Week26 Updates

A bit more progress over the last few weeks, although I still am not getting out the brushes as often as I would like / need to.  The legionaries are finished up for the moment, pending completing their basing and a matt coat.

I have moved on to some skirmish options for the Romans in Infamy Infamy, using some Strelets figures from M037 Roman Velites.  First up are some javelin equipped skirmishers, which appear to be the Velites named in the set.  I believe these are probably anachronistic by the time of the Cesarean legions, but I figured I would paint the up and possibly still use them.

Item	Colour
Helmet and Shield Boss	VMC 70.998 Bronze
Wolf Pelt	VMC 70.869 Basalt Grey with a drop of black Drybrush with 50/50 Basalt Grey and VMC 70.837 Pale Sand
Flesh	VMC 70.845 Sunny Skin Tone
Tunic	VMC 70.837 Pale Sand
Mail and Javelin tips	VMC 70.997 Silver
Scabbard, straps and boots	VMC 70.871 Leather Brown
Sword Hilt	VMC 70.818 Red Leather
Javelin Shaft and Inner Shield	VMC 70.843 Cork Brown
Shield Face	VMC 70.817 Scarlet / VMC 70.841 Andrea Blue / VMC 70.970 Deep Green

Next up are some slingers from the same Strelets M037 set.  These will defintely get some use accompanying the legions.

Item	Colour
Hair	VMC 70.950 Black
Cloak	VMC 70.829 Amaranth Red (my bottle of this is quite runny, to the point where it need to leave it on wet pallet overnight to get it to a consistency where it provides any coverage) VMC 70.998 Bronze for the cloak pin
Flesh	VMC 70.860 Medium Skin Tone
Tunic	VMC 70.837 Pale Sand
Breaches	VMC 70.816 Luftwaffe Uniform / VMC 70.821 German Cam Beige / VMC 70.819 Iraqi Sand
Scabbard, Sling and boots	VMC 70.871 Leather Brown
Sword Hilt	VMC 70.818 Red Leather
Shot	VMC 70.816 Luftwaffe Uniform
Shot Bag	VMC 70.821 German Cam Beige
Inner Shield	VMC 70.843 Cork Brown
Shield Face	VMC 70.841 Andrea Blue / VMC 70.970 Deep Green

And this is the overall progress in the Roman Legion Box to date.  The Slingers and Velites still need their dip to get up to the same stage as the legionaries, but I am holding off to do them in a batch with the next lot of troops......

...which are eastern style archers also from the same Strelets Roman Velites set.  Hopefully I'll get them knocked over this week and get them dipped and we can move on to finishing up the basing.