A Year and 7 Months! A 1/172 ancients project.

Once again, the painting of these characters, along with the Roman ones was the best part of this project.  Unlike the vast bulk of the army, I took the time to add a highlight and a lowlight to these models in order to help them stand out.

With these celtic characters, I also did some converting, especially with the Boudicca model.

The first batch of celtic generals were painted out-of-the-box, without any conversion work whatsoever.

The second batch of characters I worked on were the druids.  I took some time to convert these miniatures from the basic models.  I did this to make them more prominent, and because I used the basic models in the large warband units below.

The models were converted by cutting parts from other miniatures as well as basic sculpting work with duro putty.

These are HaT models.  No other range has druids!  I find this very strange.

Since I have a substantial celtic cavalry wing with this campaign, I wanted one of my generals to be mounted.  This does not make any difference in game terms, but it is visually more compelling.

Both the figures in the photo below are conversions.  They are basically four figures cut at the waist, switched and glued on.  I also added cloaks to the models to differentiate them from their infantry counterparts.

The last general, but certainly not the least is Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni.  She is one of several named characters, but the only one that really needs a dedicated miniature.

The problem I had was that all the Celtic box sets I owned had no women in them.  I did find a female model in the Italeri Ancient German box set.  The model is in the photo below.

I began converting this figure with putty and from parts from other models.  I sculpted it from the body out, with the helmet, shield and hair the last parts to be added.

I also had to convert the rider.  The rider was originally standing, and this detracted from the Boudicca model.  Putting him in a sitting position was a fiddlier prospect than Boudicca herself, but I managed in the end.