Bought a box of Ceasers Legions from Wargames Factory when they were about half price. 48 legionaries total, 3 sets of Centurions/Optios/Cornicen/Signifiers with 12 Thrusting, 12 standing and 12 Javelin legionaries. Somehow I've lost 2 (Thruster and Javelin). So one of the standing ones is now an Aquilifer. Based on this it makes 3 centuries of 15 men each and a lone Aquilifer.
1st Century
| Centurion | Cornicen | Thruster | Thruster | Thruster |
| Signifer | Standing | Standing | Standing | Standing |
| Optio | Javelin | Javelin | Javelin | Javelin |
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Legionaries, Signifer, Cornicen: Red tunics, Black crests, Bronze helmets
Optios: Red tunics, White crests, Steel helmets
Centurions: Red tunics, Red crest, Steel Helmets
2nd Century
| Centurion | Thruster | Thruster | Thruster | Thruster |
| Cornicen | Standing | Standing | Standing | Standing |
| Optio | Signifer | Javelin | Javelin | Javelin |
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Legionaries, Signifer, Cornicen: White tunics, Black crests, Bronze helmets
Optios: White tunics, White crests, Steel helmets
Centurions: Red tunics, Red crest, Steel Helmets
3rd Century
| Centurion | Thruster | Thruster | Thruster | Thruster |
| Signifer | Cornicen | Standing | Standing | Standing |
| Optio | Javelin | Javelin | Javelin | Javelin |
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Legionaries, Signifer, Cornicen: Sand tunics, Black crests, Bronze helmets
Optios: Sand tunics, White crests, Steel helmets
Centurions: Red tunics, Red crest, Steel Helmets
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Aquilifer: as 1st Century, steel helmet.
All shields will be Red.
Painting Guide
There is another painting guide on the Wargmaes Factory site
Models are pretty clean of flash and it is easier to paint the sword arms on the spure because they are very close to the chest once put together. Both arms of the Signifer and Cornicen are close too. Do not attach the shield at this point.
Centurions: Crest runs parallel to the shoulders. Armor is on command spure. Rods on command sprue.
Optios: Crest is a full crest perpendicular to the shoulders Armor is on command spure. Swords on command sprue.
Signifer: Standing wolf cloak body. Standards with medallions. There should be one per cohort.
Cornicen: Leaning wolf cloaked body. Horns.
Aquilifer: Standard Legionary body. Standard looks like it has 2 prongs. Only 1 eagle per legion. I took the round shield from the free Germans that came with the set to give to him instead of the large Legionary shield so it looks more like a parma. Research says that he didn't wear an animal skin or helmet but I dont have a model without a helmet.
Prime everything white
Paint the armor, gladius and pila (above the handguard) Boltgun Metal and dry brush lightly with Mithril Silver for highlights. Paint the helmets and greaves of the Centurions and Optios also.
Tunics
- Red tunics and shields: paint pink (Blood Red/Bone White). Then paint with a mixture of Blood Red and Scorced Brown.
- White tunics: Skull White
- Off White tunics: Bleached Bone
Paint the skin Tallen Flesh
Paint the helmets of the Legionaries, sword hilts both in the hands and on thier sides, horns, medallions (on standards and officer armor), the eagle and top of the standards Snakebite leather. Once dry paint with Burnished Gold.
Paint sheaths Bestial Brown.
Paint belts, chin straps, sandals, greave straps, lower javelin and upper armor trim Scorched brown.
Wash the armor with Gryphonne Seipia.
Wash the flesh with Develin Mud
Paint the shield boss and javelin studs Boltgun Metal.
Paint the crests.
Paint the base a green.
Notes
| Unit | Made of | Men | Officers |
| Contubernium | - | 8 |
| Century | 10 Contubernium | 80 | Centurion, Optio, Tesserarius, Signifier, Cornicen |
| Maniple | 2 Centuries | 160 |
| Cohort | 6 Centuries | 480 |
| Prima Cohors | 5 double strength Centuries | 800 | Primus Pilus |
| Legion | 9 Cohorts + Prima Cohors + 120 Horse | 5240 | Senatorial: Legatus, Tribune Laticlavius (2nd in command)
Equestrian: 5x Tribuni Angusticlavii
Plebian: Camp Prefect (3rd in command), Aquilifer, Imaginifer
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+non-combatants = 6000 men
Centurions ride or horseback, have 2-3' staff and distinctive armor
The 120 Horse are scouts and messengers
Aqufiler looks like a bi-fork, no animal skin, round shield
Signifer has medallions, round shield, often strapped on back. Leg XXV and COH in sign.
Centurions lead from front right. Crest right to left.
At 1:30 each cohort is 16 figures.
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