Prince Rupert of the Rhine  | 09 Jul 2012 1:16 p.m. PST |
Aren't those Romans a bit late to be conquering Gaul? That quibble aside seems like a nice little starter set. |
 Porkmann | 09 Jul 2012 1:17 p.m. PST |
What a load of old Gauls. |
 Mexican Jack Squint   | 09 Jul 2012 2:02 p.m. PST |
Gaul needed conquering on a regular basis. Well, there were occasional revolts. Also riots, disturbances and a lot of grumbling. Good starter set. |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 09 Jul 2012 3:01 p.m. PST |
Guess they must be Asterix's tribe… |
| porfirio rubirosa | 09 Jul 2012 3:02 p.m. PST |
The Gauls always said it wasn't ferocity or warrior skill that let the Romans defeat them. It was planning, and engineering -- the remorseless manner in which they laid out their sprues to overrun the nation. |
| Shardik | 09 Jul 2012 3:23 p.m. PST |
can anyone see a price anywhere? |
| LawOfTheGun mk2 | 09 Jul 2012 3:48 p.m. PST |
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| vdal1812 | 09 Jul 2012 4:49 p.m. PST |
$96.00 USD I think. A pretty good deal for what you get. |
 Sumatran Rat Monkey | 09 Jul 2012 6:22 p.m. PST |
…oh dear. This bodes ill for yonder wallet… - Monk |
| warlordgarou | 09 Jul 2012 8:56 p.m. PST |
Oh darn. And I was finally going to be using money for random inconsequentials, like food. Been looking at Hail Caesar for a while – think this might be the tipping point. |
| bluewillow | 10 Jul 2012 3:38 a.m. PST |
Pity the Lorica segmentata was not used by Julius's conquest of Gaul in 52-58BC, as it was not in full use till almost 100 years later…….warlord is re-writing history…again not a bad deal though all the same! |
| Mikeland | 10 Jul 2012 5:28 a.m. PST |
"warlord is re-writing history…again" When did they last re-write history? Perhaps you could say Warlord are being a bit anachronistic with their title for this boxed set, but I think it is really just to give it an exciting name. Re-writing history though? By the way 'Lorica segmentata' is not even a genuine historical term. And it is generally accepted that plate armour was in use by the Roman army from about 9 AD onward. |
| porfirio rubirosa | 10 Jul 2012 8:16 a.m. PST |
"warlord is re-writing history…again"When did they last re-write history? We can't tell, because they re-wrote the dates. |
| Mikeland | 10 Jul 2012 9:30 a.m. PST |
"warlord is re-writing history…again"
When did they last re-write history?We can't tell, because they re-wrote the dates. 
But if they have re-written all of history… how do we know they have? |
| DeRuyter | 10 Jul 2012 10:31 a.m. PST |
I thought I read somewhere that Warload was going to be releasing a range of late Republican Romans, presumably in Lorica Hamata (if that is the correct term!) |
| Lord Raglan | 10 Jul 2012 10:57 a.m. PST |
DeRuyter Yep, there was some photos kicking around of them on the report from Salute. Raglan |
 Cheriton | 10 Jul 2012 11:24 a.m. PST |
M'Lord: Surprise finding you here, mixing with us plastic types.  
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| bluewillow | 11 Jul 2012 3:55 a.m. PST |
And it is generally accepted that plate armour was in use by the Roman army from about 9 AD onward perhaps, but not in full use accross the empire until 60AD at least, and the Kalkriese model is a lot different to the segmentata depicted on the warlord figures which I suspect is the Corbridge pattern not issued until 80AD, although it is missing some straps…. and the apron was not in use until the middle of the first century AD, so Warlords figures are out by 100 years still…….. |
