I’ll be honest, I barely comment on any videos but this has to be one of the most brilliant unboxings/reviews I’ve seen. I get to see the product and how it looks painted by someone better than decent, and not the studio pictures which never sell me on anything, I’ve been holding on not spending buy I might pick up one of the two forces myself even tho if it’s only just to paint, this looks insanely fun to paint. I wish to see more of your tutorials and videos like this, I often don’t have time to watch battle reports but I’ll check yours around this game
Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍 I really appreciate that, thank you. I decided that if I do unboxings it should be more than just a look at piles of grey plastic and I hope people like that. I have more updates planned and then I'll do a painting video on the Gauls and the Romans all leading to some battle reports 🙂
I remember you saying in an old video that you were hesitant to start because you knew how deep of a rabbit hole it would be. Sure turned out that way! @@7thson726
Hi there, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙂 I really enjoyed reading through the book, lots of inspiration, especially in the format of the scenarios, can't wait to get stuck into it 👍
@@MrGunnar177 yes works well. For some reason, the WLG EIR are somewhat smaller then their late republic ancestors ( kind of true scale as the romans happen to be smaller guys ) . Funny enough, at least half of Casars forst 6 legions were raised in Spain ( Cordoba ). 2 by Pompey, the famous 10th. by Caesar himself when he was Pro-Konsul there. Victrix miniatures are in general a bit larger than most others, but proportions are OK. So switching heads between these and WLG Caesareans was no problem. There is, however, an issue with the shields : WLG Caesarean transfers ( actually only the lightnings) can be used for Victrix as well, but the LBM Decals for Victrix do not fit to WLG shields so easily. Main Problem areas are the edges and the shield bosses.
Thanks very much, I'm pleased with the result, a couple of things I want to nail down a little more, mostly with basing but I think the main process is sorted 😁👍
Absolutly love this idea! Caesars Gallic wars have been a point of interest for me for a while so I'd be super keen to see what you do with this in the future!
Warlord is pretty confident in their new box, and I believe that confidence is well founded. Thank you for the review and I am looking forward to future videos
I find the good thing about this period is these Romans are very easy to speed paint , I also like those simpler shield transfers which seem more likely for a campaigning army .
Oh no not Romans as well my Boltaction stuff is just primed and ready to start painting with a load of AK paints to match each army ... seriously Martin thanks for reviewing and unboxing more good warlord box sets .
A Buddy and I are working on Raman Civil war armies. Our goal is Tactica size armies, so sing your project progress will help inspire us to finish the project. Great stuff!
Great video Martin, My own Gauls were built for battle against the early Republican Roman legion that my friend has. We both bought the Victrix Roman legionaries at a 1:10 ratio, so one Maniple is two bases each of 6 figures, 12 figures in total (120 men actual). To match that with Gauls, I now have 24 warbands each of 6 bases, 24 to 30 figures each warband. Playing on a 12 to 16ft table at our club really allows for some great games.
Excellent video, very inspiring. Glad to see Warlord sent you these, not surprised though, you have to be the top content creator for the Warlord stable of ancients games, at least in 28mm. Not only do you produce a lot of content, your videos are also very high quality, well edited and very focussed. I've always had a love / hate relationship with the Romans. I really like the Imperial Roman figures (complete with totally ahistorical but cool Ridley Scott Praetorians in dark blue with black shields), I've just never been keen on their enemies, model wise, same with Caesar's legions to a degree. Early Republican have the most interesting range of enemies for me, Seleucid, Carthaginian etc and the Romans look NEARLY as good. I'd bet on the next Epic release being early Republican too, as the enemies I mentioned have a fighting / formation style that would suit the Epic strips better than Gallic Warbands IMO, which would look far too regimented and orderly in the usual 10 man strips. I really do wish Warlord would do the Epic stuff in 30mm strips though, it would make them far more flexible. That Gallic Wars book though looks excellent. I really hope they do a WOTR supplement of that standard in the near future.
I'm really pleased to be working with Warlord on the Gallic Wars, it’s a project i have wanted to work on for a while and it’s a good opportunity to showcase HC a little more. I would put money on the Punic Wars for an Epic release if just because tiny elephants would be great fun :)
I don't know what to say... :) First, thanks for the nice video, as always very inspiring and has a good length to watch. Second; I do have a lot of stuff from V1 (original starter set+other things) and have never finished painting them. Maybe you are to blame that I start another project (albeit not a really new one).....so, have to search für everything. :D
Good on you for removing the sheathed hilts. Word to the wise using the 40x40 bases provided for the Gauls; 3 guys per base or you will go completely mental trying to get them to line up. Get work and review of the new box set. I'd sub again if I weren't already. lol
I've just started the same journey but with Victrix models I had the warlord for the Gen1 starter box now changed it up. I'll be keeping tabs on your games once your there.
I'm a fan of big units and dense bases, but the Gauls look good on their base. It looks full and it fulfills some idea (admittedly taken from an alternate-history fiction novel) of how the Gaul's fighting style meant that, once the two lines met, the Gauls were always outnumbered because they needed room to swing their swords while the Romans were shoulder-to-shoulder.
Great unboxing and video once again Martin,ive already done way more of those celtic figures than i care to remember, so if i was to do this i think id just get the books and the caesarian roman units.
Both the Romans and Celts look fantastic, esopecially considering the speedy methods you came up with to paint them. Really good prioritisation of what to highlight etc. 👍. Superb photos of the troops in action, as always 😀
Very well put together video, thank you. I agree that it seems many wargamers have some sort of Roman force. I myself went with Republican romans (and Gauls) for Saga, though I look forward to seeing this project evolve.
As usual, brilliant work! Only thing where one sees that you rushed it a bit was on the bases. Your WotR and HC-Crusades Bases look a bit more nature like. But for 3h per unit this is a great result!
Thanks very much 😁👍 to be honest I felt the same, I have an idea to sort it, bit of dry brushing and some clumpy bits and the undergrowth should fill in 👍
@@7thson726 that was my idea as well. Only thing that doesn’t fit to the quality of the rest is the uniform earth color. Some light drybrushing should do the trick
Nice unboxing video, probably the best I've ever seen, having the results of assembling & painting the figures is probably the key. I've never been strongly drawn towards "Ancients", probably because of early experience at my club where a campaign of all the various nations & armies of the period saw the Romans beating all comers decisively. Plus the fact that cavalry was such a tertiary factor in the combat of the times. I mean, NO STIRRUPS, what else could you expect? You've done a terrific job with the Romans, especially the the arrangement of figures & the look of the shields, I like a lot of variation/ animation in all my units. regardless of the era. The Celts however are spectacular. What a joy they must've been to paint all that variation and TATOOS ! ! Hugs.
Great video, fantastic work on those units as well! I've always been really tempted to get into Hail Caesar but have been holding off and quietly hoping they do an Epic scale release 😅 The 28mm scale is definitely impressive looking though. Looking forward to your future battle reports!
Thank you 🙂 I think alot of people are doing the same, I would be surprised if it was Caesarian if they did it, my money would be on Hannibal, little elephants is just too tempting 😅
If you want to add Gaul's with more variation , look at the Victrix range , they blend in with the warlord really well, come in huge packs and size wise are perfect , I have used lots of them in my barbarian army, not so the Romans though , they don't blend in at all, they appear too big , I brought a single sprue from 2nd city games , to start with just to compare size , I was really impressed I have 17 warbands of 32 figures each , plus cavalry# mark
Looks great, just got this very box painted up myself 😃. I have just added a unit of Roman Cavalry and a Gaulish Cavalry unit, So leaders and few other units to bulk the forces out. Its definitely a flexible box set as you can use it to fight Gauls against Romans or combine and have a Roman force with Gaulish allies, maybe for some Roman Civil war battles? So if you need an opponent...…. 😄 Looking forward to see where this project leads you 👍
First of all nice work! 👍Very interesting to see that you manage to limit yourself regarding painting time / downgrade procedures compared to other projects. Once in a while I am thinking to do a project (e.g. like Zulu War) in such a way but I know myself that I will get stuck even in the early stages of building/painting... 😎 Keep up the good work!
Cheers buddy 👍 it's a bit of a change for sure, I have done another unit of Gauls and found it easier to not add additional highlights this time, I mean there is the odd one or two here and there but it certainly gets easier with each model 😅
Excellent stuff. Very tempted to join you in this project - but I'm just waiting to see whether Romans will be the next WG Epic release or not - that seems to have been the rumour coming from their Open Day earlier this year. However, I've heard other ideas since then. Always been a big fan of the Romans though, ever since I worked as an archaeologist for the British School at Rome way back in 1990 - spookily just after the Italia '90 World Cup. Definitely somewhere I'd recommend working with if you ever get the chance. 🙂
I was of the same mind but when I was discussing with WG I felt I couldn't pass this up as 28mm is still my go to scale. Mind you, if the next Epic release was Romans so long as it's early republic or imperial Rome then there's no reason not to do it 😅
I’m slightly sad I wasn’t fast enough to convince you to individually base these guys as I would loved to see some SPQR (or my preferred semi-skirmish game) Infamy! infamy! by Too Fat Lardies. As for Pulio and Verenus, i wouldn’t put them in a unit but keep them as individuals and have them either on Ceasar or Anthony command base or more fun keep them as individual markers representing their command re-rolls (removing one representing them sending one of their “god blessed” men into the field to fix something)
Fantastic 👏I am going to start this project early next year, just going to do Romans in Britannia, I know very little about this but always wonted to do it, Enjoyable video as always 👍🎲
It's a fascinating period, and to be honest so many of the armies are interchangeable among the Britons, Gauls etc you can certainly field a wide ranging force. Thanks for watching 👍😁
Thanks very much 😁, glad you enjoyed it. I checked beforehand, the pugio is on the other side, on the figures left as standard for Romans. It's just easier to produce figures with them in scabbard as means they can use the same body for both the Gladius box and the Pilum box 👍
Great, I am in the midst of building a late republic and a Celts(Gauls, germans, Belgae etc ) army. Each 3 Divisions 480 pts. For both, I use a mix ( 50/50 ) auf WLG Caesarean's / Gauls and Victrix Late republic , Gallic and germanic warriors as well as cavalry.
@@7thson726 But it works only with Late Republic from WLG. What also works are the Celts. Victrix / WLG fit well. Nevertheless, I don't mix them ( Celts) in a unit but put units from Victrix and WLG in a Division. Only Problem is with cavalry. The proportilns of the gallic cavalry of Victrix is clearly more "muscular" and the horses are horses while the celts Horses of WLG are rather ponies...which would be historically correct though...🤔
@@7thson726 You're welcome. Just finished assembly of two units Victrix Roman Cavalry. 1 Republican and one Early Empire. Since both were mainly Auxilia ( Gallic, Iberian, Numidian and Germans ) I built the republican with some leftover gallic helmets and plumes and mixed heads, cuirass and plumes of the republican cav with the early empire auxilia. This represents also the progressivly changing state of equipment of roman troops at the end of the republican ( Marian/Caesarean ) period to the imperial army under Octavian ( Augustus ). Like in modern armies, introduction of new equipment was phased of quite some time and some of the late repbulic armour and weaponry was still in use even by 200 a.D. So this period is quite interesting to the modeller in uns..hihi
Interesting video, thanks. I can't bring myself to follow you into this one, though. Caesar's Gallic Wars smack too much of genocide for me. I have less issues with Roman Civil Wars though, as that's Roman on Roman.
Thanks for watching. Totally understand, historicals are a broad church and not everything is going to be to everyone's tastes for a variety of reasons, thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
I've been building these armies on and off for several years now. I'm interested to see what you do with them. My Gauls are too crowded on their bases; like you say they just disappear if you base them at the same density as the Romans. I might have to rebase to something more like what you've done - I can get a few more units out of them that way too. In our games we find the Gauls have a hard time winning, although every once in a while things work out for them and the Romans get absolutely slaughtered. Gauls are an all or nothing army. I'm eager to see some game videos.
Nice one, thanks for the heads up, as you know I'm not afraid to tinker with rules and stats so if things aren't looking too good I may get the red pen out 🤔😅
Brilliant review thanks. I'm currently working on my own Gaul project for Hail Caesar so it's great to see your take, I think the number you've got in the warband looks great with those dynamic poses. What size bases are they on?
Hey 7th Son, first time commentor and fairly new to the channel. I am starting a War of the Roses army project soon. I was just wondering how many Perry Foot Knights would you include per base?
Hi there, welcome aboard, glad you enjoy the content 😁 if you're basing it for Hail Caesar then the number per base isn't really important, it's the base size that is. However I kept it between 5 - 7 generally depending on the poses and of there was anything I was trying to depict, hope that helps 👍🙂 feel free to shoot me any more questions and if I can help I will
@@7thson726 thanks for getting back to me! Yeah I think Hail Caesar will be the rule set I'm going to use. I only have the bases from the Perry box so far, they should be ok size wise? Mainly a Warhammer player so I'm used to unit sizes being a thing
@@Hawk-xo4uo no worries, I used the 60 x 40/45 ones, and just went for it, have fun, chuck a casualty on or something I enjoy is making the central base more full of minis and thinning them out to the sides. It free's you up to be more creative and also... Makes your minis go further 😉
@@7thson726 thank you so much for the advice! Really enjoy your content and we like pretty much the same periods of history. Definitely feel at home :)
Be interested to see how you get on with the roman cavalry as when I got a set I hated them found them fragile quite wobbly and just not very good compared to other companies the Celt ones though not to bad but would never get the warlord roman ones again
I’ll be honest, I barely comment on any videos but this has to be one of the most brilliant unboxings/reviews I’ve seen. I get to see the product and how it looks painted by someone better than decent, and not the studio pictures which never sell me on anything, I’ve been holding on not spending buy I might pick up one of the two forces myself even tho if it’s only just to paint, this looks insanely fun to paint. I wish to see more of your tutorials and videos like this, I often don’t have time to watch battle reports but I’ll check yours around this game
Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍 I really appreciate that, thank you. I decided that if I do unboxings it should be more than just a look at piles of grey plastic and I hope people like that. I have more updates planned and then I'll do a painting video on the Gauls and the Romans all leading to some battle reports 🙂
As someone whose miniature collection is majority Romans of all periods, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time!
Haha 😁 knew it would happen eventually 👍 thanks for watching
I remember you saying in an old video that you were hesitant to start because you knew how deep of a rabbit hole it would be. Sure turned out that way! @@7thson726
As the author, I have to thank you for your kind words about the book. So, thanks!
Hi there, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙂 I really enjoyed reading through the book, lots of inspiration, especially in the format of the scenarios, can't wait to get stuck into it 👍
Ahh. contrary to the EI Romans from WLG, the Caesarean's fit quite well with the Victrix late republic. So switching heads and Pilums work quite well
I was wondering about that
@@MrGunnar177 yes works well. For some reason, the WLG EIR are somewhat smaller then their late republic ancestors ( kind of true scale as the romans happen to be smaller guys ) . Funny enough, at least half of Casars forst 6 legions were raised in Spain ( Cordoba ). 2 by Pompey, the famous 10th. by Caesar himself when he was Pro-Konsul there. Victrix miniatures are in general a bit larger than most others, but proportions are OK. So switching heads between these and WLG Caesareans was no problem. There is, however, an issue with the shields : WLG Caesarean transfers ( actually only the lightnings) can be used for Victrix as well, but the LBM Decals for Victrix do not fit to WLG shields so easily. Main Problem areas are the edges and the shield bosses.
Excellent thanks for the heads up 👍😁
Those look really good, the speed for this result is remarkable, also a really good composition on the bases.
Thanks very much, I'm pleased with the result, a couple of things I want to nail down a little more, mostly with basing but I think the main process is sorted 😁👍
Absolutly love this idea! Caesars Gallic wars have been a point of interest for me for a while so I'd be super keen to see what you do with this in the future!
It's a fascinating period, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Wow this is an exciting new project Martin! As you say, who can resist the romans! (Though Im sure you could have dug some up!)
Haha I have dug up one or two, though mostly in Norfolk 😁 this is a great deal of fun to work on
Looks like a great box set which you could use for Infamy as well as Hail Caesar. Super video they look great painted and based 👍🏻
Thanks, I'm really enjoying working on the project 👍
Awesome! I'm working my way through a bunch of SPQR stuff.
Excellent, Gauls Vs Romans? 👍
@@7thson726 yup
looks a really cool project will be looking forward to see how you go with this and the battle reports
Thanks very much, got a plan and a goal so hopefully won't be to long before the games starts 😁
What an amazingly presented video I’m watching from my hospital bed thank you
Thank you l, I'm sorry to hear that, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. I hope you have a speedy recovery, all the best
Excellent paint job on these Romans (poor wounded guy!) and Gauls, and I do like your inspired bases, thumbs up!
Thanks so much buddy 👍
Warlord is pretty confident in their new box, and I believe that confidence is well founded. Thank you for the review and I am looking forward to future videos
Thank you for checking out the video 😁 glad you enjoyed it 👍
I find the good thing about this period is these Romans are very easy to speed paint , I also like those simpler shield transfers which seem more likely for a campaigning army .
Absolutely, the shields are really what draws the eye for the Romans 👍
Oh no not Romans as well my Boltaction stuff is just primed and ready to start painting with a load of AK paints to match each army ... seriously Martin thanks for reviewing and unboxing more good warlord box sets .
Thanks so much mate, glad you enjoyed it 😁
They are awesome. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos on this project
Thanks, next update will be in a couple of weeks when the next few units are done 👍
As always, an excellent video and review. I'm excited to see future videos and watch this project continue to develop.
Thanks very much mate, it's been a good start, hope to have another update next week 😁👍
I had 7 or 8 boxes of those Celts sitting on a shelf for years until Contrast Paints came along! They’re a joy to paint with them.
Absolutely agree 👍😁
An excellent gift from warlord games,such a great unboxing Martin
It's an awesome project to work on, glad you enjoyed it buddy 😁
These are awesome. I’m so glad your doing Roman’s. But please don’t forget the Anglo-Zulu wars.
Don't worry, that's still there, I have a command base to start for the British 👍
A Buddy and I are working on Raman Civil war armies. Our goal is Tactica size armies, so sing your project progress will help inspire us to finish the project. Great stuff!
Thanks very much, let me know how you get on 👍
Fantastic and very inspiring!
I think I´m gonna give Hail Caesar a try.
Awesome stuff 😁
Great looking models. look forward to seeing how the project progresses and always look forward to your battle reports. Well done.
Cheers mate, hopefully have some games early in the new year 👍
Just perfect review!
Thank you kindly 😁👍
Brilliant video, really showed the miniatures really well and great looking figures and bases when completed.
Thanks very much, I like to muck about with unit composition, see how I can change things a little 👍
Excellent! I'm doing the same but in 10mm
Ah nice, pendraken? 👍
Having the units round to the side, covering their flanks…. So cool
Thanks so much, I think it just makes the unit look more organic and dynamic 👍
Excellent as always Martin. Look forward to seeing the painting tutorials and of course the battle reports
Thanks, will be working on them soon 😁👍
Good to see this news project taking shape, including some tips about speedier painting techniques. Looking forward to seeing more!
Thanks buddy, really enjoying working on these 👍
Great video Martin,
My own Gauls were built for battle against the early Republican Roman legion that my friend has.
We both bought the Victrix Roman legionaries at a 1:10 ratio, so one Maniple is two bases each of 6 figures, 12 figures in total (120 men actual).
To match that with Gauls, I now have 24 warbands each of 6 bases, 24 to 30 figures each warband.
Playing on a 12 to 16ft table at our club really allows for some great games.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍 that sounds awesome, I can't quite fit a table that big.... Yet 😁
Inspirational- thankyou
You're welcome, thank for watching 😁👍
Excellent video, very inspiring. Glad to see Warlord sent you these, not surprised though, you have to be the top content creator for the Warlord stable of ancients games, at least in 28mm. Not only do you produce a lot of content, your videos are also very high quality, well edited and very focussed.
I've always had a love / hate relationship with the Romans. I really like the Imperial Roman figures (complete with totally ahistorical but cool Ridley Scott Praetorians in dark blue with black shields), I've just never been keen on their enemies, model wise, same with Caesar's legions to a degree. Early Republican have the most interesting range of enemies for me, Seleucid, Carthaginian etc and the Romans look NEARLY as good. I'd bet on the next Epic release being early Republican too, as the enemies I mentioned have a fighting / formation style that would suit the Epic strips better than Gallic Warbands IMO, which would look far too regimented and orderly in the usual 10 man strips. I really do wish Warlord would do the Epic stuff in 30mm strips though, it would make them far more flexible.
That Gallic Wars book though looks excellent. I really hope they do a WOTR supplement of that standard in the near future.
I'm really pleased to be working with Warlord on the Gallic Wars, it’s a project i have wanted to work on for a while and it’s a good opportunity to showcase HC a little more. I would put money on the Punic Wars for an Epic release if just because tiny elephants would be great fun :)
I don't know what to say... :) First, thanks for the nice video, as always very inspiring and has a good length to watch. Second; I do have a lot of stuff from V1 (original starter set+other things) and have never finished painting them. Maybe you are to blame that I start another project (albeit not a really new one).....so, have to search für everything. :D
Glad you enjoyed it :)
WOW!!! 3 hours per unit...I truly hope you are going to do painting videos on how you did them...Amazing job...great video...
Thanks very much, I do have a painting video in the works, just need to get a couple of things ironed out 👍😁
@@7thson726 awesome!!! You do great work...I'm extremely supportive of what you do...
Good on you for removing the sheathed hilts. Word to the wise using the 40x40 bases provided for the Gauls; 3 guys per base or you will go completely mental trying to get them to line up. Get work and review of the new box set. I'd sub again if I weren't already. lol
Haha cheers buddy, greatly appreciated, 😁👍
I've just started the same journey but with Victrix models I had the warlord for the Gen1 starter box now changed it up. I'll be keeping tabs on your games once your there.
Excellent stuff, should be another update next week hopefully 👍
nice video looking forward to seeing how you do and always nice to see someone else doing romans other than myself
Had to happen eventually 😁
I'm a fan of big units and dense bases, but the Gauls look good on their base. It looks full and it fulfills some idea (admittedly taken from an alternate-history fiction novel) of how the Gaul's fighting style meant that, once the two lines met, the Gauls were always outnumbered because they needed room to swing their swords while the Romans were shoulder-to-shoulder.
Thanks very much, I really enjoyed working on these, just in the middle of the second batch now 👍
Great video and fantastic paintjobs, especially considering the time you spent on it. Looking forward to future updates.
Thanks very much 👍😁
Nice one Martin! particularly like the Roman unit, love the shields!👍
Thanks buddy 🙂 I was really pleased with how they came out 👍
I thought about buying this but now, having seen the figures, I'll not bother. Thanks for the review.
No worries 👍
Awesome mate. Almost got my first Roman unit finished. Pompey will be marching to war very soon.
Thanks buddy, Caesar will be there as well, for better or worse 😅
Amazing job on them carnot white to see the finish lot 🤠🤠🤩🤩
Thanks so much 😁
Great painting Martin. Looking forward for some battles 😊
Thanks buddy, I can't wait 👍
Fantastic paint job mate👍 looking forward to the painting tutorial
Cheers, it's in the works 😁
excellent work! absolutely love them.
Thank you very much buddy, glad you like them 😁
Great unboxing and video once again Martin,ive already done way more of those celtic figures than i care to remember, so if i was to do this i think id just get the books and the caesarian roman units.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it 😁
Both the Romans and Celts look fantastic, esopecially considering the speedy methods you came up with to paint them. Really good prioritisation of what to highlight etc. 👍. Superb photos of the troops in action, as always 😀
Cheers buddy, getting there, over half the box done now 😁
Nice work mate very cool looking and awesome rundown of box set and why and how you based and painted excellent work
Thanks very much 👍😁
Looks cool 👍
Thanks,👍😁
Very well put together video, thank you.
I agree that it seems many wargamers have some sort of Roman force. I myself went with Republican romans (and Gauls) for Saga, though I look forward to seeing this project evolve.
Excellent choice. Hopefully have another update next week, thanks for checking the video 👍
As usual, brilliant work! Only thing where one sees that you rushed it a bit was on the bases. Your WotR and HC-Crusades Bases look a bit more nature like. But for 3h per unit this is a great result!
Thanks very much 😁👍 to be honest I felt the same, I have an idea to sort it, bit of dry brushing and some clumpy bits and the undergrowth should fill in 👍
@@7thson726 that was my idea as well. Only thing that doesn’t fit to the quality of the rest is the uniform earth color. Some light drybrushing should do the trick
@@Chrisbo123 I think the addition of some trampled in undergrowth will help as well, I'll crack out the weedy/flocky mix 😁👍
Nice unboxing video, probably the best I've ever seen, having the results of assembling & painting the figures is probably the key. I've never been strongly drawn towards "Ancients", probably because of early experience at my club where a campaign of all the various nations & armies of the period saw the Romans beating all comers decisively. Plus the fact that cavalry was such a tertiary factor in the combat of the times. I mean, NO STIRRUPS, what else could you expect? You've done a terrific job with the Romans, especially the the arrangement of figures & the look of the shields, I like a lot of variation/ animation in all my units. regardless of the era. The Celts however are spectacular. What a joy they must've been to paint all that variation and TATOOS ! ! Hugs.
I really appreciate that thanks very much 👍 to me interesting looking units trumps figure count and uniformity every time 🙂
Minis look very swish 😊
Thanks, really appreciate it 👍
Great review martin, i really like the completed unit especially the roman casualty. I have plans to do the roman civil war at some point
Thanks buddy 😁 that will be awesome, I have a feeling this will go that way
Yeeessss ancients!
😁 had to happen again sooner or later 👍
Great video, fantastic work on those units as well! I've always been really tempted to get into Hail Caesar but have been holding off and quietly hoping they do an Epic scale release 😅 The 28mm scale is definitely impressive looking though. Looking forward to your future battle reports!
Thank you 🙂 I think alot of people are doing the same, I would be surprised if it was Caesarian if they did it, my money would be on Hannibal, little elephants is just too tempting 😅
If you want to add Gaul's with more variation , look at the Victrix range , they blend in with the warlord really well, come in huge packs and size wise are perfect , I have used lots of them in my barbarian army, not so the Romans though , they don't blend in at all, they appear too big , I brought a single sprue from 2nd city games , to start with just to compare size , I was really impressed I have 17 warbands of 32 figures each , plus cavalry#
mark
I have some of the Victrix Gauls, I use them in RPGs, I dare say later on down the line I may mix in a few 👍
Looks great, just got this very box painted up myself 😃.
I have just added a unit of Roman Cavalry and a Gaulish Cavalry unit, So leaders and few other units to bulk the forces out.
Its definitely a flexible box set as you can use it to fight Gauls against Romans or combine and have a Roman force with Gaulish allies, maybe for some Roman Civil war battles?
So if you need an opponent...…. 😄
Looking forward to see where this project leads you 👍
Excellent stuff, that's essentially the plan here 👍 glad you like the video. Always up for a game, need more Gauls first 😅
First of all nice work! 👍Very interesting to see that you manage to limit yourself regarding painting time / downgrade procedures compared to other projects. Once in a while I am thinking to do a project (e.g. like Zulu War) in such a way but I know myself that I will get stuck even in the early stages of building/painting... 😎 Keep up the good work!
Cheers buddy 👍 it's a bit of a change for sure, I have done another unit of Gauls and found it easier to not add additional highlights this time, I mean there is the odd one or two here and there but it certainly gets easier with each model 😅
Excellent stuff. Very tempted to join you in this project - but I'm just waiting to see whether Romans will be the next WG Epic release or not - that seems to have been the rumour coming from their Open Day earlier this year. However, I've heard other ideas since then.
Always been a big fan of the Romans though, ever since I worked as an archaeologist for the British School at Rome way back in 1990 - spookily just after the Italia '90 World Cup. Definitely somewhere I'd recommend working with if you ever get the chance. 🙂
I've been doing the same, fingers crossed Hail Caesar is their next Epic scale release.
I was of the same mind but when I was discussing with WG I felt I couldn't pass this up as 28mm is still my go to scale. Mind you, if the next Epic release was Romans so long as it's early republic or imperial Rome then there's no reason not to do it 😅
Nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers 😁👍
I’m slightly sad I wasn’t fast enough to convince you to individually base these guys as I would loved to see some SPQR (or my preferred semi-skirmish game) Infamy! infamy! by Too Fat Lardies.
As for Pulio and Verenus, i wouldn’t put them in a unit but keep them as individuals and have them either on Ceasar or Anthony command base or more fun keep them as individual markers representing their command re-rolls (removing one representing them sending one of their “god blessed” men into the field to fix something)
Now that is an interesting idea 🤔 that's thrown me now haha, I like that, back to the planning 😅
Fantastic 👏I am going to start this project early next year, just going to do Romans in Britannia, I know very little about this but always wonted to do it, Enjoyable video as always 👍🎲
It's a fascinating period, and to be honest so many of the armies are interchangeable among the Britons, Gauls etc you can certainly field a wide ranging force. Thanks for watching 👍😁
Cool army. I have a Roman army as well, and I think the hilts in their sheaths are the pugio, not the gladius, so I don't remove them.
Thanks very much 😁, glad you enjoyed it. I checked beforehand, the pugio is on the other side, on the figures left as standard for Romans. It's just easier to produce figures with them in scabbard as means they can use the same body for both the Gladius box and the Pilum box 👍
Great, I am in the midst of building a late republic and a Celts(Gauls, germans, Belgae etc ) army. Each 3 Divisions 480 pts. For both, I use a mix ( 50/50 ) auf WLG Caesarean's / Gauls and Victrix Late republic , Gallic and germanic warriors as well as cavalry.
Fantastic, I have some Victrix somewhere, for the moment I'll be focusing on the warlord range but I may bulk things out later a bit 👍
@@7thson726 But it works only with Late Republic from WLG. What also works are the Celts. Victrix / WLG fit well. Nevertheless, I don't mix them ( Celts) in a unit but put units from Victrix and WLG in a Division. Only Problem is with cavalry. The proportilns of the gallic cavalry of Victrix is clearly more "muscular" and the horses are horses while the celts Horses of WLG are rather ponies...which would be historically correct though...🤔
@@7thson726 You're welcome. Just finished assembly of two units Victrix Roman Cavalry. 1 Republican and one Early Empire. Since both were mainly Auxilia ( Gallic, Iberian, Numidian and Germans ) I built the republican with some leftover gallic helmets and plumes and mixed heads, cuirass and plumes of the republican cav with the early empire auxilia. This represents also the progressivly changing state of equipment of roman troops at the end of the republican ( Marian/Caesarean ) period to the imperial army under Octavian ( Augustus ). Like in modern armies, introduction of new equipment was phased of quite some time and some of the late repbulic armour and weaponry was still in use even by 200 a.D. So this period is quite interesting to the modeller in uns..hihi
Interesting video, thanks. I can't bring myself to follow you into this one, though. Caesar's Gallic Wars smack too much of genocide for me. I have less issues with Roman Civil Wars though, as that's Roman on Roman.
Thanks for watching. Totally understand, historicals are a broad church and not everything is going to be to everyone's tastes for a variety of reasons, thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
I've been building these armies on and off for several years now. I'm interested to see what you do with them. My Gauls are too crowded on their bases; like you say they just disappear if you base them at the same density as the Romans. I might have to rebase to something more like what you've done - I can get a few more units out of them that way too.
In our games we find the Gauls have a hard time winning, although every once in a while things work out for them and the Romans get absolutely slaughtered. Gauls are an all or nothing army.
I'm eager to see some game videos.
Nice one, thanks for the heads up, as you know I'm not afraid to tinker with rules and stats so if things aren't looking too good I may get the red pen out 🤔😅
Brilliant review thanks. I'm currently working on my own Gaul project for Hail Caesar so it's great to see your take, I think the number you've got in the warband looks great with those dynamic poses. What size bases are they on?
Thanks very much, the bases are approximately 65 x 70mm, really pleased you enjoyed the video 👍
These look great sir... but where is the lorica segmenta like ' proper ' Romans lol
Haha they are in the wings waiting for their time 😅
@@7thson726 I was looking for Republican Romans today #iblamemartin
@@NSYresearch haha can't beat a bit of the republic 😁😉
This all seems way too organised :) Looking forward to watching your progress.
Haha you should see my desk, bits of Gail's everywhere 😅 thanks for tuning in 👍
The blue paint is moreso exlcusive for the tribes in Britain, not seen in France
Greatt video though!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂 these will be Britons as well at some point so at least they'll be covered 😁
Hey 7th Son, first time commentor and fairly new to the channel. I am starting a War of the Roses army project soon. I was just wondering how many Perry Foot Knights would you include per base?
Hi there, welcome aboard, glad you enjoy the content 😁 if you're basing it for Hail Caesar then the number per base isn't really important, it's the base size that is. However I kept it between 5 - 7 generally depending on the poses and of there was anything I was trying to depict, hope that helps 👍🙂 feel free to shoot me any more questions and if I can help I will
@@7thson726 thanks for getting back to me! Yeah I think Hail Caesar will be the rule set I'm going to use. I only have the bases from the Perry box so far, they should be ok size wise? Mainly a Warhammer player so I'm used to unit sizes being a thing
@@Hawk-xo4uo no worries, I used the 60 x 40/45 ones, and just went for it, have fun, chuck a casualty on or something I enjoy is making the central base more full of minis and thinning them out to the sides. It free's you up to be more creative and also... Makes your minis go further 😉
@@7thson726 thank you so much for the advice! Really enjoy your content and we like pretty much the same periods of history. Definitely feel at home :)
@@Hawk-xo4uo awesome to hear 👍😁
Be interested to see how you get on with the roman cavalry as when I got a set I hated them found them fragile quite wobbly and just not very good compared to other companies the Celt ones though not to bad but would never get the warlord roman ones again
I have those lined up for after Xmas, hopefully I'll get on with them but cheers for the heads up 👍🙂