Late Roman scale comparison

[Corso]

I've picked up a few more Late Romans for skirmishing adventures and I'm wondering about adversaries.

How do the Gallic figures stack up size wise, I remember having some late medieval that looked very small compared to the Late Romans

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

The Picts are perfectly scaled, because I had Phil make them!

[Corso]

The Picts are perfectly scaled, because I had Phil make them!

That's good to know any idea if the Gallic figures are similar in size?

[Techno 3]

I'm 99.9% sure I sculpted both Will's Picts and the Gallic range...so I'd have used exactly the same sized 'dollies'.
They should definitely match size wise.😉

[Corso]

I'm 99.9% sure I sculpted both Will's Picts and the Gallic range...so I'd have used exactly the same sized 'dollies'.
They should definitely match size wise.😉

That's all I need to know

Leon! Once my Romans are done expects a call 

[Big Insect]

That's all I need to know

Leon! Once my Romans are done expects a call 

When you talk about 'Late Romans' - are you talking about the ones that fight Huns & Goths/Franks/Vandals etc. Because if you are, then they'd not be fighting Gallic types historically. They would fight Picts and maybe a few early Scots/Irish types - possibly Caledonians (a tad early though) but not Gallics.

[Corso]

When you talk about 'Late Romans' - are you talking about the ones that fight Huns & Goths/Franks/Vandals etc. Because if you are, then they'd not be fighting Gallic types historically. They would fight Picts and maybe a few early Scots/Irish types - possibly Caledonians (a tad early though) but not Gallics.

call me a philistine

But I'm not seeing much difference between them?

[Matt J]

a few centuries...

[Ithoriel]

call me a philistine

But I'm not seeing much difference between them?

The main difference is the armour .... the armour and the weaponry .... the two main differences are the armour and the weapons and the troop types .... the three main differences are the armour, the weapons, the troop types and the organisation .... I'll come in again!

No one expects the speculatores!

[Corso]

Not enough to worry me then

I only realy want a few of the armourless guys with spears, and archers. I can always change out the shield if they look out if place

[Big Insect]

I'll get my coat         

[mmcv]

Not enough to worry me then

I only realy want a few of the armourless guys with spears, and archers. I can always change out the shield if they look out if place

Why not grab some of the unarmoured guys from the Late Roman range itself, then there'll be no compatibility issues. There are unarmoured foot with spears and mixed weapons, militia-style troops, archers and Anglo-Saxon-style troops that would be a bit more period-appropriate and fit well for a bit of skirmishing. The Gallic range is great, but there's a lot of spikey hair and bare chests which you didn't really see in Late Roman times and might look out of place. Ultimately if you just want some cool-looking wild barbarians to fight that's fair enough, it'll play well enough and if you have fun with it all's well. Visually though it would be a bit like taking troops from the War of the Roses to oppose the New Model Army, or putting the NMA up against Napoleon. Just looks a little out of place!

[Corso]

Its all good advice. It's not really a period I've looked that into. I've just being going by what the 28mm producers seem to have in their Arthurian Ranges. Most seem to bunch them all together.

My plan is to run some Song of Arthur and Merlin games and maybe some Dux bellorum once I have enough figures. I don't want anything jumping out as wrong but I can be a bit flexible on the historical accuracy.

[mmcv]

Its all good advice. It's not really a period I've looked that into. I've just being going by what the 28mm producers seem to have in their Arthurian Ranges. Most seem to bunch them all together.

My plan is to run some Song of Arthur and Merlin games and maybe some Dux bellorum once I have enough figures. I don't want anything jumping out as wrong but I can be a bit flexible on the historical accuracy.

Ah if it's Arthurian era stuff then you're looking at then that's 5th or 6th century, so definitely Anglo Saxon style enemies would work, along with the various mixed unarmoured in the late Roman range. You could even throw in a few Irish kerns and Welsh spearmen from the kate medieval range as they're fairly generic in tunics as far as I can see.

The dark age Anglo Saxon range does run a little smaller I find and more geared at 1066 and all that, so the ones from the late Roman range are probably ideal.

[Corso]

Thanks I'll take a look at the ranges you've suggested