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Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: chriswil42 on September 27, 2022, 10:19:19 AM

Title: Romans!
Post by: chriswil42 on September 27, 2022, 10:19:19 AM
And just when you all thought I wasn't going to make anything different. So for a change I stared these at the playday.
Painting of these will be fun. The mouldings are very good.
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Post by: MSea on September 27, 2022, 12:36:16 PM
I still think you should hand paint the shields - yohohoho
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Post by: chriswil42 on September 30, 2022, 12:36:15 PM
I'll see how many decals I have.
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Post by: zak on October 05, 2022, 09:07:49 AM
Scale and make?
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Post by: chriswil42 on October 07, 2022, 12:26:18 PM
Victrix -28mm.
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Post by: zak on October 07, 2022, 02:54:13 PM
Thank you. Labor Omnia Vincit!
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Post by: chriswil42 on October 07, 2022, 03:16:53 PM
Thank you. Labor Omnia Vincit!
Mostly.
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Post by: Bob C on October 08, 2022, 03:56:37 PM
These are a bit different.

Bob c
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Post by: chriswil42 on October 09, 2022, 03:56:22 PM
Somebody suggested turning them into the air cav.
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Post by: cph64 on October 11, 2022, 07:05:37 PM
Labor ipse voluptas (school motto!!)
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Post by: Haddock on October 12, 2022, 08:23:08 AM
"Digitum extractus".
Works instruction.
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Post by: chriswil42 on October 19, 2022, 02:47:14 PM
As was nil carborundum!
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Post by: chriswil42 on November 18, 2022, 01:58:41 PM
Some progress. These get done a bit at a time in amongst the helicopters.
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Post by: chriswil42 on November 20, 2022, 03:54:34 PM
And some velites.
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Post by: MSea on November 20, 2022, 04:51:42 PM
Looking good - are you enjoying making them  ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: cph64 on November 22, 2022, 03:31:48 PM
Painting looks good, you'll soon be giving Howard a run for his money!!
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Post by: chriswil42 on November 23, 2022, 01:10:52 PM
Looking good - are you enjoying making them  ::) ::) ::) ::)
Yes. Nice for a change.
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Post by: Bob C on November 23, 2022, 06:23:45 PM
a nice job.

Bob c
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 13, 2022, 02:56:59 PM
Decals for shields bought from Victrix a while ago.
Added decal to first shield. These are not standard waterslide decals. After cutting out and then lifting the plastic layer, underneath the coloured pattern is sticky and adheres well to the shield. A drop of water is used on the backing sheet which comes away nicely.
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Post by: MSea on December 13, 2022, 03:33:22 PM
Looks good Chris, now what about the other 10,000 shields to do - hohohhoho
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Post by: zak on December 13, 2022, 05:34:42 PM
How many have you got to do?
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 14, 2022, 01:30:56 PM
How many have you got to do?
About 30 I think but not altogether.
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 26, 2022, 01:24:31 PM
Standard bearer and musician complete.
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Post by: kiwichappers on December 26, 2022, 03:02:30 PM
I'm impressed by that shield Chris. Looking forward to seeing your Romans at the club.
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 28, 2022, 04:24:02 PM
Preparing 2nd cohort. This will be forming a shield wall.
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 30, 2022, 12:45:56 PM
1st bunch complete. Legionaries and velites.
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Post by: zak on December 30, 2022, 05:38:28 PM
Lovely, a few more needed fora Legion.
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Post by: chriswil42 on December 31, 2022, 02:08:15 PM
In progress.
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Post by: chriswil42 on January 07, 2023, 03:04:25 PM
Some paint on the 2nd cohort.
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Post by: MSea on January 07, 2023, 03:26:15 PM
Looking good Chris , you are nearly ready to take over the world - hohohohoh
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Post by: cph64 on January 08, 2023, 07:21:29 AM
Is the armour/helmets etc painted in silver? It looks a bit like gunmetal, or is it my eyes?
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Post by: chriswil42 on January 08, 2023, 12:44:00 PM
The paint is a mr metal color described as stainless. Not quite as bright as silver but brighter than gun metal.
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Post by: chriswil42 on March 08, 2023, 03:31:22 PM
First line of the phalanx ready for battle. These take a while to paint.
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Post by: Bigkev on March 08, 2023, 03:39:15 PM
Nicely done.
Bigkev
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Post by: zak on March 08, 2023, 05:02:22 PM
Nice work Chris!
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Post by: chriswil42 on March 09, 2023, 10:34:10 AM
Thank you.
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Post by: cph64 on March 11, 2023, 03:54:14 PM
Great painting. Are they waiting for the heicopter to land before attacking?
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Post by: chriswil42 on March 12, 2023, 10:13:23 AM
Great painting. Are they waiting for the heicopter to land before attacking?
Could be. I once read an SF novel about a civilisation which discovered space travel before gunpowder. Quite an interesting tale.
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Post by: zak on April 25, 2023, 07:39:04 AM
Up on Hadrian's Wall at the moment, imbibing all things Roman.
We visited the Corbridge site yesterday, it never fails to amaze me just how advanced the Romans were.
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Post by: MSea on April 25, 2023, 08:27:16 AM
Enjoy your time - I expect a set of Roman figures will be your next project  ::) ::) ::) ::)
The Romans put us to shame - us modern people are still trying to sort how how they did some of the things they achieved.
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Post by: chriswil42 on April 25, 2023, 03:06:38 PM
They have only recently worked out the constituents of their concrete which self heals small cracks.
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Post by: zak on April 25, 2023, 03:26:43 PM
They have only recently worked out the constituents of their concrete which self heals small cracks.
Takes some beating I believe.
Just been to Vindolanda, my Dad took me in 1967, there was only a milepost to see, a bit different now.
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Post by: zak on April 25, 2023, 03:27:55 PM
Enjoy your time - I expect a set of Roman figures will be your next project  ::) ::) ::) ::)
The Romans put us to shame - us modern people are still trying to sort how how they did some of the things they achieved.
I could do the whole of Hadrian's Wall in 1/72 scale. No, ok, my room is not big enough!
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Post by: MSea on April 25, 2023, 06:19:13 PM
How about 1/35 scale - just think of the detail - hohhoho
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Post by: chriswil42 on April 26, 2023, 03:44:48 PM
Maybe 1/350th?
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Post by: cph64 on April 29, 2023, 04:14:59 PM
Harking back to the March conversations I remember that in a comic (new Eagle?), there were various civilisations that had modern technology and the Romans were one of them. Anybody else remember the comic and storyline?
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Post by: MSea on April 29, 2023, 04:29:41 PM
Sorry Chris BUT nobody in the club goes back that far - hohhohohohoh -  ::) ::) ::) ::)