Asterix: SPQR
First steps
I always wanted to get into ancient gaming and when the videos appeared for SPQR on the site I thought SPQR seems a good place as any. I had just gone to the 40k weekend and it was great fun but there was some amazing converting going on and I wanted to try my hand at it on these gauls. I wasnt sure what to do for them though.
Then I saw the gaulish heroes The druid looks identical to Getafix for Asterix and Obelix. It reminded me of reading the comics and watching the movies. I never really realised how much those silly comics had affected me. I always enjoyed ancient history and myths and I think Asterix certainly played a part in it. I always identified with Asterix (I’m not a tall person now and used to be much shorter.) So I have decided to create the whole village (or as much as I could) I may kit bash, scour the internet or 3d print the models if need be.
First things firstThe clash of heroes starter set is good value, especially from your local friendly neighbourhood OTT store. It would provide a good base for the army and some miniatures to begin with. In addition I bought the gaul hero box, I could get a Getafix and maybe an Asterix.
The real getafix So first off I decided to start with Getafix. It was a long difficult conversion. I had to glue him to a base.
Difficult stuff
Getafix in his unpainted glory
Really looking forward Really looking forward to this project and how it progresses, proper Gauls!to this project and how it progresses, proper Gauls!
My SPQR is at the same stage as yours 🙂 Good luck, looking forward to your faster progress than mine!