Agema Plastic Republican Romans

[Monophthalmus]

Hi All,
Thought you would appreciate some pics of our plastic Republican Romans all glued together, prepped ready for painting. I've also attached a couple of pics of our metal command figures, painted up by the very talented Gary at March Attack! Gary's working on painting the plastics up as we speak ready for Salute, so I'll post come pics of the full legion when they're done.
Hope you like them!
Cheers
Greg

[moiterei_1984]

They look pretty good 
But I'd lower the spears a bit for creating an a bit more menacing pose

[Captain Blood]

Well, they do look very good. Congratulations.
And Victrix are also about to launch their Republican Roman set I believe?
That's probably a bit annoying for you guys, but early Roman fans will be suddenly spoilt for choice

[nervisfr]

well, by now we have splendid Romans that sink my bank account.   

what's next ?

We need some Rome enemies !

carthaginians ?

Italians ?

Epirotes ?

Spanish ?

because Celts are overcrowded in the plastic world, but who knows ?     

[Axebreaker]

These do indeed look good. I'll need to try a box out.

Christopher

[joroas]

I'll need to try a boy out.Cool

 

[marcusluis]

will these rank up well with the victrix ones ?

[Axebreaker]

 

Ooops, corrected that. Thank you. I suppose it helps to proof your typing at times.

Christopher

[Atheling]

Well, they do look very good. Congratulations.
And Victrix are also about to launch their Republican Roman set I believe?
That's probably a bit annoying for you guys, but early Roman fans will be suddenly spoilt for choice

Are there any more comprehensive pics about other than what's on the Victrix site Richard?

Darrell.

[Captain Blood]

Not that I've seen Darrell 

[Atheling]

Not that I've seen Darrell 

We would need at least that to get an idea of how they look me thinks  .

Darrell.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

just found that nice review on the new Romans, I think it's quite useful:

http://1000footgeneral.blogspot.de/2014/04/my-review-of-agema-miniatures.html

[Hu Rhu]

Thanks for the review link.  I bought two boxes of each during their pre-release deal and painted up a group for LPL.  Not my best work but hopefully it will give you an idea of the mix of figures. Link: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=65927.0

However I will add my praise for the figures.  They go nicely together, have some great sculpted features and a good range of arms, heads etc.  I have only two criticisms (and they are minor).  Firstly the arm holding the Hasta does not allow you to either ground the spear end at the correct angle (if using the kneeling figure) or hold it properly erect if using the standing pose.  The second is that only one figure out of the five has a chest protector.  I would have preferred to have at least two and with a slightly different design on each.

However these are minor quibbles from what is an excellent product range that is expanding all the time.

[AdamPHayes]

I picked up the metal command and character sets at Salute and they are terrific little sculpts. Would definitely have got a box of the plastic legionaries as I have the velites and they are very good, but I already have scads of metal Romans awaiting paintbrush attention.

Looking at those useful photos above, I am interested in the padded jerkin(?) with pteurges that one of the figures wears. Can anyone tell me if this is based on a representation or description that I haven't seen before?

[Monophthalmus]

Hi Adam,
That sculpt is based on a reconstruction from Graham Sumner's book "Roman Military Dress'. In the book, Graham makes a strong case for Romans wearing a 'Subermalis' or padded jerkin, usually underneath mail, but equally being worn in its own right by poorer citizens, or under pectoral armour for additional protection. He uses sculpural evidence from places such as Volterra to back up his claim. His evidence read convincingly to me, and seemed to be entirely logical - mail without padding is really hard to wear. Padding on its own would provide protection at a fraction of the cost, and aid movement - just like in later medieval times. Hence the reason why I decided to include such a figure as a Princeps or wealthier Hastati.
Hope that clarifies?
Cheers
Greg