'First Look' Republican Roman pics!

[Techno]

Hopefully...(I'm having trouble with photobucket at the moment !)...The finished Republican cavalry.
And I've taken tad more off the feet since I took this photo....Very strange..They look fine 'in the flesh' but still too big in the photo 



And some of the Carthaginians that are all but finished (Though I'm not sure if the Iberian swordsman is really surplus to requirements.)

The rest of the Carthaginians for your perusal, early next week....(HAH !...and I thought I'd have to whole lot finished by Wednesday at the latest...Hey Ho...I blame the new puppy !)

Cheers - Phil.

[Leon]

Excellent, very nice!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Wow - those are top! 

[Bertie]

They are looking really good.

(Though I'm not sure if the Iberian swordsman is really surplus to requirements.)

As far as I am concerned the more Spanish you do the better, perhaps a large Scutum shield with a spear instead of the sword?

Bertie

[Urbinoprince]

Excellent sculpts.  They would be ideal for late Republican, Caesar in Gaul etc.

Static perhaps. However most legions need men wielding swords so I like them. However, there is a distinct difference between early and late Roman republican legions, which lies in the shape and size of the shield. This difference would show up even in 10mm men. I cannot see the shield clearly enough to say which period, early or late, they are appropriate enough for. As for dynamic poses, if the legionnaire was carrying a pilum vertically overhead, it would be great even if the the man was in a walking pose.

[Techno]

Hi Urbinoprince.

My guess is that you're referring to the very first two models in this thread ?
Those were just test pieces for Leon to have a look at.

From memory...I based these two guys on later period republican guard....I don't think these two chaps are ever destined to see the light of day.....Certainly not without some tweaking !! ....They're just sitting in a tiny drawer on my desk for now.

Cheers - Phil

[toolsey]

Techno ,

I received new Rupublican Romans today and I have to say I was totally wrong about your shields , they look spot on and they must be the best Romans of that period I have ever seen in 10mm or 15mm , I bet they will look fantastatic painted up en masse.

Great figures.

Toolsey

[Techno]

Thanks for the kind words Toolsey.
Really pleased you like them !.....I'm looking forward to seeing some painted up.
Cheers - Phil

[Phobos]

Could I suggest an idea? Different helmet decoration, lefting the plumes for hastati, a horse mane for princeps and crest for triarii reflecting their hoplitic past.

[Phobos]

Any chance of getting an Hastatus with thrusting sword and Hastatus and Princeps hurling Pilum?

[FierceKitty]

Any chance of getting an Hastatus with thrusting sword and Hastatus and Princeps hurling Pilum?

Wow! A literate poster!

[Phobos]

Wow! A literate poster!

I beg you pardon?

[Leon]

Any chance of getting an Hastatus with thrusting sword and Hastatus and Princeps hurling Pilum?

No plans at the moment, but I'll pop them on the list.

[FierceKitty]

I beg you pardon?

I mean that you impressively know the singular of hastati and that the indefinite article before an unstressed h treats it as a vowel. I was and remain reassured that wargaming does not have to destroy linguistic sensitivity, and that some internet posters are able to use language with intelligence.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]