1/18 Roman Testudo

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:07 pm

here is some eye candy for you guy's

http://community.webshots.com/album/423829831UyFMjA

tomd

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:15 pm

Ahh! Just like the testudo relief on Trajan's Column in Rome! Excelent work!

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:18 pm

Tomd,
Again mate superb Romans

Love the turtle formation you have done

That`s a fair number of Roman legionaires you have there too

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:33 pm

That's great! Must have cost a fair bit to make, all those Papo figures plus other figures. Lots of work too. Looks very cool.

Great job

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:57 pm

Nice job.
Todd

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:08 pm

Thanks Guys for the comments

I used 18 papo romans and 18 GI Joe spytroops figure Nunchuck. I took the papo heads and shields and the GI joe bodies.

this is my hobby and my art. expensive? what isn't..

tomd

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:21 pm

did you graft any of the papo roman armour onto the nunchuk figures or was the regular nunchuk figure used with just the papo head and sheild?

..and i know what you mean. If done some pretty pricey projects too, for my art/hobby.

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:28 am

I cut the armor off and made 4 figures a while ago, its a great deal of work,, cutting, grinding, sanding...most are just heads on nunchuck.

I have some old pics on webshots album name romans.

I have lots of now headless roman bodies, if I can find a easier way to use the armor I will make more. I think if I had a small bandsaw, like from micromark tools I could cut the armor off. For now I am going to move on to something else

tomd

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:19 pm

Nice work!
really cool ideas as usual!
keep up the great work!

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:41 pm

Here's an interesting message board thread on Testudos, their use and effectiveness etc. Some links with pics of reenactors in testudo formation. Cool stuff.

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?s=1 ... =14&t=1324

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:26 am

Hey Ferg,
Nice site mate thank`s for the ref material

Tomd,
As another source for Roamn,have you tried using parts from the deadite Roman (Ash Army of Darkness range from Mcfarlane).
The armour can actually be prised off so you can then with some care & skill put onto another figure.

Just another option mate for more Romans

I myself have only a few:- 2 chariots,4 legionaires,Centurian & a Tribune.

Still I did them when I first saw your`s.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

dzirhan · Post by **dzirhan** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:41 am

Wow, great stuff, any pics of the legionnaires by themselves? BTW a little OT here but I've been pretty hooked by Simon Scarrow's 'Eagle' fiction series of two Roman legionnaires. You can check out his page and more info on the books at the link below, pretty good reading IMO;

http://www.scarrow.fsnet.co.uk/new%20wr ... 20page.htm

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:11 am

here are some pic's I did about 8 months ago of the custom romans in action...t

http://community.webshots.com/album/212877574FfGJXP

the main reason I did all the cutting/pasting was to get articulated roman figures..papo romans only come in 3 poses.

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:30 am

yep those are the one`s that showed me

A,Papo has a great range & worth considering

B,Historical is now achievable without having to make all the armour yourself

Again Thank`s for showing these again Tom & also for inflicting more directions for the hobby to go into.....LOL

Ja
Steel Bonnet

dzirhan · Post by **dzirhan** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:44 am

Thanks for the pictures, those are really great stuff. Are the horses also by papo or from other lines? Any place with pics of Papo stuff online?

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:04 am

Hi Dzirhan,

Well mate try this link to the range of papo

http://www.papo-france.com/uk/

Also

http://www.ouraytoys.com/display.php?cat=281

&

http://www.woolgarstoys.co.uk/shop/page ... ights.html

&

http://www.platform8.com/acatalog/Onlin ... res_1.html

Have some of the Medieval stuff for future customs & there just as nice as the Roman stuff

Horses in Tomd`s photos are indeed Papo too

Hope this helps mate

Ja
Steel Bonnet

SuRrEaLNJ · Post by **SuRrEaLNJ** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:06 pm

tderespino, that formation looks really sweet

heres a question for ya, what did you do with all the left over fireflys and crosshairs?

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:28 pm

I used all the crosshair's for custom modern figures, there were no firefly's.. I bought just the two-packs with the crosshairs.

OnWu · Post by **OnWu** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:33 pm

Excellent work TD!

markecho · Post by **markecho** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:14 pm

as always - awesome stuff!!!

roman articulated 1:18! what a dream!
very cool you have the talent AND patience to make these. I enjoyed your first set of pics and these are great too!

(off 1:18 topic)
if you want to REALLY drain your bank account, Ignite is doing a 1:6 Legionnaire out in about a month or so...
http://www.igniteco.com/ignite/

again, love those romans tomd!

kenhil2 · Post by **kenhil2** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:47 pm

stuff looks great as always tom

tderespino · Post by **tderespino** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:18 pm

thank's again to all for the nice comments,, I wanted to do the Roman Turtle for a long time,,I had to glue the feet down on the outside figures, I kept having the domino effect as I added the last few shields. I always use amaizing goop for my stuff because it never gets fully hard and it is easily removed to go onto the next display...

I am so happy that I found a place to post my stuff where there are no Snobby Artsy fartsy types who think everything has to have a museum quality paint job...

Many thanks to all those old time Ground-Pounder's for keeping this forum alive...tom

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1/18 Roman Testudo

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