Thanks for the shout, Alex, and these are looking amazing. I think you’re selling yourself short on your painting ability, and I doubt I’d be the only one interested in a tutorial from you. You’ve also convinced me to pick up some of those LBM shield transfers to thread into my own unit of Veterans, freehanding really can’t compete!
Thank you Dan, your freehand shields look awesome. The LBM shield transfers can work really nicely, so if you want to try transfers I'd recommend them; cutting out these ones for the central bossed scutum takes a little finesse, but the final product looks good.
When you build models within each kit, they blend together well in a unit. The Agema kit supports more upright, non fighting poses. I found the cross-kit builds to be a little difficult, at least for this Agema Veterans kit which has very few parts. The bannermen I built here had a Victrix head (which I think are a little bit better than Agema) and a Agema body, and I had to add material to the neck to get the look right.
Hello.Hope you are well.Lovely figures,very nice paintwork.For someone who's only been painting for just over a year,your progress is excellent.All the best.Randolph.
Really nice! If you want a more war torn look, you could do a bit of weathering on the metals, maybe a darker wash and a few slash marks. Same for the shields. One more thing you could do is lightly drybrush their feet, bottom of tunics and lower part of shields with the color of the basing material (in this case a light sand color). Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about how better to integrate the miniatures to the base visually; and I've got a ton of sand colors that I could use for this sort of basing blending.
Thank you, they are about 19 cm by 11 cm for the infantry, 19 cm by 13 cm for the cavalry unit. I combined some bases that I bought from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop, I recommend them they fit together like puzzle pieces
Thanks, I got the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat's shop. The various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
Thanks, I bought them from Simon Miller at the Big Red Bat shop; the various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
Thank you, I bought the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop; they come in smaller pieces that fit together like a puzzle and I glued em together with some backing
Thanks, I bought these from Simon Miller's Big Red Bat's shop; they are MDF bases and I piece together smaller bases, which fit together like a puzzle, to create a single large base about 18 cm across
Thank you! I can't help but see little errors I made. Yes, maybe in 4 units or so I'll start working on some Roman or at least Italian units. I've only got Agema Romans right now, but I am looking forward to building them up and giving them some character.
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Great figures great painting with excellent enjoyable educational back stories! Good luck with the future fighting murderous Roman home wreckers!
Thanks for the shout, Alex, and these are looking amazing. I think you’re selling yourself short on your painting ability, and I doubt I’d be the only one interested in a tutorial from you.
You’ve also convinced me to pick up some of those LBM shield transfers to thread into my own unit of Veterans, freehanding really can’t compete!
Thank you Dan, your freehand shields look awesome. The LBM shield transfers can work really nicely, so if you want to try transfers I'd recommend them; cutting out these ones for the central bossed scutum takes a little finesse, but the final product looks good.
@@busydad_painting Hey I meant to ask for your thoughts on how the Agema and Victrix kits blend together?
1000% agree. He did a great job on these models and should be very proud of how they came out. Even the base looks good.
When you build models within each kit, they blend together well in a unit. The Agema kit supports more upright, non fighting poses. I found the cross-kit builds to be a little difficult, at least for this Agema Veterans kit which has very few parts. The bannermen I built here had a Victrix head (which I think are a little bit better than Agema) and a Agema body, and I had to add material to the neck to get the look right.
@@busydad_painting Great to know, thanks for the synopsis!
Nice one, just discovered your channel and subbed. excellent painting sir!
Me too mate I love his energy and unique basing in bulk
These are a very good amazing work
Thank you
Hello.Hope you are well.Lovely figures,very nice paintwork.For someone who's only been painting for just over a year,your progress is excellent.All the best.Randolph.
Thank you very much, its been a very rewarding hobby to get into
Awesome work!👍
Thank you
Dang, they look great !!!
Thank you
Really nice! If you want a more war torn look, you could do a bit of weathering on the metals, maybe a darker wash and a few slash marks. Same for the shields.
One more thing you could do is lightly drybrush their feet, bottom of tunics and lower part of shields with the color of the basing material (in this case a light sand color). Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about how better to integrate the miniatures to the base visually; and I've got a ton of sand colors that I could use for this sort of basing blending.
@@busydad_painting a great option imo
These look amazing! This video has greatly inspired me to continue with my ancients project.
Excellent, thank you. I love the look of the period.
Beautiful job....all the best
stunning!, all the different shields look really nice together, especially on a large unit base
Thanks, yes there is a certain quality to quantity
Excellent additions, love hte blue/purple shades on your cavalry and, of course, the gorgeous shields...
Thank you very much. I love that deep bluish purple color
Great Work what are the base sizes ?
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Thank you, they are about 19 cm by 11 cm for the infantry, 19 cm by 13 cm for the cavalry unit.
I combined some bases that I bought from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop, I recommend them they fit together like puzzle pieces
Id personally reccomend looking at the Divide Et Impera mod for Rome 2 for some good colorscheme inspiration!
That's a great idea, I had forgotten about that mod and I think it is super popular (I already own the game)
Nice video, where did you get those bases from a great size
Thanks, I got the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat's shop. The various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
@@busydad_painting I have just ordered some.
Very nice models 😀
Wow great miniatures buddy, where are the awesome bases from?
Thanks, I bought them from Simon Miller at the Big Red Bat shop; the various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
look cool bud
You've done a nice job on them minatures!
Where did you source those mdf bases from?
Thank you, I bought the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop; they come in smaller pieces that fit together like a puzzle and I glued em together with some backing
@@busydad_painting nice work 👏
Love the large bases! Where did you get them?
Thanks, I bought these from Simon Miller's Big Red Bat's shop; they are MDF bases and I piece together smaller bases, which fit together like a puzzle, to create a single large base about 18 cm across
@busydad_painting I thought as much. I knew Simon didn't have that base but never thought to glue them together. Well done!
Thanks. I bought from his shop before I knew he was such a big name in the community
Painting looks great to me, don’t sell yourself short. Are you doing to do Roman opposition force?
Thank you! I can't help but see little errors I made.
Yes, maybe in 4 units or so I'll start working on some Roman or at least Italian units. I've only got Agema Romans right now, but I am looking forward to building them up and giving them some character.
I especially like the cavalry, the cloaks turned out great. Do you have any fully armoured cataphracts?
Thank you. I do not have many cataphracts, just a few from V&V miniatures, though that would be a great unit to do for this time period