"15mm Roman Kingdom army" Topic
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Froggy723 | 14 Aug 2021 7:25 a.m. PST |
I want to start a 15mm Roman Kingdom army from around either the late 8th century BC – early 6th century BC or the 6th century BC – early 4th century BC I know there are limited sources of information and even fewer dedicated miniatures but I am wondering if there would be much difference in the armour and weapons used by the Etruscans? If there isn't much or no difference I am looking at these figures from Forged in Battle. link |
rustymusket | 14 Aug 2021 8:48 a.m. PST |
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GurKhan | 14 Aug 2021 8:53 a.m. PST |
There would not be a lot of difference between Etruscan and Roman-Latin equipment, no. But the big issue with those codes is that Livy's and Dionysios' account of King Servius Tullius' army distinguish between the First Class in hoplite armour and the Second and Third Classes with scuta and no body armour. The FiB figures are OK for the First, but they don't do any figures for the unarmoured scutum types. Mirliton link do a specific early Roman range, and are probably the most accurate. Essex RO61-65, though billed as "Early Republican" rather than Regal, are probably appropriate for what you want; the difference between RO61 First Class and RO62 Second/Third class is based on the account of Servius Tullius' army. |
ChrisBrantley | 14 Aug 2021 10:11 a.m. PST |
Echoing GurKhan, I would encourage you to take a gander at the Mirliton 15mm early Roman and Etruscan ranges, which cover the 650-338 BC period. Romans at: link Mirliton's range covers the different social classes of the Roman citizen army -- from the Class 1 foot who could afford greek-style hoplite panoply to the less wealthy II and III class medium and light spearmen, and the even poorer IV class peasants who lacked the gear to stand in battle phalanx and served as skirmishers. They are a bit fiddly compared to the Forged in Battle and other makers, because the spears and shields have to be attached, but that may be an advantage if you like to replace spears anyway. |
Froggy723 | 14 Aug 2021 9:35 p.m. PST |
Does anyone have any painted photos of their 15mm early Romans from Mirliton |
dragon6 | 15 Aug 2021 9:30 a.m. PST |
Forged in Battle are large. I think Essex would not look well side by side |
hindsTMP | 16 Aug 2021 7:57 p.m. PST |
@dragon6 I have FIB Skythians, and IIRC they look OK next to my Essex Macedonians and Persians. FWIW. |
Swampster | 17 Aug 2021 1:17 a.m. PST |
There is a comparison of Essex and FiB figures on Madaxeman's site link Essex ranges are pretty consistent in size though I do have a few of their Gauls which are quite small. A few of the FiB figures are smaller than others but in my experience these have been a few within a pack rather than a whole pack, and nothing unreasonable with real variation in height. It would be nice if FiB add some Class II – IV types to their range when (if) they do another release. Other Italians with oval shields would be nice too. |
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