Manda's (Amachan) Republican Roman Warband

This will be the colour scheme used for my Republican Roman warband. Apart from the colours mentioned here I will be using a couple of others here and there as I feel I need them, but these are the main colours used. And for characters I may not keep to this scheme at all when it comes to clothing and colours.

Cloth & Dyes

During the 3rd century BC they didn’t have the colours available we have today, some would be more expensive than others. So here I made a list of various colours that would not have been overly expensive and that they had access to in the 3rd century BC. I will roll on a D10 using the following list to decide on a colour if one needs to be chosen.

1. Vallejo Model Air Aged White (71.132)
2. Vallejo Model Color Black Grey (70.862)
3. Vallejo Model Color German Cam. Med. Brown (70.826)
4. Scale 75 Fantasy & Games Goblin Flesh (SFG-24)
5. Vallejo Model Air Duck Egg Green (71.009)
6. Vallejo Model Color Yellow Ochre (70.913)
7. Scale 75 Scalecolor Sol Yellow (SC-40)
8. Vallejo Model Color Amaranth Red (70.829)
9. Scale 75 Scalecolor Cantabric Blue (SC-53)
10. Vallejo Model Color Flat Red (70.957)

I found that Vallejo Model Air Aged White (71.132) is close to the natural colour of linen or wool, so it’s in there twice to represent non-dyed cloth.

Leather

For leather belts and straps I will use Vallejo Panzer Aces Leather Belt (70.312) or Vallejo Panzer Aces Dark Rubber (70.306). Larger surfaces of leather I will paint with either Vallejo Model Color Cavalry Brown (70.982) or Vallejo Model Color Red Leather (70.818).

Wood

For the Hasta (Spear) or Pilum (Heavy Javelin) I will use Vallejo Panzer Aces New Wood (70.311) for the rest of the wood I will again use a die roll of a D6 this time with the results being:

• 1-2 Vallejo Panzer Aces Old Wood (70.310)
• 3-4 Vallejo Model Color Mahogany Brown (70.846)
• 5-6 Vallejo Panzer Aces New Wood (70.311)

Skin

For skin I will use a basecoat of Vallejo Game Color Cadnium Skin (72.099).

Helmet Feathers & Crests

The feathers on the helmets will be painted with Vallejo Model Color Black Grey (70.862).

For the crests, when present, I will use a die roll of a D6 on the following table:

• 1-2 Vallejo Model Air Aged White (71.132)
• 3-4 Vallejo Model Color Cavalry Brown (70.982)
• 5-6 Vallejo Model Color Black Grey (70.862)

I will then add a drybrush over the whole model using Vallejo Model Color Ivory (70.918).

Old Bronze

For any old bronze work I will use a basecoat of Vallejo Game Color Tinny Tin (72.060) followed by a drybrush of Vallejo Model Color Bronze (70.998).

Polished Bronze

For polished bronze I will use a basecoat of Vallejo Model Color Bronze (70.998) and then a drybrush of Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 (71.063).

Iron

And then for the iron I will use a base coat of Vallejo Metal Color Burnt Iron (77.721) and a drybrush of Vallejo Model Air Steel (71.065).

Copper

Since there are a couple of small copper details, especially on the scutum, I will only be using a basecoat of Vallejo Model Color Copper (70.999) on those.

Skin

For the skin I use a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Glaze Medium (70.596) and Citadel Shade Reikland Fleshshade (99189953027).

Metals

For both shades of bronze I use Citadel Shade Athonian Camoshade (99189953024) and for the iron I use Citadel Shade Nuln Oil (99189953017). After the washes I will apply a light drybrush of the metal colour used before to mimic a polished effect.

Helmet Feathers & Crests

I will use Citadel Shade Druchi Violet (99189953019) on the feathers to get the purple/black shade as mentioned by Polybius. For crests I will use a colour close to the original painted colour.

The Rest

For the rest I will use a wash that I find similar in colour to what the original painted colour was like.

For shields I will use the colours mention above apart from the area where I will use Little Big Men transfers. I will prime the shields with Vallejo Surface Primer White (74.600), paint the details and then fix up the areas where the transfers would go with Vallejo Model Color White (70.951).

When it comes to horses, I have done plenty of research on horses in history during my Order of Heimdallr project and thus I will link to that as I will be using the same colour schemes apart from one little thing, before I shade the model I will add a drybrush using Vallejo Model Air Aged White (71.132).

Since this is a different period to the Order of Heimdallr, I will be using this chart for the colours based on a D10.

• 1-2-3 Bay
• 4-5-6 Tobiano
• 7-8 Black
• 9-10 Leopard