Roman Republic Equites for WAB

I have just finished another unit for my Roman Republican army for WAB. With this new unit done I already have around 700 points, enough points for a skirmish but also the exact numbers for Dragon Rampant 24 points army! Now I have to duplicate this force to be able to fight a WAB battle.

These 28mm figures are upscaled Cromarty 15mm models and I am posting pics of them together for you to compare scale and quality of the models.

My army so far.

Clan mechs from the Battletech Alpha Strike box

I keep finishing all the mechs from the box. This time is's mechs from the clans, possibly Jade Falcon.

Following the same idea I did with the Nordland Highlanders painted with WWII British colours, I'm painting the Jade Falcons with WWII German panzer colours and I think they turned out nicely.

I'm afraid this time I went a bit too heavy with the OSL.

This is a Blackjack from the Highlanders! I thought it was a Clan mech and not it's too late :(

 Pouncer

Fire Moth

Nova

OSL experiment with the heat vents of the mechs.

Battletech Alpha Strike first painted mechs

 On a nostalgic whim I ordered the box Battletech Alpha Strike. I remember having bought the original box from FASA in the eighties. Later I also played a lot PC games from Activision. 

I loved the concept of fighting giant robots and the background from Battletech, but did not like its rules. Now I am giving another chance with Alpha Strike as it is simpler and faster.

If I cannot find people to play Battletech Alpha Strike, I'll probably keep playing Mekatak GSRE instead as it was fun, fast and it also allowed me to design my own mechs. We'll see.

The box says they are The Inner Sphere Northland Highlander Mercenary Command so I have painted them as my 15 mm  WWII British tanks and also used their decals. These mechs wear the 51st armoured regiment and the Highlander infantry division markings and insignia which I think fit very well for them.

Archer

I tried a bit of OSL on the exhausts because I wanted to stress the importance of heat from their reactors in Battletech rules.

Warhammer

Phoenix Hawk

Locust

Triarii for WAB

They are the first six ones. After a second cohort is painted they will be twelve in total in a unit of 6 x 2. 

I'll stop now painting 28mm Romans and I think I'll resume on Christmas holidays. The idea is having a 1.600 points ready for next Summer so I can take it easy.

This would be the firs row of the unit

As usual, a comparison with the 15 mm for DBA.

Principes for WAB

 A unit of 15 principes. They are 15 mm. Cromarty models upscaled to 28 mm. Next will be a few Triarii.

On the left there is a 15 mm base for DBA.

It seems the 28 mm models look better than the 15 mm.

Hastati for WAB

First unit of hatati, again scaled up from 15 mm models from Cromarty. The minis turn up really well and are very easy to paint. Next unit will be principes.

When I discovered the bucklers for the Signifier it was too late. I used a shield from the velites instead, a bit big and plain.

A comparison between 15 mm. and 28 mm.

Another comparison with the optio.

 

Starting 28 again.

I got rid off all my 28mm stuff and swore I never would go there again but here I am hyped with this new project. 

I have painted several Roman armies in 6, 10 and 15 mm but never in 28mm, which now I think it is the scale I always wanted to have it.

I am blaming a friend who lured me again into WAB. I am starting with one legion of Republican Romans with the same models I have in 15 mm. They are 15 mm Cromarty models I use for DBA upscaled to 28 mm and I think they look even better in the bigger scale.

Here you have ten Velites finished and now I am in the middle of fifteen Hastati.

Here you can see the same models in 15 and 28 mm.