At the risk of stretching myself a bit thin on the painting front, between Steppe nomads and Italian Wars Spanish, I pressed ahead with basing the first two ranks of Goths. There will be a further two ranks (three bases) of lesser armoured miniatures to back them up and another six units of foot as well as many of cavalry, not to mention several units of bowmen! At the moment I'm still waiting for the gloss to settle on the final six miniatures before matting down so I'm guessing the unit will be complete in roughly a week.
I have to say they look nothing like the Goths I was at Uni with. The Uni ones were more aggressive-looking. And better armed. Probably smelt worse, too.
More great work Athers - well done.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.) Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Really nice but my interest was piqued by the comments about Italian Wars Spanish- now those I'd love to see.
I'd also say you can never spread yourself too thin by jumping around various painting periods - I think it helps with productivity and the ability to focus on one is overrated!
ochoin wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:45 am
Sublime.
Your Goths (I'm assuming reasonably 'late' ones) look not unlike their Roman adversaries....or are they enemies or perhaps foederati?
BTW I'm interested to know if you think the Goths' fighting abilities differ from Roman Comitatenses.
donald
The answer is they are the only decent sculpts available in 28mm. I'm very aware that the Ostrogoths in Italy would have looked more, well, Roman in the era I have in mind, but, these are the closest I'm going to get for the time being.
