tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post8718017918843531807..comments2024-03-27T12:37:27.837-07:00Comments on Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog: Romans!?timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-46967669755468446422009-06-28T01:50:43.517-07:002009-06-28T01:50:43.517-07:00Wow! I like the look of those undead Romans. Thank...Wow! I like the look of those undead Romans. Thanks for the links Zero TwentyThree.Little Odohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16554557447121289551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-80888532903498714712009-06-27T13:25:40.935-07:002009-06-27T13:25:40.935-07:00Wow!? Those Zvezda "Cursed Legion" look ...Wow!? Those Zvezda "Cursed Legion" look COOL!! Thanks!<br /><br />I think those dwarves are the ones I had seen recently... I've been looking at getting some of the WW Dwarf Wars Highland Dwarves!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-14953998893859487552009-06-26T20:03:00.660-07:002009-06-26T20:03:00.660-07:00Zvezda makes (made?) some plastic 28mm undead Roma...Zvezda makes (made?) some plastic 28mm undead Romans.<br /><br />http://www.ringofrule.ru/main.php?lng=eng<br /><br />West Wind make Imerial Dwarfs.<br /><br />http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_4&products_id=821<br /><br />of even better, for some variety, some Hellenistic/Macedonian dwarf phalanx...<br /><br />http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_4&products_id=823<br /><br />or any number of other options:<br /><br />http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_4&sort=2a&page=2<br /><br /><br />I think any sort of barbaric looking figures would be feasible for a "Romans exploring the edges of the earth" type fantasy setting. ;)ZeroTwentythreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382747835221715170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-86137695790359006772009-06-26T15:37:39.354-07:002009-06-26T15:37:39.354-07:00That would be "Men-at-Arms series #667 - Rome...That would be "Men-at-Arms series #667 - Rome's Ememies (6) Orcs, Dwarves, and Elves from the Lands of Fancy"?<br /><br />I'll look into it!<br /><br />Thanks!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-68239543300470034292009-06-26T15:12:09.736-07:002009-06-26T15:12:09.736-07:00I was thinking Orcs as opponents, moreso than alli...I was thinking Orcs as opponents, moreso than allied troops. You should really pick up the Osprey on that to be sure... .<br /><br />Bob in EdmontonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-27781818122441472922009-06-26T07:19:16.088-07:002009-06-26T07:19:16.088-07:00Are you suggesting I include Orc allies in a Roman...Are you suggesting I include Orc allies in a Roman army...!? <br /><br />Hmmmmm..... <br /><br />You know now that you mention it I'm sure I've seen fantasy minis in Roman segmented armour.... Might have been Dwarves though... Rafm, maybe...?timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-87898659594090803972009-06-26T07:15:36.290-07:002009-06-26T07:15:36.290-07:00Great work on some rather dated sculpts.
I wonder...Great work on some rather dated sculpts.<br /><br />I wonder if Orcs are not that far off some of the barbarian tribes the Romans encountered (at least in the Roman mind).<br /><br />Bob in EdmontonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-31950812905869585302009-06-25T21:07:56.190-07:002009-06-25T21:07:56.190-07:00Well, you could use Mars as a God, you've got ...Well, you could use Mars as a God, you've got plenty of scope for Heroes (Caesar, Caesar wannabes, that dude who was carrying the eagle who jumped out of the ship when they were making an opposed landing in Britain), Sneakers (sappers), Lurkers (a Legionary hiding behind a bush, or a twig), Fartillery, Hordes (armed slaves, like after Cannae), Behemoths (legionaries in their tortoise formation - though you'd have to class it as a foot Behemoth lest it gets shot to pieces by arrows, the very things their shields are protecting them from), Priests (pagan and Christian)...I just can't think of an easy fit for Flyers.<br /><br />HOTT's brilliant, you can justify pretty much anything!<br /><br />NickNick Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668435293578877174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-37343230028800982052009-06-25T19:28:06.090-07:002009-06-25T19:28:06.090-07:00Ooh, priests and soothsayers... yeah!
Wow, it...Ooh, priests and soothsayers... yeah! <br /><br />Wow, it's probably been 20+ years since I looked at an Asterix book (which is odd considering I loved them in my youth and am a bit of a comic geek). I should grab some from the library for inspiration!<br /><br />years ago I saw a bunch of Asterix 25mm minisin a store and I have been kicking myself ever since for not having bought a DBA army's worth of them!!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-21419283677016322702009-06-25T17:49:07.715-07:002009-06-25T17:49:07.715-07:00How about a soothsayer in wolfskin cloak ala Aster...How about a soothsayer in wolfskin cloak ala Asterix and Obelix?Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-75566521830531093952009-06-25T15:56:14.333-07:002009-06-25T15:56:14.333-07:00You could add in various Priests of the Roman Gods...You could add in various Priests of the Roman Gods to add magic users.<br /><br />More greek but a unit of minotaurs. Maybe a giant kraken. A general or unit mounted on Pegasai.ColKillgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525442150477092825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-12657672540278551462009-06-25T14:27:25.949-07:002009-06-25T14:27:25.949-07:00Yes, exactly... but which ones!?
I'm not so ...Yes, exactly... but which ones!? <br /><br />I'm not so familiar with Roman Mythology. As far as I recall it was more or less a rip off of Greek mythology...timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-27268384824789560812009-06-25T14:20:14.349-07:002009-06-25T14:20:14.349-07:00Perhaps some creatures of Roman/Greco Mythology?Perhaps some creatures of Roman/Greco Mythology?Alex Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062717295016524272noreply@blogger.com