W.I.P. Il Fuedo 54mm Roman Centurion 110-105 BC

Another stunning figure Eddie. I just love your work. Really have a life about them. Top marks fella.

...Guy

Thanks, dude.

I got some of the groundwork layed down. I used Milliput with stones, and a little dried foliage from my backyard. The Milliput at this stage has jus' been textured with an old toothbrush for continuity.

Lookin' at this image i'm now thinkin' about addin' some more rocks 'cos those ones beneath him are kind of dictatin' this, there's quite a lot there. Hmm.

Gorgeous, Eddie!

YOur skin tones and shadng on the muscles are perfect!

The whole figure just shines! Beautiful job!!!

Well, here it is, fully assembled and painted. Now for the groundwork and weatherin'...

Here it is with his face finished! This has been a wonderful figure to paint, to me he sure does have a great and lively stance.

Thanks, Steve.

I've got most of the flesh painted in on this now. The only thing left is the face, which has jus' been shaded, and i'm waitin' for the oil paint to dry on this before I apply the highlights, otherwise it'll turn into a mess. The other parts of the flesh were different 'cos my highlights and shades are applied apart from each other, if ya' know what I mean.

For the shield, in which there is only suggestive sources, I came up with this scheme. In this very early Republican period it looked like shields never had any decoration. There is no hard and fast evidence either way, but the small amount of references I did come up with showed plain coloured shields. So there you go!

The shield will be weathered when I get the colours for the groundwork sorted out. 

Amazing work as always.

Steve

This is where i'm at with this at the moment. I used Vallejo Off White, then shaded it. For the highlights I used some thinned Vallejo White and painted jus' the raised areas with jus' one solid highlight coat, then the borders of this paint were blended back in with Titanium White oil paint.

For me, this method is far better than havin' to wait days for the multiple coats of Titanium White oil paint needed for coverage, to dry. And ensures an instant result.

Pteruges, my god pteruges. Jus' what were they made of? Some say leather, some say layered and pressed linen jus' like the greek linothorax. Some say they were a fashion item, bein' that all romans were slave to fashion, other than the slaves that is!

Although, I personally think that the upper lappets were made of leather to stop the chafin' of the plate or cuirass armour......But then again they could be layered and compressed linen jus' like...the...linothorax......?!

Thanks, guys.

David, 54mm is 1/32 but this and many other 54mm come in at around 60mm to 65mm, which is cool.

I got the armour painted on this, usin' Vallejo Green Gold alc-based metallics, then washed with Tamiya acrylic X-19 Smoke, thinned 50/ 50. This then had some complementary shadin' here and there with oil paint.