Monday, January 30, 2012

HOME CAST 28mm ROMANS

I have been home casting 28mm Romans using Prince August molds. Here are the first results - the first cohort finished and based for Hail Caesar. I have been very pleased with the PA figures. They are large 28mm, nicely robust and excellent for wargaming. The detail is good and they paint up well. I have used Black Tree characters such as the Centurion and Signifier as Black Tree figures are compatible in size to PA. I have painted these fellows as Legio XXX Uplia Victrix whose shields carried the Neptune's Trident with dolphins motif. I made the shield designs myself using MS Paint and Photoshop and then printing the design onto a sheet of water slide decal paper. I think that the finished result does the job very well and I will make a lot more use of this method in the future.


6 comments:

  1. lovely mate, now all you need is eight hundred more to finish the legion ;)

    Looking forward to seeing them on the table in March!

    cheers
    matt

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  2. They look good (nice painting too). I'm sure you're doing it as a hobby, but is it cost-effective? Just curious. Dean

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  3. Dean - The only cost to me is time. I use metal from the vast pile of unwanted figures I have. The molds cost only about $20 from which I can turn out as many figures as I want. As you say this is a hobby and I really enjoy the creative process as well as the sense of independence it gives. TZ

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  4. Lovely paintjob!
    Regards
    derFigurenschieber

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  5. The figures look great, Homemade decals??? You are a clever chap....Nice One!!

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  6. Nice ! Great job on the homemade decals as well. I've thought about trying those, kind of wish PA had made them 40mm molds but I understand why they went with 28mm.

    Regards,
    Steve

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