Martian Free Humans Test Models
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For my Free Martians, I turned to plastic ancient ranges. I purchased four boxed sets from Warlord Games' Hail Caesar range: Roman Early Imperial Legionaries, Roman Praetorian Guards, Macedonian Royal Guards, and Roman Early Imperial Scorpions.
I mixed the parts from each range: the Macedonian bodies got Legionnaire Shields; the Praetorians got Macedonian shields, and the Legionnaires got Praetorian shields.
To add a sci-fi element, I cut the Macedonian pikes down and added some translucent beads from Michael's. (Want to feel less than manly? Go to Michael' s and buy beads.)
I cut the pila (throwing spears) from the romans to make ray-guns for my Venatores. The swordsmen Scutatores needed some bits from the bits box to make up extra weapons -- in this case, some sabres from Napoleonic cavalry.
The Scorpion needed a few crystals, and I cut off the bow arms.
I painted the models in bright colors with no regard history. I made each type a different color, so players can easily distinguish them: the Lanceatores green, the Scutatores blue, the Venatores purple.
I was very pleased with the quality of the models and sculpts, except for the metal heads that came with the Macedonians. (The winged helmets just didn't do it for me. I really liked the shields tho.)
Here you can see my first four models. The crystals cannot be sealed without becoming cloudy, so I painted only a few proof of concept models first. Soon I will return to the rest of them. With three boxes, that makes about 20 figures of each type.
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