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Last Roman Saga
Recommendations: 558
About the Project
A friend of mine has meant to get into Saga for sometime. He felt that the 4 points boxes from Gripping Beast were too tempting to pass up. He added to this with some bits on eBay and I offered to kitbash up a Hearthguard unit from some spare Saga kits I have. After building his list and building his minis the project began to falter... So I offered to paint some of his collection for him. Unsure whether I will paint everything or not.
Related Game: SAGA
Related Company: Gripping Beast
Related Genre: Historical
This Project is Active
Battle!
Had a great time rolling out the Vikings and Last Romans.
My friend Tim enjoyed his first run out with his Last Romans that I painted up for him.
It was a close and bloody game. Lots of interesting battlesboard choices as we both got to grips with some bad dice rolls and our inexperience with playing the game.More archers
My friend Tim felt he had too few archers for his force, so added another 4 from the original plastics he sent me.
There may also need to be a rethink of the mounted troops, because the rules imply that they should have bows, or at least the option for bows. Might be nice to add bows and quivers on the saddle in someway. Then he can decide how they’re armed between battles.
Completed army
Army completed. Last Romans
Options:
Warlord on horse
Warlord on foot
Shield and spear warriors x2*
* Can add 4 levy with small shields and javelin to make one unit of warriors javelin levy
Units of sword and board hearthguard x2
Hearthguard on horse x1
Levy archers x1
Standard bearer x1
Corrections
Thank you hobby hangout for the likes and the kind comments. But thanks the most for the correction with my history.
I had seen other people paint Last Romans on the XLBS and unofficial hobby hangout etc. I had no excuse for mistaking the flat fur or felt hats with a simple metal helmet.
The colours of hat probably would not have been uniform, but I know that my friend quite liked the idea of there being a slightly uniform look to the project. Green hats for the warriors and red hats for the archers doesn't feel that out of place and is in keeping with the other colours used across the army.Levy conversion fellas
Though perhaps just having them throwing spears in the pose would make more sense as javelin levy, but as I am deliberately adding these as an option to a warrior unit the dramatic poses stand out. Once added to the warrior unit they can remain the longest as they take casualties and represent the levy status of the unit until the end.
Once mixed in with the warriors I think it will be obvious what the intention was and not confuse or upset an opponent.Standard bearer
I still haven't researched how these fit into the list composition properly in Saga for 2nd edition.
The transfers are great from Little Big Man. Couldn't have free handed the standard. Something to attempt another day.
Lloyd shot. The purple isn't used elsewhere in the force. I think purple has always been a regal special colour and in the Dark Age was a relatively expensive dye. Seems like an appropriate colour to use.Second warrior unit finished off.
I kept these closer to the brown primer. I painted the circles and shoulder decorative bits. For those that I didn't splash white over the edges they just got a wash and a highlight. For the ones with the most tidy up required I changed the tunic colour to Catachan flesh, Steel Legion Drab and Mournfang Brown.
Lloyd shot. Wherever there was a bit of sprue tag left over I chose to incorporate it into the paint scheme. One looked like it was torn clothing on an elbow, so I just painted flesh underneath it to mock a tear. On another elbow and on a tag on a head I made it look like a cut.
Second warriors unit.
Nice transfer. Mainly white and red which matches in with the other shields in the force.
The decorative straps and circles do slow things up, but they add variety. I am unsure whether these were a way of being unique or whether they were meant to unite units, but the late Roman era in Britain isn't a strong point sadly.
