Hi everyone!I just finished off this unit, I painted all the shields by hand. As I mentioned before I don't like using decals, I prefer to paint my own shield designs. Although they do make a great reference source for ideas, especially the "Little Big Man" range of decals. I went with red tunics despite all the "new" information which says they "probably wore natural coloured tunics". However if you actually read the source information there is nothing new about it, all this fad out there is about one persons suppositions, or theories. And I disagree with the whole premise, it's like taking a shot of a battlefield with a Micro lense camera looking down on the backs of someones feet. Here's my theory about red tunics on Roman legionairies, the Romans wore them, period, I know because I was there! They wore red tunics in battle for religious reasons, for practical reasons and for reasons of luck. The Roman soldier like his civilian counterpart was a very superstitious bird. They wore the natural coloured tunics for fatigue duties and walking out but not for battle, except in a pinch or if they were quickly raised. Oh and they also wore the red tunics on parade, as shown on Trajans column which also includes the boys fighting in the same red coloured tunics.
