If you’ve just got started with your Romans then this step-by-step guide will be perfect for you as we take a look at how we painted a single Roman Legionary using quick techniques and a simple colour scheme to get your troops into battle in double-quick time! Step 1: THE BASE First off we glued the…
The Roman Testudo (tortoise) formation is probably the most recognisable battle formation in history. We wanted to do this legendary sight on the battlefield justice and so we have included an EXCLUSIVE Centurion model leading from the front of the formation and also added a pack of metal arrows that you can stick to the…
Introducing Warlords plastic Imperial Roman Scorpion catapult: Each Roman Century would be provided with a Scorpion Catapult to accompany them on the battlefield. With a rate of fire of up to four shots a minute, the weight and speed of these bolts would mean that shields and armour would offer little protection. View in Store The…
To help you deal with those rampaging Germanic tribesmen from the Germania Hail Caesar supplement, we’ve assembled these fantastic Roman army deals. First, the Imperial Roman Century – the ideal core of an early Roman army. View Details If a Century isn’t big enough for you, what about an entire Imperial Roman Cohort with over 500 models? …
With last week’s release of the Hail Caesar Rulebook in digital form, we thought it about time that we revisit our vast Roman range and highlight just a few of the units on offer… The cornerstone of any Roman army was the vast Legions – this boxed set contains 20 multi-part, hard plastic 28mm tall Imperial…
Way back in 2009, the wonderfully named Bennett Blalock-Doane sent us in some snaps of his Warlord models – and how impressed we were! Bennett tells us he has more to send us and we can’t wait! Bennett also commented; “It’s great to finally have GW-quality product available for ancients in plastic! Some pieces have some putty converting done…
We recently spotted a brilliant website called Red Over Blue, that showcases the work of Dan Hoyt. Dan has a lot of fantastic Bolt Action models that we hope to show off here in the future, but to start with these lovely plastic Imperial Roman Auxiliaries caught our eye: View in Store Check out our extensive range of…
Marcus Aurelius ruled the Empire along with Lucius Verus, from 161 AD to 180 AD. A great philosopher who studied relentlessly in his youth, Marcus would become one of the greatest Roman Emperors in history. It was during Hadrian’s reign that Marcus entered the political domain, having been reluctantly adopted by the Emperor and was…
As the Roman Empire set about conquering all corners of the globe, its fighting forces were underpinned by rank upon rank of Legionaries – the backbone of the Roman Legions – and some of the most formidable troops of their time. View in Store The entire army underwent a restructuring under General Gaius Marius, a statesmen…
The auxiliary of the Roman army came about in the earlier days of the Republic. Rome’s enemies made heavy use of foreign fighters. Many of Rome’s enemies, including Hannibal of Carthage utilised the talents of many different peoples, such as his Gallic and Spanish heavy cavalry. Influenced by this, Rome adopted the idea, using foreign…
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