{"id":5611,"date":"2016-08-21T23:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T23:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5611"},"modified":"2016-08-21T23:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T23:31:37","slug":"roomans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=5611","title":{"rendered":"Roomans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Or is that Roo-men? \u00a0Sometime in ancient history, Ral Partha made a single pack of figures, called Rooman War Party, which had Roomans in two poses, but all armed with pikes or spears. \u00a0They are no longer available. \u00a0Over the years, I collected dozens of the originals, but they have become quite rare, even on Ebay. \u00a0Recently, my buddy Ma’k contacted Iron Wind Metals about these figures, but the molds are lost to time. \u00a0So, Ma’k made a mold of the Roomans, and I added crossbows and swords.<\/p>\n

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I had a little time this weekend to paint up these figures. \u00a0These re-casts have slightly less relief than the originals, so my dry brushing didn’t turn out all that well, but I am happy with the results. \u00a0No my phalanx of Rooman pikemen will have support from some crossbows.<\/p>\n

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I also had a chance to add some science fiction weapons to a few of them. \u00a0The weapons are from War-games Supply Dump in their Dirk Garrison range. \u00a0These were not the kinds of conversions that win figure contests, but they will work well in my science fiction games.<\/p>\n

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