20mm Scutarii

 

If I'm collecting a Republican Roman army, then as a solo gamer it makes sense to also collect a Carthaginian army! So, first up are some Spanish Scutarii. Just two bases done for now, but the other two bases will follow later.

These were fun to paint, although definitely a bit more time-consuming to do compared to the Romans. Thankfully, Scutarii shield patterns are quite straightforward to paint, so they didn't take too long. I really like the variety of figures you get with these packs from Newline Designs. I saw that there is another code available for Scutarii advancing, so I'll probably add a unit of those at some point, once this unit is done.

Greek hoplites next!

20mm Republican Romans

 

At long last I'm able to get back to doing some painting for myself again. I have missed it! These are 20mm Republican Roman Principes from Newline Designs, and are the beginning of what will hopefully be several armies that I can use to play some ancients battles.

So far I've painted up two units of Principes and one unit of Hastati. It's a small start, but I'm pleased with the progress made.

I don't have any firm idea yet about what rules I'll use for games. No doubt I'll want to try a few, and I have a number of rulesets on the shelf. As such, I wasn't entirely sure what base sizes to go for, and after a couple of false starts I settled on something very similar to my Napoleonics, with 4 bases per unit. This should allow me enough flexibility to accommodate most rules, and I'll vary the number of figures per base depending on troop type. Six figures per base seems to look quite good for heavy infantry.

It'll be a while before I have enough figures painted to play anything, but for now I'm just enjoying the painting. And I plan to jump around a bit between the different armies in order to stop myself from getting bored.

Some Spanish Scutarii and Greek hoplites will be up next, and probably some Classical Indians after that.