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Monday, 4 January 2021

KenR - Allied Legion Hastati Part 1 - 160 points

After the weirdness of my Bradford City Torture submissions its time to get back to the real project this Challenge and my 28mm Allied Legion. I'm working from front to back with the unit, so after the slightly under strength Velites (I'm still searching for the absconding figures !) Its time for the Hastati.

The figures for the Project are all Victrix and due to the sprue layout I've used a few unarmoured figures in the Hastati (newly promoted Velites is my excuse). What you see here are 32 figures based on 4, 60 x 60 bases (8 to a base) and they will form half of my Hastati line.

I'm a bit biased but I really like the look of these and thankfully that keeps me enthusiastic about painting more, acres of white is not easy ! Shield transfers are by LBMS. Controversy reigns when it comes to shield designs and Republican Romans, I have used plain shields on my Romans but decided on designs for my Italian Allied stuff, mostly so they can be easily distinguished on the table.

32 figures at 5 points each should net me 160 points.

Above is an update on the project as a whole, still lots of mdf to cover but I'm happy that I have knocked a hole in numbers during the first couple of weeks. Next up will be the remaining 32 Hastati after which I will have a change of scenery and do some Cavalry.