I just found this cool site, HeroForge, that lets you design your own minis! I designed Liz right away. More to come because this is pretty neat!
Some other of my better creations:
Zev (to go with Liz, obviously)
Gullac
Rana
Jen
Flairé
And a vague impression of Petrus
I’ve also done figures for Kenshin, Hrulash, and Ceniro, but they’re not very good so you don’t get to see them. : P
Also a baby bunny!
Petrus Cato and Jesse Aelius, the Centurion and Optio of the III/III Dragonriders of Quintus, chilling out in camp after laying their weapons aside but not yet their armour.
Did some research for this, which is why their sandals look fantastic, but Petrus’s armour is basically straight-up fantasy armour. I might redesign it in future to be a little closer to reality. He might have one of those one-piece frontplates, even though I think they’re stupid and preclude being able to bend over. Thari suggests it would be more practical in leather, but then Petrus can’t have it gold-plated because he’s a rich brat. : P Even if I do give him a one-plate, it won’t be one of those stupid muscle-armours and it DEFINITELY won’t have nipples. : P Seriously, why did they put nipples on their armour? It’s disturbing. o.O
Anyway, Jesse is an archer, that’s why he has a thing on his arm. I also gave them a couple scars, just because.
Resources!
Pose for Petrus
Pose for Jesse
Face for Petrus and other image search results for Julius Caesar : P
Face for Jesse: some guy I know named Jesse >.>
Various image searches for roman armour
How to put on regular legionary armour
Soundtrack (mostly for Jesse)
lulz
Hrulash and Petrus, wearing the same armour (though Hrulash updated it) and wielding the same spear, with their dragon partners Stormback Maruldarn and Garekhen.
Spiritual brothers across time…
Final lance design! And shirtless 24-year-old Petrus Cato. Mmmhmmm. :3
(rough armour design in the bottom left corner)
Young Petrus with his superlance; not final design for either lance or armour.
Marcus Cato, Hrulash Cato, Elisia Cato (nee Delphinus), Petrus Cato. Father, son, mother, grandfather.
Notes on armour:
The breastplate is probably in several pieces so, you know, he can bend over (Lavi: BEND OVER!) rather than the solid piece it appears to be here.
The belt with the leather hip armour skirt hooks directly onto the bottom of the breastplate. Underneath he’s wearing a black wool short-sleeved/short-legged bodysuit thing.
The pauldrons are more European than Roman, but I think it’s excusable since Romans didn’t fly on dragons. The cloak hooks on to the pauldrons but is long enough to be unhooked, wrapped around to completely cover him, and be pinned closed in front for warmth.
The lance has a ridiculously large head so that even when diving at high speeds, he’ll hit SOMETHING. The shield is oval-shaped, and has a strap that can be hooked on so he can sling it over his back. In fact, it’s really only used when fighting on foot.
The fore-arm and shin armour is quite sturdy, as they’re taught to block attacks with those parts of their limbs (no idea how realistic/useful that is irl).
Not pictured: helmet.
Also the sandals that he’s wearing are closed-toe and closed-heel, unlike what the rest of his family is wearing.
His dad and grandfather are wearing a toga over a tunic.
His mother is wearing a dress with a sort of shawl-thing attached at the shoulder-pins, which would otherwise be decorational.
