The Lost Remnants!

A while back now Phil gifted me a few Gripping Beast Late Romans, which had originally been passed to him by Norm! They are well travelled! I put them to one side until I had finally painted all the figures for The Heart of Darkness project. It's fair to say that the recent heatwave temperatures hereabouts have not been conducive to long sessions wielding the Brush of Doom, but working in short early morning sessions I have managed to complete them! As there were a dozen of them I've opted to base them on a single 60 x 80mm base, as I have previously done with Hearthguard or Warband bases. I see them as descendants of the remnants of a Roman unit who somehow were left behind when Roman units were withdrawn in the early C5th. Perhaps their orders never reached them? Or perhaps they simply chose to stay behind? Their backstory and basing choice are sufficiently loose to allow me to field them as a small Warband or as a Warlords Hearthguard. Enough blathering on, here is the Lost Remnant of Rome ~

As an interesting aside, the spears are plastic, a free gift sprue in an order from North Star a while ago.

The shield transfers are from LBMS via Victrix as is the vexillium device. The latter is from a Helenistic sheet, but it will do for me in this instance!

These are venerable figures, their design easily preparing the arrival of LBMS shield transfers I'd guess. The transfer sheet option here 'fits' the large shields on Gripping Beast figures. If you look carefully that is rather more accurate for the rank and file figures' shields. In the case of the two officers figures from the Command pack that is not so, as you can clearly see on the lead figure and the officer on the far right. Its a minor irritation, but with cast on shields there is little you can do to ameliorate the effect. In a game though I'd venture few would notice, or care?

As with The Heart of Darkness project there are no more figures remaining in the old Lead Pimple to add, so I need to order up a couple of units to boost the Post-Roman element of the collection. A unit of infantry from Crusader/Artizan via North Star, and some Light Cavalry, either from 1st Corps or from Gripping Beast. Not forgetting they have no archers as yet! These will needs wait though until next month as we will be off Oop North for a few days in early July taking in the sights along Hadrian's Wall and hopefully various castles and Abbeys too!