Vettius64 – Military Action Figures

Artorius Lucius Castus – Centurion – Legio II Adiutrix

“Museum Quality” piece, made for Kaustic Plastik.
Awarded with the “Certificate of Merit Historical” at the World Model Expo 2014

Arvernus Prince – Siege of Gergovia (Gallic Wars), 52 B.C.

This figure is the result of a collaboration I’ve been waiting for a long time with a great 1:6 Artist, namely Danilo Leo. For those who don’t know him yet, he’s the One who gives shape to every historical outfit of Kaustic Plastik figures: from helmet to sandals of a Roman legionary or a Celtic warrior, is the result of his rigorous historical research and his great skills.

In addition to the usual modeling and painting work on the figure, the only element I made from scratch was the chain mail.

“The Eagle”. The Ninth Legion in Britain – 61 a.D.

Legio Nona Hispana (Ninth The Spanish Legion) was a Roman legion which operated from the 1st century BC until the mid-2nd century AD. The legion fought in various provinces of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire but was then stationed in Britain following the Roman invasion in 43 AD. The legion disappears from Roman records in the first half of the second century, but there is no account of what happened to it.

The mysterious fate of the legion has been the subject of considerable interest and research. It was last definitely recorded in York in 108. One theory was that the legion was destroyed in action in northern Britain some time around 120, perhaps during a rising of northern tribes. This view was popularized by the 1954 novel The Eagle of the Ninth in which the legion is said to have marched into Caledonia (Scotland), after which it was “never heard of again”

In collaboration with Kaustic Plastik. On display at the Suncoast Center For Fine Scale Modeling (FLA)