Andrea Romans (6 Viewers)

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Buoyed by recent forays into Roman history, I dug out two unfinished Roman figures preassembled from Andrea kits to brush up on my painting skills (subtle joke there...)

 

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The consul figure was glued to the base. I readjusted the head position. These early Andrea castings aren't as good as their present castings.

 

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I disassembled the kit and cleaned up the castings. Also added putty to improve the fit. Then I re-glued everything again.

 

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I decided to make a small conversion to the plume. I made notched cuts across the plume to try to separate out the bundles. At the back, I trimmed off part of the plume and sculpted some longer horse hair. I read that there were many individual variations to the plumes.

 

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Hi All,

I glued the figure to the base. the plume was finalized and I think the figure is ready for painting.

 

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The figure was undercoated. I found the original Andreas card photo showing this as a tribune, with either silver or bronze cuirass and helmet, red, black or white plume, red cloak, tunic any colour and white or brown pteruges. I have decided to go for a brighter effect.

 

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I have decided to add a shield to this figure. I looked around and found a Pegaso oval shield and spray painted this. Here it is next to the Andrea typical Roman shield.

 

[theBaron]

Great attention to the details, Vic! He's shaping up into a great figure.

Prost!
Brad

 

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Hiya Brad,

Thanks. I also live in hope!

The figure by itself looks a little dull, hence I decided to spruce him up with a shield probably propped up against his left leg. I know that most depictions of tribunes are that they don't really seem to carry a shield. I tk that's crazy when you are in the frontline fighting berserkers. Maybe the shield was carried by an aide until battle commenced.

Anyway, the shield would be typical of his assigned legion. Since I only have the oval shield, ( I will keep the rectangular shield for the lorical segmentata soldier), this tribune can only represent auxiliary legions or eastern legions. Probably a fancier version for an officer. I am looking at various illustrations (all conjectural) and probably the design and colour will be somewhat fanciful.

rgds
Victor

 

[Mirof]

Some pictures direct from Andrea : Praetorian Tribune (AD 125)

http://www.andreaeurope.com/en/1/an...ral/274/sg-f15-praetorian-tribune-ad-125.html
Do you really find it " dull " ?

Best

 

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Hi Mirof,

Well, the figure is standing there and is a little static. One of my grouses with figures made around this time is that there were mostly single piece castings. Similarly for some great Le Cimier castings too. I generally paint the undersides black as in this photo shown. However, the strategic placement of a shield would cover most of this area and also add some colourful features to the figure display. The shield would also give some contextual element to this tribune, for eg, Legio XXX etc of the auxiliary units. I had also thought about placing some balustrades along the steps but there wasn't any space on the small base.

Rgds Victor

 

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Hi All,

I finished painting the figure in oils. While waiting for the figure to dry before final touchup, I've started on the shield.

 

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Painted a couple of eagles and a wreath on the shield. Got this from Phil Barker's Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome, WRG. LMI Worth 25 points...

 

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I finalized the shield and attached it to the figure. Waiting for the paint to dry for final touchup.

 

[Ivanhoe]

I finalized the shield and attached it to the figure. Waiting for the paint to dry for final touchup.

Really like the way this figure turned out !
Classic Roman pose.
Congratulations.

Thank you.

 

[cnq]

Figure looks very nice. Excellent painting.
The sandals/shoes however don't look quite right...maybe it's my eyes ?

 

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Hello Matt and cnq,

thanks for your inputs.

I think that the shield gives the piece some gravitas, anchoring the whole to the base. Besides also blocking and distracting the viewer from the solid underside, the shield adds some colour and context to the piece.

The fully hide-bound sandals with inner overflap were sculpted as such, without thongs. I will probably highlight the overflap to distinguish it from the thighs.
It is similar to the Julius Caesar figure that I painted on another thread. In that piece, I painted the inner overflap with cheetah spots.

Rgds
Victor

 

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I have decided to add a balustrade and railings as a backdrop to this piece after all. A Historex accessory was cut down and assembled for this.

 

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The Historex piece was adapted to fit the steps on the base by several rounds of filing. This was then painted to resemble marbling.

 

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