How to Paint: Imperial Roman Legionary.

[@Cairanmac1]

"And remember this above all: our Roman gods are watching. Make sure they are not ashamed!"

[@turband1]

*Sigh* Off I go to reinstall the damn game...

[@hairycabbage5716]

@@turband1 yes

[@christopherpeery7436]

10:22 he said it! He said the thing!

[@Spartan045G]

HALLELUJAH!

[@TheTaffy2499]

PRAISE BE!!!

[@Bruno-rt]

What? What he said?

[@Nostro233]

@@Bruno-rt two thin coats!

[@5ryans]

Last time I was this early, Caesar was still conquering Gaul!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Nice 😂

[@censorduck]

I just hope I'm not too late to save Aurelian

[@locarno24]

"The Romans divided Gaul into three parts....using a pair of Caesars." Ah, Horrible Histories.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

@@locarno24 Nice 😂😂😂

[@Orangecrowbarman]

I really appreciate you painting such a wide range of models, it's a great way to see and try other color schemes that I might not have usually thought of. Ever consider painting battletech or gunpla? Might be an interesting challenge

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Mmmmmm...that could be intersting.

[@justdoobit5263]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA considering I was into building gunpla before finding warhammer and miniature painting I'd love to see you paint a gundpla even if it was a one time thing

[@locarno24]

I think it'd be awesome. The higher-end paintings and conversions at Gundam Base in Tokyo are the one place I've ever felt really competed with the galleries at Warhammer World. ("Perseus and Medusa" really stuck with me - i.redd.it/d4wa3v1k5ke11.jpg) Plus, you know; giant stompy space robots.

[@locarno24]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I think it'd be awesome. The higher-end paintings and conversions at Gundam Base in Tokyo are the one place I've ever felt really competed with the galleries at Warhammer World. ("Perseus and Medusa" really stuck with me - i.redd.it/d4wa3v1k5ke11.jpg) Plus, you know; giant stompy space robots that are kind of a samurai analogue to Imperial Knights.

[@hyakushiki9438]

Gunpla videos would really bring in a new audience to the channel and site as well.

[@lordseptomus441]

I've never used anything except gw models, but I watched this because Duncan is amazing.

[@locarno24]

As someone who started through GW, when you go look at companies like Warlord and Victrix it's surprising both how good they are and how much you get for your money...

[@ScreamingTc]

@@locarno24 I was pleasantly surprised at how much you got your money with Warlord.

[@kaijindono]

I love the fact that even someone as skilled as Duncan still sometimes gets paint where it's not supposed to be. As someone who has terrible trouble painting "inside the lines" (and gets very frustrated about it), this gives me hope.

[@ScreamingTc]

It's far more common than you'd suppose. The trick is, and I hate to steal Duncan's words, you need to "Neaten up around the lines" whenever you make a mistake or move onto a different colour. I am clunky as hell with my fine motor coordination, but I brought up some spare Adeptus Titanicus armour plating off of ebay and just kept practising on them until I was happy.

[@matthewhogg5861]

Victrix have many top quality plastic historical armies, Rome, Hoplite, Alexander, Napoleon, Viking and their enemies. Check em out!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

They sure do 😊

[@AlexJohnson-su6lp]

They're also cheap and come with a ton of models

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

I'm working on some of their Vikings to throw on ebay. Wonderful models.

[@honda1st1]

Have you seen the gaul chariots with the druids? Absolutely beautiful

[@jr44dc]

@@wolfehoffmann2697 do you do commissions?!

[@warrencann3824]

Perfect timing! I have a few boxes of these winging their way across ocean as we speak! These videos are so clear and helpful.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks Warren, glad you enjoy them.

[@MizantropMan]

After years of reading Horus Heresy books, "Imperial Legionary" means something slightly different in my head.

[@kendo5862]

You’re a fantastic teacher - these are great tutorials. Think I spend more time watching painting than actually painting... it’s more enjoyable and the results don’t end up crap!!

[@KuganeGaming]

Awesome video Duncan! Really nice seeing some Roman troops painted up! :) Wish there were an army with similar aesthetics in warhammer.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks. That's where converting some AoS Freeguild could be fun 😊

[@KuganeGaming]

@Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord Indeed, sadly they hardly update those product lines. The new idoneth are a bit close, though.

[@bryal7811]

Love the showing of army painter paints. It has one of the best sets of paints out there and I'd say a fair share of people own it. It's great not having to look up a chart and "see what's close" just because I don't own some of the other brands of paints.

[@29salonica]

The shield transfers are far superior than the ones GW has.

[@CDMJDMHHC]

and almost all transfers in the whole industry

[@finnianjoyce-velez8079]

The games Workshop ones are free, usually thrown in boxes or upgrade sets. Lbms can be expensive. One sheet like he shows is $4 which may not sound like much but keep in mind odds are you’ll need 10-15 sheets at a minimum for an army

[@catosicarius6395]

Its a lie.

[@CDMJDMHHC]

@@finnianjoyce-velez8079 I think to cost of every transfer you get from G W is in the cost of the models you plus some....

[@tando6266]

Blasphemy, you may only use GW for everything, and only contrast paints, that includes decals. You didn't know contrast is faster then decals with a better look, well now you do!

[@fellipemartins4730]

Absolutely stunning and so fast, I'm ordering some Victrix legionaries myself now!

[@ivan_says_hi]

Oh my God he's back! How did youtube JUST NOW recommend this channel to me? I love you Duncan! So glad you're still around!

[@wickysoldier]

Transfer was on..... "and now we are going to highlight the model" wow top quality attention to detail. Model looks amazing with that shield

[@florian847]

Thanks man just what I needed!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Glad we could help!

[@simcityman81]

Duncan, you have taught me so well these last few years, I knew the exact paints and methods you were going to use. You are a master painter.

[@MrLlamatastic]

Great video! I'll definitely be coming back to re-watch the bit with the shield transfer

[@warpaintjj]

I've watched this so many times as my time to paint this army approaches... Many thanks, keep it up Sir!

[@jackdeily8615]

Those Victrix minis are fantastic, I am painting my box of Spartans with Greek shield decals at the moment. This guy turned out fantastic!

[@Crappy-1441]

Ave Imperator, Those who would die salute you

[@PaulP580]

Duncan as usual, your “How to Videos” are just brilliant 👍 The way you list the paints/ colours is really helpful too. Thanks for posting, I’ll use this one for my EIR Legionnaires

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

No worries, glad it was helpful

[@johnmascardo7047]

Finally! I've needed a good reference guide for ages.

[@johnkelley9877]

This was a great tutorial! I am glad to see you painted a Roman soldier and the decal for the shield is really a unique application method. I learned a lot and I enjoyed watching this a great deal. Thanks for sharing this Duncan.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks for watching John and yes, those decals are amazing.

[@lashleynationallibrary5695]

My God, that transfer. That's so awesome. Makes me wanna get this mini just so I can use those transfers

[@lumomagus]

Wow that transfer style is so good!!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

It's really good isn't it. Imagine a whole army like that on the table top!

[@ratelmike8825]

Having just started in Infamy infamy this video is well timed many thanks Duncan. Absolutely brilliant

[@Flamethrower1942]

Nice I've just painted about 60 Roman legionaries from victrix they were an absolute joy to paint and look grand ranked up .

[@remeythecat1502]

Victrix Victrix Victrix! They do some awesome stuff. Seen the auxiliaries?

[@thegasmask8736]

Thank you Duncan

[@OntheTableGaming]

Wow, great tutorial. Those transfers are amazing.

[@simurghthepersian7220]

I never thought i ever see duncan use army painter paints

[@TheTaffy2499]

Thank you so much for showing us how easy those transfers are! Completely different to anything else I’ve use which was really confusing me but you’ve made it so easy! 😁

[@toadpope2522]

Wow that transfer sheet turned out awesome! Great tutorial as always

[@MiszAgrippa]

Hey, love that! I was just thinking about some Roman troops to collect!

[@henrythorne9853]

Yay more uploads

[@Dancan799]

How did I never hear that he had made his own channel! Instant subscribe and time to watch everything

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank Dancan799. We also have a website (duncanrhodes.com) with more video's too.

[@michaelrichardson5443]

Great videos guys and the inspiration I needed to get mine painted.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks Michael. They are great fun paint and that transfer just makes it 😊

[@michaelrichardson5443]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA It does and seems alot easier then the typical transfers

[@castellancreed4106]

Nice job !

[@drwatkins68]

Great video Duncan

[@EhreIstVerloren]

That transfer 👌

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome isn't it?

[@helikontex2467]

Duncan you look alot healthier since leaving gw, probably not a coincidence but it's good to see

[@brangorn]

All my early imperial roman army is from Warlord Games but i find this miniatures from victrix have many more détails ! Impressive tutorial, i love it ! You will make more tutorials for Star Wars legion ? Miniature like Iden Versio ? because black armor is very difficult to paint and it will be great to have tips from you to success and having a beautiful rendering on my lightening

[@MorrowindES17]

I was just looking for tutorial on painting roman legion I will buy some victrix models many thanks on the guide.

[@stevepickering5978]

Stunning painting again Stunning

[@Sakellkon]

Another great videos sir! Really appreciate your job!

[@mekskraptrakkz5718]

My grandpa had a reproduction set of this armor in his library. I've tried it on before and let me tell you, that scarf is a game changer.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

I bet it was lol

[@TamaHAHA]

I have a whole army of these exact figures and transfers lying in my pile of shame, maybe this will motivate me to start them! But probably not.

[@bradleycoles9018]

haha classic wargamer (as i look at my pile of shame)

[@daleicious1528]

I’ll be happy to do them for you. I get more experience, you get painted models, win-win.

[@ocydraws1274]

I've just got some napoleonic British line infantry and 95th rifles chosen men so I'd love to see a tutorial on how to paint them.

[@tracygrove3484]

He's got a tutorial on his website for an 1815 Napoleonic British Infantryman. Just adjust for any slight uniform changes for the year you are collecting. www.duncanrhodes.com/video-list/

[@NMahon]

Hey Duncan I was wondering what you would do to make a kind of dirty and worn red? Like the legionnaires have been on march for a long time. The only weathering I've done is metal I've not done cloth weathering before.

[@lepszykomentator]

How about pigments?

[@andrewamann2821]

I'm not Duncan, obviously, but I've gotten some good results using red, purple, and brown washes for shading, and warm off-white to light brown for highlights, personally.

[@NMahon]

@@andrewamann2821 yeah that sounds like it could work, I guess fading from a red to a brown would give a weathered impression.

[@NMahon]

@@lepszykomentator that's a good suggestion to actually physically dirty it up, could work on their boots and skin and in spots around the cloth

[@lepszykomentator]

@@NMahon indeed, remember that legiones were marching long distances before the battle. Sometimes that lead to their loss.

[@rengerkaterberg6838]

The choice for the Victrix range gave it the like.

[@PlasticComplex]

Victrix make the good stuff.

[@ReconRookie]

Alright, that's it. After showing off those Greek hoplites the other day, and alerting everyone to these beautiful Romans, I'm gonna be doing some conversions. Let's see how well these math with guardsmen

[@vizorix]

You should paint Freeguild/Empire miniatures. I really love those minis. Great channel Btw.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you DRPA.

[@valentinfejes]

Cool video, as always! (Y) How about gladiators or a war elephant (or both? :D ) next time?

[@asultan7049]

"These Romans are crazy"

[@dahSweep]

That transfer is really cool! I wonder if those can be used for a homebrew roman inspired Space Marine chapter... hmmmmmmm..

[@finnianjoyce-velez8079]

Thanks for showing how to apply lbms transfers. I’ve been painting up 3rd century crisis romans, doing the transfers at the end. I would have definitely would have tried to apply them like normal decals on accident

[@orthoff123]

Perfect!

[@angelusm01]

Love it!.. tnkz so much!

[@Fpsdood]

Samurai next!

[@michaelcaricoo]

I really hope Warlord Games gets more business, they seem like a good group of folks and produce a bunch of cool stuff

[@bradleycoles9018]

but this figure is Victrix...

[@michaelcaricoo]

@@bradleycoles9018 But the game is from warlord

[@bradleycoles9018]

@@michaelcaricoo sorry must of missed the game u r referring to

[@diagorasofmelos4345]

ROMAN STEEL, THAT'S THE ANSWER. ROMAN STEEL--IN A BRUTII FIST.

[@flaviusjulius5]

Get out of here you Brutii tyrant! I thought I’d beaten you when I was elected Consul for the 3rd time. This war against the Gauls won't last long, and when it's done, I've got plans. The people love me, and your Senate has no power when I march into their hall with an army with the people of Rome at my back! This is all about power, power in Rome. Power for the Julii, power for the people. Going down that road means dealing with all my rivals: the Senate, the Greeks, those Carthaginian elephant-riders, the Scipii and the Brutii families too. After all, the man who controls Rome rules the world...and one day, I will be Emperor.

[@breadpirateoverhere]

This is a great miniature!

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

3:34 Just for those who don’t know, white, red, yellow, and blue were colors available to common soldiers.

[@Arachn4]

The timing is perfect. Lots of fans of #InfamyInfamy by #TooFatLardies are rejoicing! Thanks @Duncan!

[@callumjohnston2072]

Thinking about doing an army of roman's thanks to this video

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Awesome! They are fun to paint.

[@pantherkursk]

thanks Duncan, you make it look easy ... do you have any beginner material for somebody approaching painting from scratches? thanks

[@simcityman81]

I just bought like 120 romans, this is perfect timing.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Nice. If you can, get the decals too, they just complete the miniatures so well.

[@JosephLeeEun]

Wait, weren't you in warhammer tv? Used to watch so many of their old videos with you on them! Subbed!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Yes we were and welcome Hanseong. We have now gone independent with our own website (duncanrhodes.com) and channel. Hope you enjoy it 😊

[@vladbradea6153]

Very good video, but could youn explain how to fix the shield ? we are handling a lot the miniature during play and it's very touchy to handle it as soon as there is a shield. Thanks if any tips to make sure that the fixing will be solid and not fragile. Best Regards from Normandy

[@damuses1452]

Splendid. Merci.

[@super_sonic8976]

Amazing video duncan! Loving the tutorials, are you likely to paint any drop zone or dropfleet stuff?

[@benemorth]

Nice video and outstanding legionary. Im a fan of your work. Could you paint a Celtic warrior? Or a ancient German or Breton. It also would be nice to have a equivalency chart for the paints from different brands (whenever possible). For example, what's the Citadel equivalence to Army Painter Pure Red?

[@alejandrotabilo1988]

Great tutorial !!! Roma Victrix!!

[@kossy7863]

Wow, Awesome 👍🏻😍

[@markcollins1058]

Thank you

[@tando6266]

You could also use some decal softener and you don't need to repaint then.

[@2Mini2Fun]

Love Romans!!!!!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Us too!

[@tyrian_baal]

OMG YES VICTRIX will you ever paint civil war miniatures from Perry

[@erho2967]

Just found the channel! Eat it GW

[@SaintOLlama]

Hey, Duncan. Love the video, and I love that you're using so many different paints. I'm curious what kind of glue did you use to put the shield on? Just superglue?

[@herbelicious4473]

Great painting, but how did you made the base? Only brown and than the grass or did you use green stuff to make everything flat before you used the grass? Thanks in advance

[@theobessiris9681]

I hope you do more historical miniatures because all painters on you tube do fantasy or sci fi figures.

[@patricpeters9716]

Lovely painting guide, gonna use this for my Romans for Infamy, Infamy! from Too Fat Lardies. Any chance for a Napoleonic French tutorial, I've seen photos of you at reenactments in French gear.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

We have both a full tutorial for British and French Napoleonic era miniatures on our website (duncanrhodes.com) 😊

[@HO-bndk]

The design is the same as Cnaeus Musius of Legio XIIII Gemina has on his tombstone in Mainz. Are they sold as 14th legion transfers?

[@bobbybee9981]

Will you be doing any indomitus themed tutorials?? Would be really appreciated if you could!

[@Bluewater1976]

Wonderfull work! Quick questiom, ist that Andúril behind you in the opening shot?

[@markbauby7442]

God damn thanks for doing this...all of the panting guides I can find for Romans are years old with really bad video quality or theyre an old Warlord article and I dont like how it looks

[@AnonymousCuIIen]

I really like these videos, Duncan. When gluing the shield to the soldier, did you use plastic or super glue? I was interested to know if the paint layers already on each part interfered with the glue bond.

[@nobodyimportant5417]

Almost everyone I see uses some form of wet pallet. I've not seen you use one. Is it a preference thing, or is there some effect that wet pallet cause you don't like? I use one, just so I have colors always available to neaten up when I inevitably screw up on details. I'd love your input on why you use a standard one.

[@mouseketeery]

There is a video on this channel where he uses a wet palette, but I think it's just the one. There may be more on the Academy website. I always use one except for metallics, Shades and Contrast. I'd like Duncan's opinion too though.

[@sarainy9775]

These free videos don't tend to use a wet pallet, to make them more accessible and relatable for beginner to intermediate painters.

[@nobodyimportant5417]

@@sarainy9775 thats an interesting take on it. I know having a wet pallet helped me tremendously in my painting, particularly as a beginner. Is there most usage of different techniques on the paid side, like wetblending and whatnot?

[@jpavlvs]

Suppose he's wearing a old faded tunic? Suppose the Romans browned their lorica segmentata to protect it from rust. Like the brown Bess musket?

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Some kind of surface treatment does seem likely. In the 16th century at least three techniques were known - russeting, blueing and blackening. Not sure which were available or widely used in Roman times.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Just checked my books. The recent study of “Roman Imperial Armour” by Sim and Kaminski (2012), p.68-69 suggests it was probably not blued or blackened but rather polished. On the few contemporary images that survive it is generally painted in white or silver, which would hint at polished bare metal.

[@brettmeyer6085]

Love to see come sons of hours

[@wezab]

Hi Duncan, as ever your painting skills are brilliant. But, the head of the pilum is probably too bright as they were lead not iron in real life. As you would know, while metal, lead dulls down very quickly when exposed to the air so it would not have that silvery effect. In case you were wondering, the reason they were lead was so that once they struck their target, usually a shield, the neck would bend making it impossible to go on using the shield with this stupid spear stuck into it. If the metal was iron, then the target could easily lever out the pilum from his shield and continue being a nuisance.

[@November57]

Nice

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you.

[@nekrovulpes]

Dunc been goin' heavy on that kush. Look at them panda eyes. Absolute lad.

[@clonetf141]

If you want an historically accurate roman unit: Red was the cheapedt colour, Pruple was the most expensive and in some time periods banned or exclusive to the royal family Blue was also popular among the legionaries that acted like marines by boarding enemy ships White was a common colour the veleites which by the time of the marius reforms were out of use, Tl;dr red was the most common, pruple was the only colour not used so good wild woth the tunics!

[@1234kalmar]

I've gotta ask: Do you guys make a new take when you make a mistake? The other option is you really being an absolute god of painting. Both seem plausible tho, I just wonder.