| Tango01 | 26 Sep 2016 10:47 p.m. PST |
Aventine Miniatures sells a superb Samnite cavalry in 28 mm.
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| Crazyivanov | 27 Sep 2016 2:23 a.m. PST |
I have always liked those early Italians. They have a look that screams exoticism on the gladius edge of barbarism or decadence.
That said I do prefer my Samnites with scutums( scuta?). |
| Mithridates | 27 Sep 2016 2:57 a.m. PST |
Aventine make Italian scuta which you could swap for the hoplons. Great looking figures. Will go well with the new Samnite infantry released by Victrix. |
| Costanzo1 | 27 Sep 2016 3:28 a.m. PST |
Finally! They will have to be made a couple years ago, but Aventine, wanted to work the competitors. |
| langobard | 27 Sep 2016 4:27 a.m. PST |
Wow! Those are impressive, and are probably going to cost me some money! Thanks Tango. |
| Garand | 27 Sep 2016 7:04 a.m. PST |
I saw these a few days ago, agree great figures! I have some Crusader and A&A Samnites already, would be happy to add more to the mix… Damon. |
| LEGION 1950 | 27 Sep 2016 8:33 a.m. PST |
I have been waiting for these!!!!!!!!! I will be buying some soon!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Adams |
| Tango01 | 27 Sep 2016 10:47 a.m. PST |
Happy you like them boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
 BigRedBat  | 27 Sep 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Very nice, worth waiting for. I love the horse armour and the standard. Hi Mike! |
| Mars Ultor | 27 Sep 2016 7:24 p.m. PST |
Yes, crazyivanov, as somebody affirmed above, the plural of scutum is scuta (any neuter noun, many of which end in -um, is -a in the plural, e.g., pilum, pila) The same actually goes for hoplon too. The -on is a Greek neuter and its plural is also -a, which shows how close these two sister languages are to each other. So hopla is the actual plural, though realistically no one will use it or probably care that much. |
| Mars Ultor | 27 Sep 2016 7:26 p.m. PST |
By the way, I've seen the depictions in paintings of those round shields, but are they really as big as the hoplite hoplon or are they scaled down? I've always thought that a full-sized hoplon would be a bit much for a mounted warrior. |
| BigRedBat | 28 Sep 2016 2:12 a.m. PST |
I was thinking I'll probably pop a slightly smaller shield on mine, too. |
| ether drake | 28 Sep 2016 4:19 a.m. PST |
I think Aventine have a range of smaller shields, and are usually happy to swap around. They have a smaller rimmed pelte for their phalanx men that may suit. |
| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2016 11:15 a.m. PST |
Glad you like them too boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Bellbottom | 29 Sep 2016 5:17 a.m. PST |
Samnite cavalry were mostly shieldless until contact with Tarentines, I think, so the round shields are probably more Tarentine size, weighted for cavalry.
A mix of armoured and un armoured (nobles?) close order cavalry. |
