Monday, December 30, 2013

From BrendonW: 28mm Gladiators (65 points)


From Brendon:

This bunch of circus entertainers are 28mm Foundry and Crusader figures. The dude with the winged helmet on the left hand side is a Hermes Psychopompus. He is near a figure on his knees asking for mercy. Hermes is an arena official (non-combatant) and his job was to stab downed gladiators to check if they are actually dead! His right hand is gloved because his stabber was usually a red hot poker. I went for white loin cloths (except 1) as I wanted to see how it would turn out. I figure for entertainment purposes it would help display any blood spilled all the better. It's kind of a classical look perhaps. 
There are a variety of fighting styles in this bunch. Myrmillo, Secutor,  1 Thracian, 1 Scissor. I found these figures seemed to come with a lack of Scutum in the blisters. The large rectangular curved shield. So one is a plastic shield from Warlord Legionnaires. 
The standard description of these styles is with a Scutum except the Thracian (small shield) and the Scissor. I went for no colour on the shields to see how it would look as well. This challenge is excellent as it motivated to get these figures completed after having them in my lead stash for a long while.
Excellent stuff Brendon! That Hermes chap must have had a lot of friends amongst the gladiators. ...Not. I've long wanted to get into gladiator gaming and your submission is making it very hard to resist. 

This ludus of gladiators will give Brendon 65 points. Great work!

10 comments:

  1. Great bit of Gladiator action, look stunning
    Peace James

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  2. You got to love gladiators :-)

    Ian

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  3. Excellent stuff! There seems to be a gladiator game bug out there.

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  4. Thanks everyone. 2014 will see 'Jugula' gladiator game from the same dudes who made Saga.
    Should be fun.
    Cheers

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  5. I've got the Crusader figs as well. Absolutely lovely sculpts and you've done a great job with them.

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