Corvus Belli Early Imperial Roman Archers

I recently finished up a few units of EIR archers. The lion's share of these little guys are from the Corvus Belli line.  I have purchased several packs from the CB line including legionnaires, cavalry, and ballista w/crew. I am extremely impressed with the detail and cleanliness of these models. In addition, they are very easy to pain due to nice relief. These are mounted on magnetic bases and movement trays from Shogun Miniatures.

After finishing these I'll be shifting gears back to 25mm ACW.  With Sam Mustafa's Longstreet rules coming out this fall, I am embarking on, for me, a massive project where I'll be painting up over 100 Union and Confederate infantry.  I don't pretend not to be a man of little patience.  I like to see results. I like to get guys on bases and be finished.  The largest number of 25mm models I have painted and based in a single batch to this point is about 25...I'll have to key my eye on the prize with this bunch.

Roma Victa!

Okay, I robbed Maximus' line from Gladiator for my title, but it sounds cool.  When I last left you I promised Romans. Well here they are - or at least four units of legionnaires. A few months back I got a wild hair to paint up some ancients. As I quickly found out with my 25mm ACW project, you can't paint just a few. With there being a pretty good variety of Romans on the market, I decided to go with early imperial (some of my fellow wargamers will disagree, but I think the opening battle sequence in Gladiator is outstanding).  I proceeded to place healthy orders for several packs of OG 15s and Corvus Belli.  All in all I probably ordered more than needed (all told I will have 11 units of legionnaires, 4 units of auxilla, 4 units of archers and 4 units of cavalry. I have found these to be a bit more tedious than I thought, but fun to paint.  I am basing them to work with DBA rules, but as long as I own them they will probably only see Hail Caesar play.

After completing 3 units of archers I will probably jump back to my ACW project for a while.  Keep an eye out for some homemade hedgerows I made last year.