarians Keith! AKA the good guys. Amazing detail in that scale.
ReplyDeleteNice bit of holiday reading there! I might have to dig out my Ross Leckie Scipio and Hannibal novels.
Thanks Chris, the detail is outstanding for such tiny figures!
DeleteThe Scarrow novels were indeed started during my recent extended break from work.
Great job on the figures Keith and they will certainly give the Romans something to worry about.
ReplyDeleteThere will be chariots soon? There is always room for some Mad Maximus action.
Thank you Ben....there are indeed chariots in the future...lots of 'em!
DeleteNice work Keith, good start to your Britons, really impressed with the sculpts, they are really nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie...yes, I think I MIGHT have mentioned it previously....but they are superb little figures! 😀
DeleteAgain, as with the EIR, figures are superb sculpts, and enhanced even more by your brushwork. I'm looking forward to seeing more of these.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dean....and we seem to be of one mind re the quality of the Cromarty Forge sculpting! You shouldn't have too long to wait for another batch.
DeleteLooking good. I always like a horde of dangerous thugs. Romans and Britons are usually a fun match up😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew, horde of dangerous thugs is a great description....for both sides!
DeleteSweet figures - and you’ve done a great job of painting them up!
ReplyDeleteThank you JBM!
DeleteThey look amazing. Your table is going to look super with this collection.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, hopefully it's not too long until they hit the table!
DeleteLooking good Keith….
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, appreciate your comments!
DeleteKing of the who?
ReplyDeleteWonderful painting again Keith. You do the detail on these figures great justice. They look good under the all-too revealing lens of the phone camera and even better at wargamer's distance (your Warband one and two pics).
Regards, James
Thanks James - they are very nice figures aren't they?
Delete