Imperial Roman Eques

 Imperial Roman Eques Officer 

Another Roman off the desk, this time a commander for my Auxillia. The miniature is from the Foundry Imperial Roman Range. He will command my cavalry units! 

Cheers

Matt

Germanic Chieftain Maroboduus

The Great Crow 

Maroboduus was born into a noble family of the Marcomanni, a Suebi confederation tribe. As a young man, he was a hostage in Italy and under Emperor Augustus. The Marcomanni had been defeated and subjugated by the Romans in a 6 year campaign by 10 BC. In 9 BC, Maroboduus returned to Germania and became ruler of his people as a client and friend of the Romans. With the threat of further Roman expansion into the Rhine-Danube basin, Maroboduus led the Marcomanni to the area later known as Bohemia to be outside the range of the Roman influence. There, he took the title of king and organized a confederation of several neighboring Germanic tribes.

The miniature is from the Warlord Range, but is huuuuuge, 34mm head to eye, so it will not match their plastics and needs to be based separately. 

In early AD 6,  Tiberius launched a campaign against the Marcomanni, seeing the confederation with the Quadi as a threat. Tiberius, Legate Gaius Sentius Saturninus and Consul Legatus Marcus Aemilius Lepidus led an army of 13 legions, totaling around 100,000 men (65,000 heavy infantry legionaries, 10,000–20,000 cavalrymen, archers, and 10,000–20,000 civilians) against Maroboduus.

The White Wizard

 Gandalf the white

A superb miniature from the Games Workshop Lord of the Rings Range. I enjoyed painting immensely, with some nice blending of creams and whites. Another entry for the analogue painting challenge. This figure will go into my sons collection as he has the whole fellowship on foot. 

Gandalf the White

Cheers

Matt

Gaslands Crocodile

 Gaslands Crocodile 

Another entry for the Analogue Painting Challenge, a repaint of a matchbox crocodile car, drilled a hole to add a spare cupola from PSC and also a plastic crewman. The gun is a simple piece of sprue. Fun to paint and have a few more to come. 

Gaslands Crocodile 

Cheers

Matt 

Have you been shopping again….

 Cranky Helga! 

A entry for the Analogue Painting Challenge, a single female from the Germanic Foundry Range.

Cheers

Matt

General Maximus

 General Maximus 

The next off the table is 28mm General Maximus from Warlord Games. Again quite an easy paint job, the horse is a superb sculpt, the miniature though is on the short side. Again the miniature is for a commission and was a entry in the analogue painting challenge 

Cheers

Matt