Assembling the Cohort

Ah, things are starting to move. I now have finished up some Roman Auxiliary for my Cohort. So far all but 2 of the miniatures that I have painted are from the Corvus Belli packs. These have been fun figures to paint. My only complaint that I have is the lack of what I picture centurions should look like are missing. So, given that, lets look at what I have done.

To begin with I have my Cohort Tribune. He is a tribune instead of a Prefect because the unit I am modeling is a citizen cohort. I have the Tribune and two slaves. One slave is holding the man's shield while the other is taking notes on wax tablets.

You can see that I settled on my basing. I mounted these on 1/2" squares of magnets. The size is just big enough that I can put the miniatures together in a tight block without the figures bumping one another (so far). I also tried to add some tea leaves to the bases to look like dead leaves. To my eye it looks OK so far. What do ya'll think?

Next up is the command of my first century (minus the centurion).

Again, Love the Optio figure. Too bad it is only one pose. The Cornicen and Signifers look good too. I just got word that my pack of centurions from QRF have shipped so that should be sorted out soon. While I was there, I got distracted by their signifier pack. It has a figure that will be useful for the Vexilium banner for the Cohort. Also they have some variety with the signum for the centuries. Corvus Belli has 2 different ones (one for each of the command packs).

Next up is a complete tent party. Here you can see my attempt at the shield design. It is supposed to be a Roman Eagle on top, two crescent moons (one on each side) and a lion at the bottom. There is supposed to be a wreath around the boss as well but I do not have a steady enough hand to even attempt. It is not great, but at distance it should do.

When I was looking for miniatures, I ordered a few from Museum miniatures. I picked up a Auxiliary Centurion, a Signifer and two auxiliaries. I liked the auxiliaries more than the other figures. So I painted them up as well.

Anyway, that is all I have for now. I have three more tent parties on painting sticks as well as four cavalry. I can probably start working on them by Monday Night if I play my cards right.

I also plan on making movement trays to match formations that they would be in. One for Wedge and another for line/block formations. Then I plan to make a template to use to put over figures when they go into the tortoise formation. But that is for later. I need more troops before I attempt that.

In theory, I will wait until I have these painted before buying more miniatures to finish this century out and start another. But I may not be that patient.