Polybian Romans and Hispanic Warriors

[James Morris]

I've been going back to an old project recently, and just finished a small force of Polybian Romans to play To The Strongest with.  I started some of the Victrix Romans a couple of years ago and only finished them last week, having been distracted by WW1 and WW2.  The Victrix models are super, definitely amongst my favourite plastics - not too much assembly and plenty of surface detail for painting.  I added a few other models (some slightly converted Warlord Caesarian Romans and a couple of Agema plastics and metals) to give some variety to the units.

This lot will be heading to our game at Hereward (the Peterborough show) next weekend, Sunday 4th September, where myself, Simon Miller, Matt Moran and Martin Hogg will be running a large To The Strongest game based on the Battle of Tribola 147 BC - a classic ambush scenario.  Do pop by if you are in the area, it's a great little show! http://www.hereward-wargames.co.uk/



The Velites are on single bases as I want to keep them separate to negotiate rough terrain (we've got some serious hills in next week's game).  My next job is to make them sabot bases for To The Strongest.



The Hastati and Principes are based as 'small' units under the rules, but we are experimenting with Simon's new Polybian Roman army list, in which they work as a combined unit with a 'line replacement' mechanism to show the close cooperation between the two lines.  The Principes are stepped back (on the right) at the start of the game, and can swap places with the Hastati when they become disordered.  Having played a couple of games with it so far, it's a very promising mechanic, and feels right for the Romans, even if we don't know exactly how it worked in history.





Last up are the Triari with a GB general.



And now for some Ancient Spanish warriors.  I confess I painted these several years ago (pre-children) but have been delighted to get them out of the box again.
Here's some chiefs and commanders first...





And a few units and individual warriors.  These are a real mixture of Gripping Beast, Crusader, First Corps and others.

[Harry Faversham]

I like those a lot, very nicely finished.

 

[Marine0846]

Very nice figures.
Love the shields, fine painting.

[Arthur]

I concur : this is a fine-looking bunch of Spanish bullies.

[Patrice]

Very nice and inspiring!

...although I don't know much about this period, so I didn't know that Romans had polyps but it can probably happen to everyone.

[Mithridates1]

Splendid work on both the Romans and Spanish - the command figures really do stand out.   The 8 figure stand for the Romans is a great idea and ideal for both Hail Caesar and Art de la Guerre.

[Ragnar]

Nice project.

[mrtn]

Very nice, I like the colourful shields of the Spanish.

[Nevyen]

Great Looking project,  keeps the motivation to keep going with my efforts up.

[James Morris]

Cheers everyone. Having spent some time on the Spanish shields, I elected to leave the Roman ones plain (a la Peter Connolly) and think it looks just fine. Martin and I played an excellent game with these a few nights ago so I'll post pics and a battle report in the next few days.

[Jeff965]

Lovely painting , my favourites are the Romans

[rumacara]

Lovely figures.
Of course on my part the favorites are the Iberians.

[Colonel Tubby]

Fantastic collection.

I've alway prefered Republican era over the Empire and yours look superb.

[archiduque]

Fantastic work!!!

[James Morris]

Fantastic work!!!

Thank you! High praise indeed. I don't quite work to your standard, but I need to get a whole army painted😀.