Latin Tribes of Ancient Italy

[Ran The Cid]

Agema 2nd & 3rd Class Warriors, and Axe-Men

More Agema Etruscans from the Kickstarter.  Advertised with circular Aspis shield, the units were delivered with a mix of Aspis and Thureos shield types.  Stealing a few extra Thureos from the 4th Class unit, I was able to balance shield types across the unit.  I would have preferred all Thureos, but Agema was unresponsive about selling more.  Assembling the figures continues to be a challenge, many hands were dremeled in an attempt to add spears.

[AdamPHayes]

Great job on those.

[markw]

Nicely painted 👍

[Ran The Cid]

First Division of the Etruscan army is complete!



Agema 2nd class warriors command.  These were purchased pre-kickstarter, but the are a close match for the 2nd class command.


Gorgon Etruscan commander


Agema Snake Priest

[markw]

Nice looking Etruscan army in the making.   Quick question what size bases have you used ? Cheers

[Ran The Cid]

All of the figures are on 20mm squares with magnetic tape on steel movement trays.  The only exception is the general on a 50mm round.  Cavalry is on the painting table, they are based 25x50mm.

[Freddy]

I like them!

[Waffles_vs_Tacos]

Those look amazing. Inspiring for when I finally get back to my Italians.

[Ran The Cid]

Etruscan General and Snake Priest.  Both by Gorgon Miniatures.



The Gorgon Snake Priest is a fun study in contrast with the Agema Snake Priest.

[Ran The Cid]

Etruscan Cavalry by Agema Miniatures.  These figures came out of the Agema Kickstarter as two very different packs.  The cloaked figures are rather tall with the typical Agema issues of poor arm placement – I even had to drill through a cloak on one of the figures to place the spear.  The second pack is smaller/thinner with less detail and a few weirdly shaped limbs.



Samnite Cavalry by Newline Designs.   Clean, sturdy figures with smaller stature.  I’ve really taken a liking  the Newline miniatures, the only negative is the limited number of sculpts available.  The horses come with armour, which is unusual for Latin miniatures.  I’m uncertain how authentic this is, but it does make the unit distinctive.



Paint Plan:  I’ve made an effort to try and paint the horses in an ancient style.  My (limited) research indicates that horses were pale and spotted, leading me to focus on grey, buff and a matt brown as choices for the mounts.  Apparently chestnut and the rich red/browns are a more modern aspect of horse breeding.

[nikkobourges]

Nice cavalry units !!!
Nikkobourges

[Ran The Cid]

Second Class Etruscans by Gorgon Miniatures (with a pair of Crusader minis to fill out the unit).

[Basementboy]

Lovely! The officers cloak is great as well, really makes him stand out among the rest of the unit.

[Ran The Cid]

First and Second Class Etruscans by Gorgon Miniatures.
Digging deep into the lead pile, these figures may have been picked up 15 years ago when Gorgon first released the Etruscan line.

[Plynkes]

Wonderful. I love this thread and all the figures in it so far.



I don't know much about this era, but I'm fairly sure that neither the Etruscans nor the Samnites were Latin tribes, though.