Continuing the catchup...
I missed a week last week, but caught up on some painting during my Uni's Winter Break. My first post is of Saint Germanus of Auxerre which I am attempting to claim under the Famous Person Category. There's a bit of ambiguity in the title here, with the Map indicating a Statue and the Library Catalogue just indicating a Famous Person. However, Big Lee got his painted Patton under this category on the weekend, so I will use this and the ambiguity to claim my points. Also I happened to know that my minion is an archeologist whose speciality is Rome and I'm hoping for brownie points!
Who is Saint Germanus you ask and why is he famous? He is a Bishop from Roman Gaul who came to Britain c 429 CE to defeat the Picts and Saxons at the Alleluia Battle, where the barbarians were so put of may the vocal chants of the Romano British that they figured that they were badly outnumbered and buggered off. You can read his Bio here. Germanus is one if the few named leaders from 5th century Britain whose existence can actually be verified since most of the names (Vortigern, Arthur, etc) seem pretty mythical.
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The figures are from the Victrix Late Roman Armoured Cavalry kit, which is excellent. I didn't have a cross so swapped in a Chi-Rho vexillum for Germanus to wave. I never liked the jumping jack hold two weapons up pose, so gave him the shield carried by the infantry man in the foreground. His body guard is a Roman Cavalry officer, who gets a proper helmet instead of his
Germanus' visit(s) to Britain came after the "withdrawal of the legions" in 407CE, but what happened afterword is very cloudy. I plan on using him as a standard bearer or general for my Late Roman Defenders of Britain.
Points wise that 2 28mm cavalrymen @10 points =20 plus 20 for the Famous Person bonus for a total of 40 points. I will claim the figure points under the legions Side Duel.
Very nice work indeed, Peter. There's a load of detail on those two riders, not including the shields and banner you've painted, and you've done a really colourful job on all of it. Definitely a base that will draw the opponent's eye (and perhaps arrows) on the tabletop.
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