Hi, all!
We already showed you four different packs of Late Republican Roman Legionary infantry:
AUC5 – Legionary foot command (Tribune, Centurio, Signifer, Cornicen)
AUC6 – Legionaries standing with pila (Montefortino helmet)
AUC7 – Legionaries throwing pila (Montefortino helmet)
AUC9 – Legionaries advancing with gladius (Coolus helmet)
That is already a beefy 16 different poses, but our stated goal is to make this the most accurate and complete range to date, so I'm very happy to now be able to show you two more packs (eight more poses!) of tiny but very tough legionaries:
AUC8 – Legionaries advancing with gladius (Montefortino helmet)
AUC10 – Raw Legionaries/Penal legion (no chainmail)
The figures in AUC9 wearing ridged coolus helmets and using a Mainz type of Gladius (as well represented as it is technically possible in such a small scale) are most suitable for the very late part of the period, and would work also for the first part of the first C AD. (We eventually plan to add more figures using this style of equipment, with the top and bottom sawn off type of oval scutum to extend the range to the Principate period, but this is another story!)
The range includes also another pack of infantry in close combat but armed with the earlier type of equipment, the one shown here:
Crested Montefortino helmets, longer gladius Hispaniensis, and also wear a greave (shin guard) on the left leg. These are very similar to the "Principes" of the earlier army, the main difference would be that by our period the equipment would be state-issued and quite uniform (as reflected in these figures), at least within each unit. In the Punic War period generally, each soldier would have his own equipment made specially for himself so there was much more variation, although there were rigid specifications regarding the size, weight and type of it… (as you may have guessed, yes, at some point I'd like to do another pack of precisely such more varied legionaries too, but again… another story!)
The other pack also wear the ubiquitous Montefortino helmets, but without plumage and lacking the protection of a trusty lorica hamata.
These figures are perfect to represent the hastily recruited, untrained, and poorly equipped legions that were often used in the civil wars, and can also be used as embarked marines, as roman-trained infantry in other armies, or can even be mixed in to add variety to an early Republican penal legion!
Only a few days left, so hurry, or you'll miss the occasion to get these with a 25% discount on the normal retail price! Just click here and contribute now!
