Well, all this belly-aching and I just got a notice from my US Distributor that the Hamata clad guys are in the mail!
However, I all ready started the Triarri and took your suggestion guitarheroandy. I used a variety of the command sprue heads, and the replacement right legs with greaves to help armor them up and look veteran. I also used some old Hoplite bodies with Cuirass that I had from other projects, but gave them Italian style helmets. I have not glues the shields on, but plan on using left-over Hoplite shields instead of the Italian style Scutum.
Pictures soon-ish in its own thread...