Goth heavy cavalry

A few more painted examples of Newline Designs 1/72 Late antiquity lines, after painting some Romans I have finally got round to getting their enemies the Goths. These are the Heavy Cavalry and a very nice set with 3 riders, in scalemail or chainmal, one in a cloak and one poised with a kontos.

New Newline Late Roman scans

 I have recently received a few more new Newline Designs 1/72 Late Roman codes to paint, with only a week left on the 2022 winter sale I'll not be able to get some painted examples done, but it would be a shame if enthusiasts could not see the fresh casts at least. Apart from the rebasing that was finished late last year which have a few work in progress posts currently, I have just finished the Goth heavy cavalry that are now just awaiting pictures.

As I have stated before the Late Roman period is not one that I am well versed on so I'll just let the scans of the casts speak for themselves and hopefully get some painted examples done soon.

Guard Infantry 

I'm in the process of trying to determine whether to paint the muscled cuirass as metal or leather armour? 

Cataphracts

Equites Rebased

A straight up rebase with a little bit of highlighting on this old paint job. These 20mm Newline Designs Equites had their faces highlighted, the standard bearers vexillium also was brightened up. Other than that the shields had a bit of brightening up from my earlier choice of basecoat heavy wash and beige dry brush. A bit improved, but overall the rebase means they are ready again for battle. 

 

Late Roman Cavalry Comparison

The question often asked when Newline 20mm miniatures are shown is how do they compare with plastics, namely the traditional 20mm being a tad smaller than 1/72 scale. However Newline sets labelled as 20mm over the years have veered closer to 1/72  and these Late Romans were specifically made as 1/72 despite being located in their 20mm Ancients page (for navigational convenience). The only way to know for sure if ranges and manufacturers are compatible is to physically compare the specific figures and make your own personal judgment.

Before comparing Newline and Hat I dug out the Hat cavalry sets, medium, light and cataphracts. I noted that the Hat miniatures themselves differ in size and sculpting style with the light cavalry being slightly smaller than the other 2 sets. As a side note I love the early Hat style of the cataphracts and the equivalent legionary set and again the medium and light infantry were of a softer cast.    

Next up are the Newline casts, with the earlier heavy cavalry and some of the newly released codes lined up. Being the same sculptor throughout there is consistency through the range.

I'll let the pictures do the talking, but sizewize to me there is not a great deal of difference. The Hat medium cavalry rider matches well with the Newline riders. In general the Newline horses look slightly smaller but overall I am hoping to use them all together. 

Late Roman Cavalry II

A few more painted examples of new and older codes from Newline Designs 1/72 20mm Late Roman range. Its great to see and expansion to the range and I hope these paint jobs do the casts the justice they deserve. I'll let the pictures do the talking but I have some comparison pictures with some Hat plastics to post up shortly in the next post.

NEW Roman General and Standard Bearer

 Roman Heavy Cavalry