Thoughtless for the Day

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OK, here's the deal: painting the Tiny Plastic Roman Army has taken me a little bit longer than I had originally anticipated. Let's start off by taking a look at what I've managed to accomplish after only a mere eighteen months of effort.

My Praetorian Cavalry and my Legionaries are complete...

... as are my musicians and signifiers,

And my centurion, aquilifer, and Legionary optio are ready.

Sadly, that's about it. I've gotten started on my "scorpion" crews, but I need to make about four more of them (12 pieces)

But what has really slowed me down have been my Syrian archers. Each of their tunics must have individual colors and patterns (OK, they don't have to, but somewhere down the line I made that decision and I'm stickin' to it). I have a few dozen of these gentlemen left to paint.

Then I need to get started on my auxiliary troops (45 figures) and cavalry (24 figures counting horses) as well as my extra heavy Legionaries (48 figures). I'll wrap the whole project up when I finish my petlists (aka "Cannon Fodder")

At my current rate, I should have my entire army ready by New Year's Day…of 2014.

Here's some Canadian guy named Craig Stewart's much better collection of soldiers. Before you fill the comments section with pithy observations about how Mr. "Oooh, look at my tiny army; I'm so cool" Stewart's work looks better than mine, let me remind you that A) I'm far from finished. B) I was drunk when I painted most of my soldiers. And C) I'm not Canadian. It's a lot easier to complete an entire tiny army when you're snowed in nine months of the year.