"late republican romans/figures and rules question" Topic

We have decided to make a late republican (Ceasarian) army in 28mm but in the process of collecting/painting etc we want to use ready painted figures for a kind of skirmish games.
Questions:
- which figures are the best (and available) for this period
- which rules for skirmish ancients (eg where a unit is a centurio)
thanks

If you're after prepainted figures for ancients I don't think you'll find any. You could buy some and pay to get them painted.
In a skirmish (I.e. 1-1) wargame it would be likely that the whole army would be a century or less, so one unit would be much smaller.

Foundry is not cheap, but you can buy Warlords Caesarian Romans and buy a command pack also. There is also Old Glory figures out there. Mike Adams

Wargames Factory makes both Romans and opponents for this era, if you like plastic.

It is true Warlord makes them, as well, but the cost is 3 times as much …

As for the quality difference, here is a review that compares them:

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Old Glory makes some opponents that work perfectly with (against?) the Wargames Factory Romans (their Celts and Gauls). Not to mention their Romans for that era (Caesarian) work perfectly with the Wargames Factory (even the style of plumes on the helmets of the Romans from both companies match!).

You can pay a lot of money for some figures, but are they really worth it? If you have very deep pockets and very long arms, they might be for you.

Or, as Russ Dunaway, the owner of Old Glory has stated on these forums, so eloquently, "Would you pay $25 USD for an hamburger – it's just an hamburger?" (my paraphrase).

The Old Glory minis work very well with the Essex 25mm Romans too.

First corps make a nice range

Thanks for the replies.
So no ready painted figures, will do ourselves

Painting is not that bad and does not have to take overly long to get decent results.

Here are some links to easy ways to paint larger numbers of figures:

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(It may inadvertently appear I am promoting a certain product, but that is what I have myself – there are other types of washes/dips available and taking a few minutes to use your favourite search engine will bring you to a plethora of articles, discussions and videos.)

The hardest part seems to be to finish before going onto something else …

Mind you, there is no law to playing with unpainted figures – the painted ones look nicer, but if it means not playing and if you really want to play, just play first and then paint in between playing. (The playing will invigorate you to continue painting – but trying to paint first will only do the opposite and not let you play.)