A Crowd of Capuan Criminals

OK well not quite a crowd but rather a quartet; the alliteration's not as good on the latter though!
So not a crowd but definitely criminals or noxii to use the correct term - or at least that's what the rules call them, my Latin being none existent.
If one is going to stage a properly themed festival then there is no avoiding the unsavoury  aspect of staged executions. Handily, the Italeri gladiator set comes with lions but where was I going to source 54mm criminals? The only answer was to convert another figure and the closest I could find was a set of plastic Zulus.


The first step in the conversion was to shave said Zulus; mainly removing leg and arm 'feathers'.


I did contemplate drilling out the hands to take replacement weapons but the hands were quite slight and I didn't fancy my chances of drilling into soft plastic. Hence, I cut down the original weapons as a basis on which to rebuild replacement swords.



Tunics and hair were then added with Green Stuff. In my version of the Roman world the 'mop top' was obviously the latest fashion! Some of the arms and legs also required rebuilding.

A touch of paint and the end result doesn't look too bad. At least good enough to be eaten by lions!



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  1. UriahNovember 20, 2018 at 12:07 AM

    Love these guys. That second figure from the left has a "chase me, chase me" look about him! Any WC brands on these? Or little lion brands?

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