How to Paint: Imperial Roman Legionary.

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In this fun little tutorial we show you how to approach painting an Imperial Roman Legionary. There are many companies that make historical miniatures but the one we used was from Victrix Limited. If you have ever thought of getting into Historical or Ancients war gaming then these are a pretty good shout.
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Paints used:
Zandri Dust Spray
Matt White Spray AP (optional)
Plate Mail Metal AP
Dragon Red AP
Balthazar Gold
Doombull Brown
Rhinox Hide
Rakarth Flesh
Dark Tone AP
Bugman's Glow
Reikland Fleshtone
Cadian Fleshtone
Kislev Flesh
Pure Red AP
Shining Silver AP
Sycorax Bronze
Skrag Brown
Pallid Wych Flesh
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@Cairanmac1 4 жыл бұрын

"And remember this above all: our Roman gods are watching. Make sure they are not ashamed!"

@turband1 4 жыл бұрын

*Sigh* Off I go to reinstall the damn game...

@hairycabbage5716 2 жыл бұрын

@@turband1 yes

@christopherpeery7436 4 жыл бұрын

10:22 he said it! He said the thing!

@Spartan045G 3 жыл бұрын

HALLELUJAH!

@TheTaffy2499 3 жыл бұрын

PRAISE BE!!!

@Bruno-rt 3 жыл бұрын

What? What he said?

@Nostro233 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bruno-rt two thin coats!

@5ryans 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Caesar was still conquering Gaul!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Nice 😂

@censorduck 4 жыл бұрын

I just hope I'm not too late to save Aurelian

@locarno24 4 жыл бұрын

"The Romans divided Gaul into three parts....using a pair of Caesars." Ah, Horrible Histories.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

@@locarno24 Nice 😂😂😂

@Orangecrowbarman 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you painting such a wide range of models, it's a great way to see and try other color schemes that I might not have usually thought of. Ever consider painting battletech or gunpla? Might be an interesting challenge

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmm...that could be intersting.

@terreausore2435 4 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Pretty sure you'd love G Gundam, one of the serie that made Gundam widely known in the US, with exuberant and whacky mechs fighting in a quasi-martial art championship.

@justdoobit5263 4 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA considering I was into building gunpla before finding warhammer and miniature painting I'd love to see you paint a gundpla even if it was a one time thing

@locarno24 4 жыл бұрын

I think it'd be awesome. The higher-end paintings and conversions at Gundam Base in Tokyo are the one place I've ever felt really competed with the galleries at Warhammer World. ("Perseus and Medusa" really stuck with me - i.redd.it/d4wa3v1k5ke11.jpg) Plus, you know; giant stompy space robots.

@locarno24 4 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA I think it'd be awesome. The higher-end paintings and conversions at Gundam Base in Tokyo are the one place I've ever felt really competed with the galleries at Warhammer World. ("Perseus and Medusa" really stuck with me - i.redd.it/d4wa3v1k5ke11.jpg) Plus, you know; giant stompy space robots that are kind of a samurai analogue to Imperial Knights.

@matthewhogg5861 4 жыл бұрын

Victrix have many top quality plastic historical armies, Rome, Hoplite, Alexander, Napoleon, Viking and their enemies. Check em out!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

They sure do 😊

@AlexJohnson-su6lp 4 жыл бұрын

They're also cheap and come with a ton of models

@wolfehoffmann2697 4 жыл бұрын

I'm working on some of their Vikings to throw on ebay. Wonderful models.

@honda1st1 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the gaul chariots with the druids? Absolutely beautiful

@jr44dc Жыл бұрын

@@wolfehoffmann2697 do you do commissions?!

@kaijindono 4 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that even someone as skilled as Duncan still sometimes gets paint where it's not supposed to be. As someone who has terrible trouble painting "inside the lines" (and gets very frustrated about it), this gives me hope.

@ScreamingTc 3 жыл бұрын

It's far more common than you'd suppose. The trick is, and I hate to steal Duncan's words, you need to "Neaten up around the lines" whenever you make a mistake or move onto a different colour. I am clunky as hell with my fine motor coordination, but I brought up some spare Adeptus Titanicus armour plating off of ebay and just kept practising on them until I was happy.

@lordseptomus441 4 жыл бұрын

I've never used anything except gw models, but I watched this because Duncan is amazing.

@locarno24 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who started through GW, when you go look at companies like Warlord and Victrix it's surprising both how good they are and how much you get for your money...

@ScreamingTc 3 жыл бұрын

@@locarno24 I was pleasantly surprised at how much you got your money with Warlord.

@warrencann3824 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! I have a few boxes of these winging their way across ocean as we speak! These videos are so clear and helpful.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Warren, glad you enjoy them.

@MizantropMan 3 жыл бұрын

After years of reading Horus Heresy books, "Imperial Legionary" means something slightly different in my head.

@simcityman81 4 жыл бұрын

Duncan, you have taught me so well these last few years, I knew the exact paints and methods you were going to use. You are a master painter.

@kendo5862 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a fantastic teacher - these are great tutorials. Think I spend more time watching painting than actually painting... it’s more enjoyable and the results don’t end up crap!!

@bryal7811 4 жыл бұрын

Love the showing of army painter paints. It has one of the best sets of paints out there and I'd say a fair share of people own it. It's great not having to look up a chart and "see what's close" just because I don't own some of the other brands of paints.

@fellipemartins4730 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning and so fast, I'm ordering some Victrix legionaries myself now!

@29salonica 4 жыл бұрын

The shield transfers are far superior than the ones GW has.

@CDMJDMHHC 3 жыл бұрын

and almost all transfers in the whole industry

@finnianjoyce-velez8079 3 жыл бұрын

The games Workshop ones are free, usually thrown in boxes or upgrade sets. Lbms can be expensive. One sheet like he shows is $4 which may not sound like much but keep in mind odds are you’ll need 10-15 sheets at a minimum for an army

@catosicarius6395 3 жыл бұрын

Its a lie.

@CDMJDMHHC 3 жыл бұрын

@@finnianjoyce-velez8079 I think to cost of every transfer you get from G W is in the cost of the models you plus some....

@tando6266 3 жыл бұрын

Blasphemy, you may only use GW for everything, and only contrast paints, that includes decals. You didn't know contrast is faster then decals with a better look, well now you do!

@MrLlamatastic 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'll definitely be coming back to re-watch the bit with the shield transfer

@KuganeGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Duncan! Really nice seeing some Roman troops painted up! :) Wish there were an army with similar aesthetics in warhammer.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. That's where converting some AoS Freeguild could be fun 😊

@KuganeGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord Indeed, sadly they hardly update those product lines. The new idoneth are a bit close, though.

@warpaintjj 2 жыл бұрын

I've watched this so many times as my time to paint this army approaches... Many thanks, keep it up Sir!

@ivan_says_hi 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my God he's back! How did youtube JUST NOW recommend this channel to me? I love you Duncan! So glad you're still around!

@johnmascardo7047 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! I've needed a good reference guide for ages.

@florian847 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man just what I needed!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@ratelmike8825 4 жыл бұрын

Having just started in Infamy infamy this video is well timed many thanks Duncan. Absolutely brilliant

@lashleynationallibrary5695 3 жыл бұрын

My God, that transfer. That's so awesome. Makes me wanna get this mini just so I can use those transfers

@OntheTableGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great tutorial. Those transfers are amazing.

@toadpope2522 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that transfer sheet turned out awesome! Great tutorial as always

@johnkelley9877 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great tutorial! I am glad to see you painted a Roman soldier and the decal for the shield is really a unique application method. I learned a lot and I enjoyed watching this a great deal. Thanks for sharing this Duncan.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching John and yes, those decals are amazing.

@stevepickering5978 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning painting again Stunning

@Sakellkon 4 жыл бұрын

Another great videos sir! Really appreciate your job!

@thegasmask8736 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Duncan

@TheTaffy2499 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing us how easy those transfers are! Completely different to anything else I’ve use which was really confusing me but you’ve made it so easy! 😁

@lumomagus 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that transfer style is so good!!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

It's really good isn't it. Imagine a whole army like that on the table top!

@jackdeily8615 3 жыл бұрын

Those Victrix minis are fantastic, I am painting my box of Spartans with Greek shield decals at the moment. This guy turned out fantastic!

@wickysoldier 2 жыл бұрын

Transfer was on..... "and now we are going to highlight the model" wow top quality attention to detail. Model looks amazing with that shield

@PaulP580 3 жыл бұрын

Duncan as usual, your “How to Videos” are just brilliant 👍 The way you list the paints/ colours is really helpful too. Thanks for posting, I’ll use this one for my EIR Legionnaires

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

No worries, glad it was helpful

@drwatkins68 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Duncan

@mattygee37 4 жыл бұрын

Nice I've just painted about 60 Roman legionaries from victrix they were an absolute joy to paint and look grand ranked up .

@henrythorne9853 4 жыл бұрын

Yay more uploads

@michaelrichardson5443 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos guys and the inspiration I needed to get mine painted.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael. They are great fun paint and that transfer just makes it 😊

@michaelrichardson5443 4 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA It does and seems alot easier then the typical transfers

@Crappy-1441 4 жыл бұрын

Ave Imperator, Those who would die salute you

@damuses1452 4 жыл бұрын

Splendid. Merci.

@simurghthepersian7220 2 жыл бұрын

I never thought i ever see duncan use army painter paints

@MiszAgrippa 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, love that! I was just thinking about some Roman troops to collect!

@orthoff123 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect!

@Dancan799 3 жыл бұрын

How did I never hear that he had made his own channel! Instant subscribe and time to watch everything

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Thank Dancan799. We also have a website (duncanrhodes.com) with more video's too.

@terreausore2435 4 жыл бұрын

I must admit I died a bit in the inside when I saw you apply that decal "on the wrong side". I've never seen such decals (apply backward then transfer), they look marvelous.

@breadpirateoverhere 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great miniature!

@castellancreed4106 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job !

@EhreIstVerloren 4 жыл бұрын

That transfer 👌

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome isn't it?

@remeythecat1502 4 жыл бұрын

Victrix Victrix Victrix! They do some awesome stuff. Seen the auxiliaries?

@kossy7863 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, Awesome 👍🏻😍

@angelusm01 4 жыл бұрын

Love it!.. tnkz so much!

@MorrowindES17 10 ай бұрын

I was just looking for tutorial on painting roman legion I will buy some victrix models many thanks on the guide.

@loupiscanis9449 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you DRPA.

@ocydraws1274 4 жыл бұрын

I've just got some napoleonic British line infantry and 95th rifles chosen men so I'd love to see a tutorial on how to paint them.

@tracygrove3484 4 жыл бұрын

He's got a tutorial on his website for an 1815 Napoleonic British Infantryman. Just adjust for any slight uniform changes for the year you are collecting. www.duncanrhodes.com/video-list/

@finnianjoyce-velez8079 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing how to apply lbms transfers. I’ve been painting up 3rd century crisis romans, doing the transfers at the end. I would have definitely would have tried to apply them like normal decals on accident

@brangorn 4 жыл бұрын

All my early imperial roman army is from Warlord Games but i find this miniatures from victrix have many more détails ! Impressive tutorial, i love it ! You will make more tutorials for Star Wars legion ? Miniature like Iden Versio ? because black armor is very difficult to paint and it will be great to have tips from you to success and having a beautiful rendering on my lightening

@helikontex2467 4 жыл бұрын

Duncan you look alot healthier since leaving gw, probably not a coincidence but it's good to see

@mekskraptrakkz5718 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa had a reproduction set of this armor in his library. I've tried it on before and let me tell you, that scarf is a game changer.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

I bet it was lol

@alejandrotabilo1988 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial !!! Roma Victrix!!

@TamaHAHA 4 жыл бұрын

I have a whole army of these exact figures and transfers lying in my pile of shame, maybe this will motivate me to start them! But probably not.

@bradleycoles9018 4 жыл бұрын

haha classic wargamer (as i look at my pile of shame)

@daleicious1528 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll be happy to do them for you. I get more experience, you get painted models, win-win.

@rengerkaterberg6838 4 жыл бұрын

The choice for the Victrix range gave it the like.

@dahSweep 4 жыл бұрын

That transfer is really cool! I wonder if those can be used for a homebrew roman inspired Space Marine chapter... hmmmmmmm..

@markcollins1058 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@vizorix 4 жыл бұрын

You should paint Freeguild/Empire miniatures. I really love those minis. Great channel Btw.

@PlasticComplex 4 жыл бұрын

Victrix make the good stuff.

@simcityman81 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought like 120 romans, this is perfect timing.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. If you can, get the decals too, they just complete the miniatures so well.

@Fpsdood 4 жыл бұрын

Samurai next!

@tando6266 3 жыл бұрын

You could also use some decal softener and you don't need to repaint then.

@ReconRookie 4 жыл бұрын

Alright, that's it. After showing off those Greek hoplites the other day, and alerting everyone to these beautiful Romans, I'm gonna be doing some conversions. Let's see how well these math with guardsmen

@NMahon 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Duncan I was wondering what you would do to make a kind of dirty and worn red? Like the legionnaires have been on march for a long time. The only weathering I've done is metal I've not done cloth weathering before.

@lepszykomentator3757 4 жыл бұрын

How about pigments?

@andrewamann2821 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not Duncan, obviously, but I've gotten some good results using red, purple, and brown washes for shading, and warm off-white to light brown for highlights, personally.

@NMahon 4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewamann2821 yeah that sounds like it could work, I guess fading from a red to a brown would give a weathered impression.

@NMahon 4 жыл бұрын

@@lepszykomentator3757 that's a good suggestion to actually physically dirty it up, could work on their boots and skin and in spots around the cloth

@lepszykomentator3757 4 жыл бұрын

@@NMahon indeed, remember that legiones were marching long distances before the battle. Sometimes that lead to their loss.

@Arachn4 4 жыл бұрын

The timing is perfect. Lots of fans of #InfamyInfamy by #TooFatLardies are rejoicing! Thanks @Duncan!

@super_sonic8976 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video duncan! Loving the tutorials, are you likely to paint any drop zone or dropfleet stuff?

@callumjohnston2072 3 жыл бұрын

Thinking about doing an army of roman's thanks to this video

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! They are fun to paint.

@2Mini2Fun 4 жыл бұрын

Love Romans!!!!!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Us too!

@valentinfejes 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video, as always! (Y) How about gladiators or a war elephant (or both? :D ) next time?

@theobessiris9681 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you do more historical miniatures because all painters on you tube do fantasy or sci fi figures.

@asultan7049 4 жыл бұрын

"These Romans are crazy"

@November57 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@brettmeyer6085 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see come sons of hours

@erho2967 4 жыл бұрын

Just found the channel! Eat it GW

@plaidpvcpipe3792 3 жыл бұрын

3:34 Just for those who don’t know, white, red, yellow, and blue were colors available to common soldiers.

@ushmyster2000 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as usual, however i have 300 to paint!!!! this will take sometime

@bobbybee9981 4 жыл бұрын

Will you be doing any indomitus themed tutorials?? Would be really appreciated if you could!

@SaintOLlama 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, Duncan. Love the video, and I love that you're using so many different paints. I'm curious what kind of glue did you use to put the shield on? Just superglue?

@benemorth 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video and outstanding legionary. Im a fan of your work. Could you paint a Celtic warrior? Or a ancient German or Breton. It also would be nice to have a equivalency chart for the paints from different brands (whenever possible). For example, what's the Citadel equivalence to Army Painter Pure Red?

@jpavlvs 3 жыл бұрын

Suppose he's wearing a old faded tunic? Suppose the Romans browned their lorica segmentata to protect it from rust. Like the brown Bess musket?

@sirrathersplendid4825 3 жыл бұрын

Some kind of surface treatment does seem likely. In the 16th century at least three techniques were known - russeting, blueing and blackening. Not sure which were available or widely used in Roman times.

@sirrathersplendid4825 3 жыл бұрын

Just checked my books. The recent study of “Roman Imperial Armour” by Sim and Kaminski (2012), p.68-69 suggests it was probably not blued or blackened but rather polished. On the few contemporary images that survive it is generally painted in white or silver, which would hint at polished bare metal.

@patricpeters9716 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely painting guide, gonna use this for my Romans for Infamy, Infamy! from Too Fat Lardies. Any chance for a Napoleonic French tutorial, I've seen photos of you at reenactments in French gear.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

We have both a full tutorial for British and French Napoleonic era miniatures on our website (duncanrhodes.com) 😊

@gastounitv4533 4 жыл бұрын

awesome videos! plz try to do some middle-earth tutorials!

@diagorasofmelos4345 4 жыл бұрын

ROMAN STEEL, THAT'S THE ANSWER. ROMAN STEEL--IN A BRUTII FIST.

@flaviusjulius5 3 жыл бұрын

Get out of here you Brutii tyrant! I thought I’d beaten you when I was elected Consul for the 3rd time. This war against the Gauls won't last long, and when it's done, I've got plans. The people love me, and your Senate has no power when I march into their hall with an army with the people of Rome at my back! This is all about power, power in Rome. Power for the Julii, power for the people. Going down that road means dealing with all my rivals: the Senate, the Greeks, those Carthaginian elephant-riders, the Scipii and the Brutii families too. After all, the man who controls Rome rules the world...and one day, I will be Emperor.

@adenmelton8264 4 жыл бұрын

Can u please do a black powder napoleonic painting tutorial

@robertpowell7616 4 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed any comparability issues when applying either Army painter line or Citadel before or after one another Duncan? If so any reccommendations to ease the process?

@markbauby7442 4 жыл бұрын

God damn thanks for doing this...all of the panting guides I can find for Romans are years old with really bad video quality or theyre an old Warlord article and I dont like how it looks

@michaelcaricoo 4 жыл бұрын

I really hope Warlord Games gets more business, they seem like a good group of folks and produce a bunch of cool stuff

@bradleycoles9018 4 жыл бұрын

but this figure is Victrix...

@michaelcaricoo 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradleycoles9018 But the game is from warlord

@bradleycoles9018 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcaricoo sorry must of missed the game u r referring to

@AnonymousCuIIen 3 жыл бұрын

I really like these videos, Duncan. When gluing the shield to the soldier, did you use plastic or super glue? I was interested to know if the paint layers already on each part interfered with the glue bond.

@consecrated2718 4 жыл бұрын

Roman Empire is my favorite faction inspired by the Imperium

@Bluewater1976 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderfull work! Quick questiom, ist that Andúril behind you in the opening shot?

@arthurlarousse838 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do some dynastic painting guides for necrons (warhammer models) becuase i cant find some cool ones or some different ones for the main dynasty

@JosephLeeEun 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, weren't you in warhammer tv? Used to watch so many of their old videos with you on them! Subbed!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA 3 жыл бұрын

Yes we were and welcome Hanseong. We have now gone independent with our own website (duncanrhodes.com) and channel. Hope you enjoy it 😊

@1234kalmar 4 жыл бұрын

I've gotta ask: Do you guys make a new take when you make a mistake? The other option is you really being an absolute god of painting. Both seem plausible tho, I just wonder.

@tyrian_baal 3 жыл бұрын

OMG YES VICTRIX will you ever paint civil war miniatures from Perry

@giovannizotti8549 2 жыл бұрын

@Duncan Rhodes: After a year from the publication of this video I ask you: have you completed the painting on other Roman miniatures to complete some units?