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Hey all,

Does anyone have any good ideas of how i could either make roman shields for my assault termi's or a a good place to buy properly scaled shields from ?


Cheers
Wolf

Might want to try these:

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=39&subcat_id=51&PHPSESSID=86e7da09148b41a7e241679287636f67

The Hoplite shields are 21mm in diameter.

I only know of two sources, one cheap but only OK, the other better quality but more expensive. They're 28mm, but because storm shields are pretty small anyway, it should look OK, you may want to add plasticard sheeting to the back of whatever style shields you buy to make them chunkier.

Black Tree Design sells shields of various roman infantry (bottom of the page) from various periods for 5 GBP for 20

Wargames Factory sells a box of 48 legionaries for USD30, but you also get transfers.

Otherwise, your best bet is to get creative with plasticard and thin plastic rod. You can bend the plasticard around a thick dowel to get a curve in it, and use thin rod to edge them. The brass-etch Imperial eagles from forgeworld would look good on the front too.

What thickness of plasticard shouldi be looking at for 40k ?

At least 1mm, that would be a decent base to start with. Take one of your models to the hobby shop and use it to discover what looks about right.

I don't think you can beat Wargames Factory or Warlord games for price and quality.

Both have large plastic roman kits.

Try Old Glory Miniatures.

http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/

How about 20 Scutum for £2.50?

check out -
http://shop.warlordgames.co.uk/imperial-roman-scutum-pack-235-p.asp

Cheers for that last link, thats pretty damn fine

Amazon have a huge selection of historical bits, worth a shufties even if the images on their site are poor..

http://www.amazonminiatures.com/catalogue/index5.asp?rName=Shields

I've bought helmets in the past and the sculpt/cast quality is decent.