Gladiators Ready!

Those who are about to die...

I have finally finished the six Wargames Foundry gladiators I bought at Salute. I have eleven now, including the five Crusader Miniatures ones I painted for Lead Painters League earlier in the year. 

I love painting these guys. They are an absolute pleasure to paint- no fiddly Napoleonic uniforms and no tiny belt pouches.

The next step will be to buy Jugular and try out a few games with them. if it is any good I might try and introduce it to my wargaming club. 

Nubian Retarius, Gaul Hoplomach, Thracian

Nubian Hoplomachus, Spanish Laqucarius and  Samnite

And these are the five I painted for the LPL earlier in the year. They are from Crusader Miniatures.

Two Murmillio, Maxamus the Provocatores, Murmillio and a Crupellarius

Gladiators

This weeks Lead Painters League round was a themed round, and the theme was Ancients...now I might enjoy a bit of historical, but Ancients is one area of historic wargaming that just leaves me cold. Having no desire to start another project I began casting around for something to paint in the theme, and I stumbled upon these by Crusader Miniatures...job done.

This is a happy coincidence, as Studio Tomahawks, the guys who brought us Muskets and Tomahawks and SAGA, have just began promoting their forthcoming new game called Jugular, in which each player takes on the role of a gladiator school owner, sending his slaves to compete in the games. Think Football manager meets Spartacus.