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Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:03 pm
by Tellus
I've got biten by the ancients bug again and purchased a box of Victrix's Republican Romans at the Tactica Wargames show in Hamburg. Although being a long time conservative "no Plastics"-Advocat, I have to confess that these minis are great and really nice to paint.
I've already put some of the Velites together and have started painting one of them for a test of which colors I 'll use on them.
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:51 pm
by barr7430
very nice work Marc
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:13 pm
by Tellus
Thank you Barry
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:52 pm
by jambo1
Nice looking figures, I have always resisted the ancients b ug, but they look very nice.
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:57 am
by Tellus
Indeed they are! They're really crisp and tell you were to put on the paint. So if you'll get tempted doing ancients I can really recommend the Victrix stuff.
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:59 am
by toggy
He looks great Marc, if I had time I could certainly get back into ancients with the Victrix Greeks.
Bob
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:26 am
by Tellus
toggy wrote:...if I had time...
I really know what you're talking about, Bob
..and thanks for the kind words
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:39 am
by obriendavid
toggy wrote:He looks great Marc, if I had time I could certainly get back into ancients with the Victrix Greeks.
Bob
You might be even more tempted once we get together for a game.
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:20 pm
by toggy
obriendavid wrote:toggy wrote:He looks great Marc, if I had time I could certainly get back into ancients with the Victrix Greeks.
Bob
You might be even more tempted once we get together for a game.
That is a day I'm really looking forward to Dave
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:57 pm
by quindia
Nice job. It's funny, I literally just ordered a handful of Crusader Romans and Carthaginians a few days ago with an eye toward building some Punic War skirmish forces... DONNYBROOK B.C.
I look forward to seeing more!
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 1:30 pm
by Tellus
Thank you Clarence
Yeah, it seems that Republican Romans are pretty popular these days
Apart from the shields I already had finished the Velites a month ago.
So, now the last days I was in the mood to get the shields ready by applying those nice LBM decals which I've ordered from Victrix.
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 2:35 pm
by duc de limbourg
These look very good. Whish there were good rulesfor the republican Romans
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 4:08 pm
by j1mwallace
We've had a large number of good games using Hail Caesar and more recently "to the strongest"
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:24 pm
by chema1986
Brilliant paintjob !
Re: Senatus Populus Que Romanus
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:51 pm
by Adam Hayes
duc de limbourg wrote:These look very good. Whish there were good rulesfor the republican Romans
Piquet's Archon 2 works quite nicely at representing the Republican Romans. During the normal melee resolution when the loser of a melee routs or retires (or occasionally it is a draw,) the Roman general can choose to replace a defeated Roman infantry unit with its supporting Hastati, Princeps or Triari unit. Alternatively the choice can be made to withdraw the entire line of a legion and replace it with its supporting line in the triplex acies formation. This gives a very powerful motive for a player to use the historical formation for a legion rather than extending his frontage with the rear lines which can be a temptation. (It also comes in very handy when blood-crazed Kelts have punched through your carefully arranged battle line!
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