New Brigade Games Gladiator WIP (upd. 08.09.13)

[Paul Hicks]

The Crupellarius and Scissor





Provocator and Retiarius

[commissarmoody]

Bazenga! 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Nice ones.
Not sure about equipment detail (the scissor's short mailshirt) and posing (retiarius on attack before casting his net?), but there you go. Nice nevertheless.

[Paul Hicks]

The net I had seen from a reconstruction and thought that was new and seemed a perfect place to keep the net. On page four of the Osprey Gladiator book shows what looks like a contemporary illustration of a scissor in a short mail shirt.

[Mad Doc Morris]

The net I had seen from a reconstruction and thought that was new and seemed a perfect place to keep the net. On page four of the Osprey Gladiator book shows what looks like a contemporary illustration of a scissor in a short mail shirt.

Don't have the book at hand, maybe it's referring to this depiction from Bodrum?



Might well be a scissor, of course. And my perception to date, that scissores compensated their lack of shields with full body armour (based on Junkelmann reconstructions), might be totally wrong as well. Live and learn.

Still, it looks like the retiarius could easily entangle himself if he wanted to pull the net from his protected shoulder in the heat of the fight. After all, it's one of his primary weapons, and he should at least have tried to cast it before closing in with the unwieldy trident. Anyway, just a thought – and personal preference.

PS: Congrats to the latest Hicks offspring!

[WillieB]

Lovely figures as usual.

Really like the retiarius. Very good action pose and a nice change from the usual. Might be a gladiator that has just reclaimed his net (as it is obviously no longer attached to his wrist) and is now going after his opponent with a vengeance.

Best rendition of a Cruppelarius I ever saw. Simply looks like the walking tank he's supposed to be.

Scissor ( later Arbelas) looks great too. I personally would have preffered him in scale armour and crested helmet as in the Nossov book, but this one looks like a perfect adversary for a retiarius too. And who knows this figures might prove so immensely popular that Paul will have to sculpt dozens more. 

Provocator looks very impressive too. Beautiful helmet!

Not sure how many will be in this first set but as soon as it's ready I'll order them from Lon. Simply a matter of avoiding too much P&P and most of all the dreaded Customs robbery.

[Furt]

Lovely - all of them!

I really like the retiarius' stance, but will keep my thoughts on the net to myself.

Will there be a 5th miniature to this group, like in the last?

[cram]

'Crupellarius and Scissor' really happy to see these two added. Please keep adding the rarer Gladiator types to the collection.

These really are lovely sculpts. Congratulations on how their turning out.

[majorsmith]

very nice, some figures i intend to buy when the range is expanded!

[Elbows]

I like them...and while I've been pouring over several books, none of them look out of place to me.  I've seen plenty of illustrations where the scissor is depicted with chain skirt, and some with just heavy padded stuff.

I would like to see a pair of scissor poses, and a pair of secutor poses so that we can refight some of the retiarius vs. paired secutor/scissor fights.  All of the sources I've seen mention or depict them occasionally fighting in pairs against the retiarius.  So two poses would be nice.  Heck I do think it'd be nice to essentially have two poses/sculpts for each type of fighter.  Gives you some variety and allows the fairly common matches between matched classes.

I do hope a Dimachaerus rounds out this group of five.  It's also awesome to see a second Provocator so they can fight each other.  I will be ordering this set when available for sure. 

[Gibby]

Love these and the others. Been meaning to do Gladiators for ages. I got close once.

[Elbows]

Just got mine in the mail...look fantastic.  Unfortunately it's raining, so I'm not sure I'll get to prime them (need something to paint tonight! ARGH!).

Scale looks pretty inline with Foundry, maybe a bit smaller...definitely not as "chunky".  Detail is fantastic on the minis though, really superb.

[Elbows]

EDIT: Problem addressed by Brigade Games - page 2.

I have to put my foot in my mouth.

I started working on preparing the minis, and found a rather serious flaw: All three of the scutums have been poorly cast and have holes in the center plate...seen here.  I'll be emailing Brigade Games, but these shouldn't be shipping like this (and I'm assuming mine won't be the only ones).  One of the mini's bases is also a bit warped (missing metal)...but luckily it's the base and not a more crucial part of the mini.

The sculpts are quite excellent...though I have run into two molds lines.  Fortunately I hate using metal shields and I have a box of plastic Roman legionaires on the way, and I'll be using their shields, but they need to fix these stat.  I realize it's an easy fix for a common gamer or builder, but it's a flaw for sure.



 

[cram]

Fortunately that's a flaw that can be easily covered up with a bit of green stuff. But yes its something they need to rectify!

If you have time to put up a photo comparison of the Brigades next to Foundry, that would be appreciated.

Cheers Marc.

[Elbows]

Will do, I'll have one of the minis done tomorrow evening, so it'll be mounted/based etc.  These are a little more difficult to paint than the Foundries but not too tough (some more rough edges, and generally more realistic body shape/size which makes the brush work a bit more difficult.