Hail Caesar Vlog #8 - Partial Completion, Review of Warlord's Imperial Roman Auxiliary Infantry

[@TheDiomedef16]

I do like the motion in the auxiliaries, you took your time to allow them all to fit on the base. They look great...Ian

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

TheDiomedef16 Thanks, Ian! Your comments are always appreciated!

[@giovannizotti8549]

The 4th man in the command group is the Optio, that was the second in command of the century. You lack the Optio in your regoular legionaries too.

[@Jeffahtabletop]

Unit is looking good, that kit is very nice looking. I do agree with the Auxiliary troops looking a bit too un-organised though, from what little I've read and I could be wrong, but everything I've read talks of them being close to if not as disciplined as legionaries the only difference between the units really is that they weren't citizens like the legionaries. Also quite a large portion of the Roman military force was made up of auxiliary units, especially specialised units such as cavalry and archers so one would assume they were relatively organised fighting units. But like you said it could just they are sculpted to a different time in battle, perhaps on a charge. Anyway, nice review and nice paint work, look forward to more updates.

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

***** Thanks for the comment, and your thoughts! They aren't bad looking by any stretch, but like you said, they could be on the charge. I hope to have some more updates soon.

[@vonketteringham]

Very good chat Jason. Got quite a bit painted listening to that! Basing my troops on 40x40mm bases,6 bases to a standard unit. Helps a bit when it comes to addressing and organising the ranks. Keep up the good work Mate :0)

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

vonketteringham Yeah, it would make more sense to have them on larger bases, but I wanted to keep the option open to remove individual models a la Warhammer Ancients. If I had to do it over again, I'd probably go with the option you suggested. Thanks for the comment!

[@macredbeard]

I see the focus is hand now, good stuff & great paint jobs ;-) cheers

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

hmmmmmmmmmm sketchy I try!

[@WGRevival]

Interesting ramble. Personally I wouldn't sweat the one standing-still fella - you won't notice once the unit's finished (or at least I don't notice with my Warhammer units). That aside - nice painting, good progress. Bravo!

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

WGRevival We'll see, but you're probably right. Thanks for the comment!

[@martinwohlert7803]

Maybe you can rearrange the command so that the musician and flaggy stands behind the other two? That way you get a more dynamic front rank. HC doesn't force you to put all command models in the first rank like WFB, you have more freedom here. :) Nice fair review, I agree that they are a pain to rank up. I haven't built them standard though, I'm converting mine to Migration Era Goths.

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

Martin Wohlert I plan on doing exactly what you suggest (primarily by placing the cornicen in the second rank) from now on; unfortunately, I modeled my previous two units in such a way that moving around command figures would make the front rank look off (having a random pila-throwing model mixed in with ones with drawn swords, for example). Not sure if you'd ever consider posting on the HC Facebook page or even making a video, but I'd be interested in seeing your Goths...

[@martinwohlert7803]

Jason Brown Well, these auxilia looks pretty random, so I don't think it'd look off if you rearranged this unit. I can see that your legionary units could be skewed by that though. I do post my goths in the FB group, and I also have a thread on the Warlord forums: www.warlordgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=18185

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

Martin Wohlert Glad to put a name to a face! Nicely painted stuff!

[@IDICBeer]

Very nice work bud

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

***** Thanks, and thanks for the comment!

[@deende79]

Nice progress on HC army. About yours problem with ranking up models i would still recommend using multiple bases (4x4 cm) or atlist 2x4 and i think it would save you some time in ranking models. You dont need to put whole unit on that kind of bases since you did say that want maybe use this models for other gaming systems. What is going on with yours BA germans? it seems that you did slow down with painting them

[@deende79]

side note - did you maybe consider putting camera on some stand and set hers micro setting on some spot where you can put models when you are show them? Maybe that way you will have less problems with focusing on other things aside of model ?

[@MrSuperchippy74]

great impartial product review. shame about the ranking of the unit, always a pain when the units struggle to fit into ranks

[@BlueLabelDrinker]

MrSuperchippy74 There's always a bit of a struggle between having dynamism and rank-ability (sp?) in these type of units; I think this one may just be a touch off the mark. But still a great unit.