Auxiliary troops fought like their counterparts, the Legion, despite what we think today, this troops were not inferior, as they had the same training and fighting capacity.
Initially recruited from the free provinces subjects of Rome, later began to be recruited in the new territories conquered by the legions, so it was not unusual to see Legion Celts Auxiliary Legions.
Armed with his spear, the Gladius, and protected by a mail’s coat and an oval shield, Auxiliary cohorts did a splendid job in the name of several emperors, but the glory always was for the legions.
Warlord Games Auxiliaries can be used in any scenario where the Roman war machine were. The box’s illustration shows a Celtic auxiliary unit in the Middle East performing “police” tasks against people who did not like the “police”, 😉 , one of the common tasks undertaken by the Auxilia (as they are called).
The 24 Auxiliary are equipped with chain mail and carry the sharp spears (Gladius) and short swords. They have the usual oval shield, and may be used supporting the legions, or fighting their own battles.
This set contains:
Enough parts to built 24 figures.
·Decal sheet for 35 shields, with a transparent background, to be used with any shield colour.
This a perfect set to escort you Roman legionaries, or even to built his own armies. Set have some minor issues.
-Limited poses, there are only 4 poses, with some different heads, although some conversions are possible.
– Size of this men is a bit bigger than the other Roman’s sets from Warlord.
This set haven’t command group (older box), the new boxes came with four less auxiliaries and incorporate 4 metal figures as command, a Centurion, one Option, one Cornice, and the Signifier. But again there are some size problem with this command if you have and old box of auxiliaries.
But, it is an economical set and useful, which we recommend to extend your Roman army.
Paint:
Paint work for this figures have been quite easy. We have used all Citadel colours.
·Prime Chaos Black, Black, Skull White, Catachan Green, Shining Gold, Dwarf Bronze, Boltgum Metal, Mechrite Red, Blood Red, Tallarn Flesh, Scorched Brown, Graveyard Earth, Bleached Bones, Goblin Green, Babab Black y Devlam Mud. If you have other paint’s brand use black, white, olive green, gold, bronze, gun metal, dark red, light red, flesh, dark brown, earth, bone, green, and black and brown wash.<
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I recommend to let the shields in the sprue until decals were applied.
After the black prime a base coat as follow.
1- Bronze/Dwarf Bronze for helmets.
2- Dry brush of metal/Boltgum in the mail, weapons, shields and sword cover.
3- Flesh/Tallarn Flesh in all skin parts.
4- Brown/Scorched Brown to belts, sandals, spears and back shields
5- Dark red/Mechrite Red to the neck scarf.
6- Earth/Graveyard Earth for the base.
7- Green/Goblin Green front shield.
8- Olive Green/Catachan Green to trousers.
Once dried apply black wash to all metal parts (except helmets) and brown wash to the rest.
Once the wash is dried apply again the base colour highlighting some parts and using dry brush for metal parts.
Some lightings in the helmets with gold/Shining Gold, weapons with metal, the scarf with the light red, sandals, belts and back shields with a mix of bone/Bleached Bone with brown/Scorched Brown and for the base a mix of bone/Bleached with Graveyard Earth/Earth.
Then is time to put the decals on the shields and to add some grass in the base.
You can buy this excellent set here.
