While it is well known that the Centurion was the head Legionary in charge of his century, his hand-picked assistant and rear guard officer was known as the Optio. Should the Centurion be unfortunate enough to fall in battle or become otherwise incapacitated, the Optio would assume command of the regiment in his absence. Optiones…
If you feel your Roman Legion has been slightly lacking in its leadership of late, our new Roman Officers pack should put a bit more discipline into your ranks! Released next week , these highborns will get your Legionaries into line. These models, sculpted by the rather-too-talented-for-his-own-good Paul Hicks, are ideal for representing Legates or…
What is more iconic than the famous Roman Testudo (tortoise) formation? Pretty much nothing in Roman terms. So, it would have been remiss of us not to have designed one for our range! This 6-part (yes, SIX!) resin model is available now and really captures the feel of the testudo perfectly – what self-respecting Roman…
Take one talented painter and add in several finely-detailed and dynamically-posed Warlord Games miniatures. Sprinkle lightly with the revolutionary The Army Painter hobby products and leave to simmer over a low heat before serving up a veritable feast of wargaming goodness to your enthusiastic guests! This week Dr Phil Hendry has surpassed himself. Fresh from…
This week’s new release is one you’ve been waiting eagerly for – the Imperial Roman Scorpion catapult! Manned by two Legionaries this war machine fires a heavy arrow unerringly into the massed ranks of the enemy or dashes defenders from their fortifications. Every century in a Legion would have one of these bolt-throwers attached to…
Fresh from the painting table of Dr Phil Hendry are these beautifully painted metal Auxiliaries. Painted using The Army Painter hobby products the unit is finished off beautifully with Little Big Men Studios transfers. Bloody marvellous they look too! If the holy trinity of finely-detailed, dynamically-posed Warlord Games miniatures, revolutionary Army Painter hobby products and…
As we prepare to release our next plastic boxed set – Imperial Roman Veterans we thought you’d like to see the simply gorgeous box art as illustrated by the one and only Peter Dennis. We’ll bring you images of the models and other details ‘soon’ ™…
Painting an Army: part 2 Last time we saw Jonas and Bo from Army Painter they’d built and based several large units of our plastic Imperial Romans. With their self-imposed deadline to completely paint the army in a single day they were all ready to get stuck into the meat of the project. Onto the…
Speed Painting an Army: part 1 When we received an email from our old pals Jonas and Bo at Army Painter we knew we were in for a lively time! At the heart of their email was a trademark Bo idea – paint a huge Roman army in next to no time! From anyone else…
When we launched the Warlord Games website we showed you a snippet of our magnificent artwork on our homepage. Now we bring you the full piece in all it’s glory! We asked artist Peter Dennis (of Osprey books fame) to give us the lowdown on how it all came about. Over to you, Peter… Tricky…
Paul Sawyer