"Unconquered" Cherusci and Romans battling in the northern frontier of the empire
I'm posting this in the "General" area as it is made up of figures from various manufacturers.
The Cherusci are from John Jenkins. The Roman legionnaires are from First Legion's Glory of Rome range "Legio XIIII" figures, although I'm not representing that particular Legion.
Took advantage of their ongoing sale to get a significant group of these "cold weather" Romans. I just love the look of cold weather legionnaires. I had originally purchased 3 of these figures and once I saw the sale and put the ones I had side by side with the JJD Cherusci, I realized they were a very good match. Rounding out the pieces, the wagon with oxen and the Roman auxiliary archers are from Thomas Gunn.
The base is another one of my styrofoam textured bases. The slabs are one inch thick. Once I make the contour and glue with white glue, I also paint the edges to make the edges rock hard. Various coats do the trick.
In tis case there is no backdrop, only the trees and the reflections of the trees representing a forest in northwestern Germany (near present day Hannover).
As before I will post some of the WIP images of the base.
The evergreens (all but two of the trees) are from a bundle of Scenic Express. These come for model railroad scenery. You get a bundle of trees for $35. These come flocked and no flocked. I had used many of the not flocked before, so here I decided to use the many flocked trees I had available. I decided to re-flock them. Used Woodland Scenic's turf material in two tones ( Burnt Grass and Blended Green) for a little variety among the trees. Used the same Burnt Grass turf for the base after texturing the styrofoam, adding glue, then two different grades of ballast for texture and painting it with Tamiya acrylics(a 1:1 mix of Flat Earth and Buff). I paint it with the air brush(dilute the paint 1:1 with denatured alcohol). And later add some shading with a dark brown mix I also use for the edges of the textured base.
I drybrush hevyly along the way, even after adding the turf material.
I'm posting this in the "General" area as it is made up of figures from various manufacturers.
The Cherusci are from John Jenkins. The Roman legionnaires are from First Legion's Glory of Rome range "Legio XIIII" figures, although I'm not representing that particular Legion.
Took advantage of their ongoing sale to get a significant group of these "cold weather" Romans. I just love the look of cold weather legionnaires. I had originally purchased 3 of these figures and once I saw the sale and put the ones I had side by side with the JJD Cherusci, I realized they were a very good match. Rounding out the pieces, the wagon with oxen and the Roman auxiliary archers are from Thomas Gunn.
The base is another one of my styrofoam textured bases. The slabs are one inch thick. Once I make the contour and glue with white glue, I also paint the edges to make the edges rock hard. Various coats do the trick.
In tis case there is no backdrop, only the trees and the reflections of the trees representing a forest in northwestern Germany (near present day Hannover).
As before I will post some of the WIP images of the base.
The evergreens (all but two of the trees) are from a bundle of Scenic Express. These come for model railroad scenery. You get a bundle of trees for $35. These come flocked and no flocked. I had used many of the not flocked before, so here I decided to use the many flocked trees I had available. I decided to re-flock them. Used Woodland Scenic's turf material in two tones ( Burnt Grass and Blended Green) for a little variety among the trees. Used the same Burnt Grass turf for the base after texturing the styrofoam, adding glue, then two different grades of ballast for texture and painting it with Tamiya acrylics(a 1:1 mix of Flat Earth and Buff). I paint it with the air brush(dilute the paint 1:1 with denatured alcohol). And later add some shading with a dark brown mix I also use for the edges of the textured base.
I drybrush hevyly along the way, even after adding the turf material.
