Some time ago I renovated some old Airfix 20mm Roman infantry, imagining a 'mythical' Roman army. Mythical because the old Airfix figures are not exactly historically accurate. There is however an appeal to using the figures, and of course Hordes of the Things as a fantasy rules set doesn't require any degree of historical accuracy whatsoever. There are of course enough of them to make a good HotT army.
Friend Andy gave me several sprues with gladiators and other bits, including some animals .. lions, a panther, and a bear. So what better than a few bases of beasts .. seems totally appropriate.
As the Romans were all painted and based several decades ago, they used a basing style that I don't use anymore, having (I hope) improved my basing considerably. However the idea of completely redoing the basing of the existing figures didn't appeal, so I had to replicate the old base finish style. I think it still works, I just don't like to as much.
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| The beasts with a few of the Airfix boys.. |
