Paint with Me! Roman Legionary for SPQR Wargame

[@edthilenius7530]

Wow, I know that it's been 3 years, but I just discovered your videos. You are an awesome painter. Loved this video, and I just subscribed to your channel. Cheers!

[@elongatedmusket7430]

He is not having it! LOL! Just fired my shrink - this is true therapy.

[@TitusVarus]

I know this video is a couple of years old, but I'm having something of a bad day and decided to watch some of your painting videos as they help to ease my migraines. I love the scheme you've chosen for your legionaries, not least of all because it was inspired by the Rome TV series. On that subject, did you know that you can get Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo miniatures from Warlord games, and that they fit perfectly with the SPQR Roman legionaries? I've had them on my desk for years, with Pullo all enthusiastically charging into battle, and Vorenus looking perpetually annoyed by how dusty and cluttered my desk is. Roman history is my speciality, so I'm always pleased to see Roman stuff in any form. I really need to paint up my own legionaries when I feel up to it, but in the meantime your videos will doubtless inspire me.

[@tonyhowell201]

My favourite geeky ladies continue to impress with an inclusive approach to mini choices. You keep it coming, you're doing a fabulous job and, with most groups, I'm embarrassed to admit that I take a fatherly/grandfatherly sense of pride in how our community has grown. Keep the videos coming ladies. You're rocking it :-)

[@KHUTLUKHAN]

Wooaow... she is definetly more talented than me... well done... great job..

[@peteflynn3923]

This was very helpful. I recently began painting 28's again after a few years of exclusively doing 15's and didn't want to make a mess. It's definitely a different technique. Your instructions are excellent, you are a great instructor with a very nice voice. It's a pleasure to listen to you and I love your accent.

[@augustussohn893]

I’ve really come to enjoy your videos. I’m taken back to high school and all the days and weeks on end (especially during summer) playing RPGs. I always wanted to use minis and especially wanted to paint them, but we were relatively poor, so getting all the supplies was just out of reach. Thanks for the memories!

[@Titus_Vespasianus]

great video...can you do one on the Gauls???

[@mikemodels928]

Looks freakin awesome. Got yourself a new subscriber ;) lookin forward for more painting guides!

[@peteflynn3923]

Very helpful, it gives me a point to work from and a level of quality to strive for.

[@erics745]

I see you cut the "feathers "on top of the helmet. Seems accurate especially for Gaul wars like in Alesia where I saw some reenactors two weeks ago imho.

[@MyMagicalPeanut]

Now that I see you paint historical minis, I am so glad I subbed your channel! I really do enjoy GW subjects, but historicals are my faves, especially classical antiquity and early Middle Ages. Please keep it up!

[@LX_P_1978]

Marc Mouvet Same here. Maybe u have some interessting channels dir the ancient? Thx, Greetz from germany

[@morisgagula7950]

💜 great painting work! Wow Now the miniature looks so life full

[@ograx]

I really like how you show your actual brush techniques, great job!

[@yarikhansraj5358]

Oh wow, that shield is so regal! He's so smol,it must've been so rewarding to paint and get it done so perfectly! :D It's exceptionally refreshing to see some down to earth stoic minis being painted to perfection over the (admittedly fantastic) over the top GW minis! I picked one of my Lord of the Rings minis to paint whilst I watched this :) Thanks Naomi for keeping the variety fresh :D

[@RoguesNtheHouse]

Nice, I just picked up some Roman minis. No idea what they are from but they look awesome. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@Karl-Hungus]

Roman Shields are usually portrayed as being painted Madder Red but it is theorized that each Cohort of a Legion painted their shield a different color so they could be identified on the battlefield. There have been some fragments of shields from the Imperial period that were green and some that were red.Little is know of the painting of shields from the Roman Republican period which the TV show was based on and the figure you painted is meant to represent. So its anyone's guess.

[@maryquint3254]

Oh, Lordy! I’m an artist that discovered you recently, because of your copyright issues. Your art medium would absolutely test my patience. Your work is beautiful. I appreciate all artists and their work but this is clearly a painstakingly difficult genre. Kudos. I’m subscribing.

[@golvic1436]

It isn't as difficult as it seems. 90% of the learning curve is learning to paint as lazy as possible. The last 10% is learning the right work flow. You would be able to do it very easily with a tutorial or two.

[@alabamagreaser]

Go ahead and try Mary! I've been seeing more and more gals joining the hobby the last couple of years and it really has lifted the bar. I really believe it has vastly improved the standard of excellence.

[@russellguyver7746]

He's holding his sword but he still has a sword in his scabbard! lol Brilliant video - I'll be using this as a template for my SPQR set

[@senator1295]

I had a friend some time ago; he worked for the planning department of Will County, IL. He was happily married, but he was an insomniac, so his entire basement was, painted historical figures, dioramas, and such things (hundreds). So, because he was a client, I bought the french foreign legion (with a Gatling gun?). We would all get together in his, extensive basement for games..I really miss those times..Thank you for being crazy like my friend

[@justink9962]

When you first painted the chain mail I thought "Wow that's to dark". But he really came out awesome. Mad painting skills. Also when you said time to let him dry and the video didn't immediately pause I was totally expecting a time lapse of paint drying and I was gonna be rolling laughing. lol. Great video!

[@mylesjohnson7351]

I just got some hail cease romans I really enjoyed the video very helpful

[@kevinholland3937]

Very nice! Curious if you ever did more SPQR videos? I don’t think I see any. Thought the Roman painting might have been followed up with a Celt painting video. Thanks.

[@russellguyver7746]

Great paint job. I love the dark red shield. Seems a lot more realistic. I have some Victrix Romans, this have given me the push to paint them.

[@stevepickering5978]

A Very nice paint job

[@thgenral]

Great job, now for the rest of the cohort! Really, looks good.

[@rutiguer2701]

Nice work! Thank you! I love it!

[@madquest8]

"I am Spartacus!!!" Looks good... only another 99 to paint for that army you need, yeah? :D

[@richtofenillingroth641]

Indeed! I concur!

[@tonywilliams5264]

I wish I would had a daughter. Like you two. Keep up the good work.

[@brunoarambulagomez1838]

I swear to Dog that I was going out for some woodworking supplies, but your video came up and now after some amazing unboxing ones, I have to paint. Thanks!

[@brunoarambulagomez1838]

He kinda looks like Joe Pesci :)

[@babyrazor6887]

MY brother and I painted military miniatures for years. nice paint job, only 956 left to go (that's counting the Gauls too)

[@chd1694]

When i was smaller i used to collect the small figurines and paint them too. On the fourth of july 🇺🇸 i would blow my figurines up pretending it was a real battle lol 😂 . That was so much fun. You are an excellent painter 👩‍🎨. I love these artsy tutuorials.

[@MicMetz1968]

Thanks Naomi! xo

[@judgedreddthelaw3418]

HAIL CAESAR! Awesome painting Naomi! I still think it's GENIUS to have that mixing ball in the paint pots...saves you a bit of money by keeping the paint fresh and you don't have to buy anymore for a while. Great stuff!

[@Rainers_Modellbau]

Good Paintjob :)

[@NSYresearch]

Watching a video of an interview with a Roman re-enactor recently. He did say that the tunic was more likely to be a natural linen colour. Simply because dying the cloth would be to expensive . This has a ring of truth to it.

[@septimus64]

Very nice I have tons of old glory Republican Roman Legionaries painted up.

[@mackbolan1733]

Fantastic work!

[@hogweedblitz8739]

Very nicely done! And so fast! Always took me hours to paint a figure. I always wanted a Roman Army to battle with! I stuck with WHMR medieval instead! Love your videos!

[@EidolonSpecus]

13:05 any color goes for shield facings, TBH; pick what you prefer for your unit. While it's not impossible for shields to have been faced with tanned leather, the vast majority of shields were covered with linen or some other textile that was fixed in place with hide glue and often either lacquered or painted. Sometimes even painted brown or beige too. So even if it wasn't covered with rawhide, brown and beige works. But you wouldn't use tanned _leather_ for shield facings though, nor as a primary material for armoring in general. Rawhide is much better and also much cheaper to do the same job, so there's no point in paying extra for an expensive tanning process which makes the material worse for the intended purpose in armoring.

[@rickschwab6904]

Nice work !

[@YuckTradingCo]

you helped me paint my 40k Orkz tonight. A nice fleshy blueberry shade. Thank you!

[@stevesandford1437]

Hello! Very nice work... Interesting to see you combine Contrast paints with Regular Acrylics, (on the Scutum) it gives a really nice, subtle 'aged' effect. (This was helpful to me as I'm finding Contrast on its own a little too 'stark' for the looks I need...) Very easy on the eye... (The MINIATURE, I MEAN!!!) xx SF (Sheesh!)

[@rectitude6276]

A thought for future figure painting... base coat them in a dark color (even black). This way, when painted over by the specific colors, a pseudo-shading job will already be in place.

[@swordnsteele712]

That idea, though nice, would not work with the Contrast paint I used :)

[@ckvonpickles3751]

Truly outstanding!

[@mikedewberry5833]

Do like the style of painting.

[@nyanates]

Nice job on this mini. Subscribed...

[@sim2570]

Well done! He is very Romanesque! lol ;)

[@simonfaircliff7429]

Do you have any tips for models with pre-moulded bases, such as this, to blend them in with the base proper?

[@frankymontens]

that is one cool heroic roman, well done

[@peterfmodel]

very impressive

[@michaelsvinyls4296]

Just discovered your channel Awesome!

[@davidmartindale2263]

I love her soft delicate voice

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Always nice to have company while I paint. Almost done with my Eidolon. It came out great!

[@spykezspykez7001]

You make it look so easy! I might try and have a go at it but I’ll probably make a dogs dinner out of my first attempt.

[@nickxcaliber7991]

Skin looked very dark at first but I was pleasantly surprised!

[@locklust]

Why varnish before the transfer? I'm new to painting

[@trajanleatherworks1816]

Really should paint mine.....

[@BazBaziah]

Fantastic video. It took me a few minutes to realise what was different about your painting style, then it hit me. Like me you are left handed and I'm so used to Watching just righties paint!! All the best folk are left handed, keep up the fantastic videos. Your accent is also fantastic, where about are it from?

[@peteflynn3923]

Is that fyreslayer flesh a wash, ink, or thinned paint? It looks a little thin, which works quite well.

[@swordnsteele712]

It's a Contrast Paint by Citadel, so close to an ink 🤔

[@jpavlvs]

Don't glue the shields on until the figure is painted. Much easier that way.

[@matte6371]

"Drakas, something more cheerfull!"

[@PMMagro]

How did I miss this???

[@Mystical_Socrates]

What got you interested in historic war gaming and miniature painting, Naomi?

[@rvs8425]

What is that slight accent I am detecting? It's stronger on some words and sometimes barely noticeable...

[@aboxofphotons]

I get hints of Canadian and English.

[@adrianwilliams6908]

Newfoundland?

[@primroselane1]

@@aboxofphotons Canadian is not an accent. We are a very large country and each region has a slightly different accent. My guess is that because she lives in Newfoundland now, she was not a native of there. The Newfoundland accent isn't spoken all of the time so she has also spent a portion of her life somewhere else in Canada. There isn't a lot of difference between the regions like there is in the American south or Texas so it's hard to nail down. It could be somewhere in Ontario.

[@aboxofphotons]

@@primroselane1 Other than Scotland I can't think of any other countries that pronounce the word 'out' as 'oot'.

[@primroselane1]

@@aboxofphotons I've never heard a Canadian say 'oot'. I don't know where that comes from but it isn't common up here that's for sure. Someone must have heard one Canadian say it once and figured we all say that all of the time. Total misconception.

[@Imperiusism]

Are there slavic tribes to play with?

[@jorgeriveraiga7350]

Que buen video 👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@danielklinglesmithv2732]

Good job!

[@philRminiatures]

Cracking job, interesting step by step explanations!

[@Flamethrower1942]

Nice paint job, that a victrix minature?

[@damuses1452]

It's an SPQR Warband game miniature as provided by Warlord Games LTD.

[@paulcunnington]

Great Job!!!!!±

[@Albukhshi]

@ 20:15 The Gauls had soap...

[@Asborian]

So glad I stopped painting figures years ago as I'd have thousands of them by now far to addictive in my opinion.

[@davedogge2280]

anyone point me to a GW / Vallejo METAL colour compatibility chart ? (closest matches i.e. not exact is ok). I believe that VJ duralumin is close to GW Leadbelcher (maybe duralumin is slightly lighter).

[@Vokdor1]

I dont think there is a compatibility chart with the Vallejo metal color range... However I have extensively used duraluminum , lead Belcher with highlighting is about as close as you are going to get from the gw range.

[@davedogge2280]

@@Vokdor1 yeah I painted duraluminum on some ork metals for the first time and noticed that it was slightly lighter than gw leadbelcher. I heard it say that vallejo metal magnesium or gun metal grey are more leadbelcher but not sure. I posted on reddit 5 month ago this same question and never really got a straight answer. Seeing it being used today for dry brushing made me throw out a question randomly

[@Vokdor1]

@@davedogge2280 if you canget a hold of the Vallejo, you should... for metallics its a game changer... if stuck you could order some through Naomi.

[@davedogge2280]

@@Vokdor1 I'm in Spain, the HQ of Vallejo so I can walk down to the shops in 15 minutes and buy Vallejo metal up until 9pm ! even on a sunday

[@BlastastiC]

I like a combination of Steel and Duraluminum for a solid mid-steel tone. Think Hallowed knights Stormcast. They are a great range of paints.

[@chriscalver9878]

Please do not forget to cut the hilt of the sheathed sword they only had the one sword?

[@warp5p1d3r6]

is the game any good?

[@madwez]

omg this is perfect. when female beauty meets my favorite hobbie :D i´m happy

[@gotrek7177]

Congrats, Macho

[@NorwegianTrolls]

beautiful voice

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Great job, but I did cringe when you applied varnish with a Kolinski Sable brush.

[@swordnsteele712]

Would you feel better if I told you that I still have the brush and it's doing fine? 😁 This particular brand of brush takes all kinds of brutality from my experimentation, but handles it like a champ 😆

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

@@swordnsteele712 I have the same brush & I use it sparingly as they are expensive to replace. I'm glad it has served you well.

[@CantankerousDave]

I'm amazed you can do that without a microscope and a pair of microsurgery waldoes...

[@sirtootiemus]

You should do ASMR videos ..... You'll have subscribers coming out your ears lol 😊

[@liolagneau6170]

Salut la demoiselle et trop sexy et par rapport a certains peintre elle se met pas de la peinture partout

[@senator1295]

Senate, People & Republic

[@damuses1452]

Umm.... Senātus Populusque Rōmānus/the Senate and People of Rome. :)

[@senator1295]

@@damuses1452 thank you ;)

[@senator1295]

@@damuses1452 I am a little bit of an imperialist

[@theredbar-cross8515]

"Legionnaire" : French Foreign Legion. "Legionary": Roman soldier

[@lewisbenzie845]

Stop making me want to paint things.

[@chrismc8504]

Good Tutorial for Beginners and lazy Painters with low Skill

[@gustavojansivu2412]

For the last timme no

[@frantfu]

87 of the thirstiest comments ever.

[@auggiebarboza5873]

Hot...

[@baynenothos]

Thirteenth!!

[@demos113]

13th!!!!! :-)

[@timothygallagher8744]

fuckin cute, sounds fine, less and less clothes as the video goes on. I can't decide which figure looks better

[@davidstokes8441]

I got 2 minutes into this video and my eyes and brain lost all focus. Why, you ask? If you are holding something to camera for us to see, for Christ's sake hold the damn thing STILL. Stop waving it around as though you have an auditorium full of people - the camera is your audience, so show the camera and hold it still.

[@irishmarine3]

SPQR is kind of garbage, get excited for Clash of Spears instead

[@damuses1452]

SPQR is dice heavy... true.