Roman Army Cohort Command

by Steve Palffy

images by
Brett Green

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Steve Palffy has bought a number of Roman figures in 28mm scale, and this is the first that he has finished.

The figure is a part of a Roman Army Cohort Command, and is a Blacktree 28mm white metal figure purchased from Napoleon's bookshop in Sydney.

Steve has a long-standing interest in classical figures and wargaming, and decided on 28mm as a decent compromise - big enough to display reasonable detail yet small enough to keep in quantity. He likes the Romans in particular because of their colourful red tunics and trim.

The figure comprises just two parts - one for the shield and one for the soldier.

The first step was to clean up the white metal parts. Next, the figure was prepared for painting with a coat of Skull White primer from Citadel straight from the spray can. The Roman soldier was then brush painted with around 16 different shades from the Vallejo Acrylic range. The speculative decoration on the front of the shield is also brush painted. When the basic colours were applied, the figure received a wash of Burnt Umber oil paint. After this thin wash was thoroughly dry, shading and highlights were added by brush.

A second wash of Burnt Umber was followed by a coat of Polly Scale flat, sprayed over the entire figure.

Finally, the edges of "metal" (eg shield, sword, helmet) were lightly dry-brushed.

The completed figure was mounted on an Australian 5c piece (a very small coin), which was garnished with synthetic foliage.

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The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan (Men-At-Arms 46) Author: Michael Simkins Illustrator: Ronald Embleton US Price: $14.95 UK Price: £8.99 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Publish Date:  March 29 1984 Details: 48 pages; ISBN: 0850455286 Shop Buy it from Osprey Publishing

Model by Steve Palffy
Images Copyright © 2004 by Brett Green 
Page Created 24 April, 2004
Last Updated 25 April, 2004

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