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skip:
Hi, i have bought victrix auxiliary romans and wanted to make them into skirmishers with javelins, was wondering what sheilds to use, the oval sheilds supplied or round sheilds like the republican Romans
thanks
Brian
Arrigo:
There were no skirmishers per se in the period like the velites, apart from tribal troops, certainly we do not have record of regular cohorts. Thus they would have been simply issued from the the cohort to operate in front of the battle line. Thus use the oval shields.
skip:
--- Quote from: Arrigo on January 12, 2019, 09:24:22 PM ---There were no skirmishers per se in the period like the velites, apart from tribal troops, certainly we do not have record of regular cohorts. Thus they would have been simply issued from the the cohort to operate in front of the battle line. Thus use the oval shields.
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ok thanks Arrigo, makes sense
Brian
Johnp4000:
Hi Brian,
I think you will find it is a feature of most rules that Auxiliary s can skirmish, for some reason current figure ranges only have the armoured variety rather than some helmeted unarmoured types to use as skirmishers. I doubt in reality that the Roman auxiliaries would be as uniform as displayed in most current ranges . I suppose a quick conversion would be to use Auxilia heads with some tribal troop types?
skip:
--- Quote from: Johnp4000 on January 13, 2019, 03:04:48 PM ---Hi Brian,
I think you will find it is a feature of most rules that Auxiliary s can skirmish, for some reason current figure ranges only have the armoured variety rather than some helmeted unarmoured types to use as skirmishers. I doubt in reality that the Roman auxiliaries would be as uniform as displayed in most current ranges . I suppose a quick conversion would be to use Auxilia heads with some tribal troop types?
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yes thats a possibility, the victrix Auxilia are only created as heavy spearmen but i was using javelin arms from the republican boxes with these troops plus wolf hides that they provide
Brian
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