Once Bitten...

In the past few weeks it seems I am suffering from what some might call a malady. I have caught the painting disease! Short of breaking or bones or putting out of the eyes (or a visit from Elizabeth Hurley) there is no cure for this. So much the better.

The sub-type of my illness seems to be confined to Ancient Rome and even further to figures I have already purchased. A rare sub-type indeed.

I am painting, re-painting, re-basing my entire Roman army. Currently I am working on both 1st century AD "Caesarian" Romans and 2nd century AD Imperial Romans. Oddly enough based on some reading I have done about the Kalkriese battlefield, the transition was not as clearly defined as I thought.

In a nutshell at Kalkriese, a number of lorica segmentata were found with the other effects. This places the introduction of the lorica to at least 9 AD and possibly earlier. This changes a bit my perception of what a 1st century legion looked like, but no matter.

Many years ago I purchased some beautiful Caesarian Romans from Wargames Foundry. I organized them into units and then put them in a box. I am determined to paint them up and field them.

Lets see where this gets me...

Tim, they call him...