Many (many) years ago, I picked up a neat little pre-painted set of gladiators from EM4.. they came with a poster-style fold out arena, some special dice and a set of gladiator rules.. all of which I never used.
More recently, I grabbed a copy of 'Sons of Mars' gladiator rules and a couple of packs of the Crusader gladiators from North Star when Nick had some kind of an offer on. Within days of purchase I suspected that I'd never use these either.. not because they're not any good.. but because I don't need another project and when am I ever going to play gladiators?
Anyway, the other day for some reason I decided to get them out and try the rules out. Turns out that for solo games, they're quite good.. and the campaign looks quite good too. So, I decided to paint up the Crusader minis.
Rather than paint them in my usual way, I also thought I'd have a go at trying to match the style of the EM4 prepainted minis.. not a technique I've ever really used, and maybe a little old school these days, but I fancied the challenge. Overall, I'm quite pleased.. not the way I'd normally paint stuff.. but, despite a bit of size difference, they look like a coherent set and I'm quite looking forward to making a little 'arena', thinking up some daft latin names and playing a few games, even if it's solo.
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| EGO PUGNO! (the EM4 pre-painted and newly painted Crusader minis together) |
You matched them well, I cannot tell which is which
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