Thursday, March 24, 2016

First Element of Marian Roman Army (Finally!)

So, after a long hiatus from figure painting, I am back. And first up on the list of crap to get done: start my DBA Marian Roman Army (II/49) so I can finally get my armies on the table and start playing some ancient warfare. Well actually, the first thing on my list was that second Gallic chariot, just to finish that army up, but I wasn't in the mood, so....
The figures are from the excellent Zvezda Republican Roman Infantry set (8034). The poses are good, beautiful details, almost no flash, and it has a perfect mix of triarii (heavy infantry) and velites (light infantry) so that you can make all the elements needed for your DBA army. I use those terms loosely, since under Gaius Marius the different classes of soldiers were abandoned. Here's the element list (or at least the one that I chose to use):

1x3Cv or 4Bd (Gen), 1x3Cv or 2LH, 8x4Bd, 1x3/4Ax or 2Ps, 1x2Ps.

My customized list is going to include a blade command element, both the cavalry and the light horse element (so that the player can choose which to use) and 2 psiloi elements instead of having to go to the trouble of buying a pack of auxiliaries.






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