These 20mm Velites are the latest editions to my Mid-Republican Roman Army. I decided to just do all the tunics from GW Shadow Grey to GW Space Wolves Grey then white for ease and I like the look of this scheme from a distance. The main colour was going to come from the shields and like the Legionaries I went with mostly red and the rest blue and yellow.
These light infantry bases feature 2 of the 4 poses from Newline Designs ANR05 code, which have had some very minor bends on heads and arms to give a bit more variety. These miniatures normally just come with the round bossed shields but I used some of the Celtic spined shields to give further variation. The javelins were from my usual stock of plastic brush bristles but I glued a few to the back some of the shields to look like the bundle of spares carried in the shield hand.
I only used the figures which wore helmets just for the look I was going for. The other poses in the code are similar with one overarm pose featuring a wolf pelt over the helmet which is usually attributed to the Velites and the other with an underarm pose, bear-headed and cape. I'll use these at some point possibly using the wolf pelt bearers as elite or 'picked' Velites and I'll probably use the bear-headed ones as Leves the unprotected prelude of the Velites. I also have some Newline ANI09 Etruscan Class IV troops which have no armour and would make excellent Leves (or generic unarmoured ancients, renegade slaves, levies or even an angry mob).
I have a lot more Legionaries to work on to complete my Republican Roman Army and a lot more Spanish and Celtic heavy foot so there maybe more of the same coming up soon. I also want to base and update older figures that I have already posted. In the mean time I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Great painted figures!
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Peter
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DeleteYes, very fine minis Tony. I did my Velites in terracotta red tunics but I always tend to refer to your site for my principal guide these days. At 20mm scale I try to avoid much of the facial detail because it can tend to end up looking rather garish but you manage to do a pretty good job of it. When applying a wash do you tend to coat the whole figure in the same shade or use separate washes for flesh and armour parts?
ReplyDeleteThank you Steve! For washes it varies, in the past I would liberally apply over the lot usually brown, nowadays its a bit more selective depending on the look I want. With larger scales I may also branch out with what colour wash to use too. The ones in this post had brown wash save for the tunics which i built up from grey blue. My later velites have a bit more variety.
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