Greek Hoplites...Carthage? (1 Viewer)

[Rudi Starnberg]

I am a bit of a late comer to ancients, as I am a WW2 collector, although I do enjoy reading the history of the battles, and some of my favourite pieces are the FL Imperial Romans, of which I have a (very) few and bought some years ago, as they look very impressive on the shelf.

Upon seeing the 50% sale off the "old" FL Hoplites, I have just bought five and am now eagerly awaiting their arrival. The range of armour looks wide, including Corinthian, Chalcis and Thracian/Phrygian helmets ....and I am sure they will look even better in hand than they do in the photos (as my FL Romans do).
They look quite versatile, and I am no expert in Ancient armour types, but apart from those wearing Corinthian helmets, I wonder if they could even be passed off as Carthaginian troops ? there don't seem to be many...or any Carthaginian troops out there by manufacturers, so these may be the next best thing, and it also seems that knowledge as to what the Carthaginians actually wore isn't clear cut nor definitive, but I would be very interested to hear what any of you "Ancient" students may have to say on that (if you have time) ?

Anyway, it seems this older FL Greek range, although discounted in price, isn't "showing its age" as far as quality is concerned, and I hope to be very pleased with them.

 

[Hetairoi]

Black Hawk had made a Battle of Zama series with a quite extensive coverage of Carthaginian Army during 2nd Punic War, including Lybi-Phoenician Infantry, which was the backbone of Hannibal's Infantry line, Celt-Iberian and Iberian who were loyal to Barca's family, Greek allies like Lucanian when Hannibal liberated Southern Italy as well as the iconic Numidian Cavalry.

https://www.blackhawk-toysoldier.co...603/zama-rome-vs-carthague.html?p=2&tamanio=9

 

[Rudi Starnberg]

Many thanks. I also noticed when looking around the armour depicted by 28mm wargame figure makers Armorum & Aquila, and Aventine, and these give a good idea of the variety of mixtures of armour, and what the various mercenaries in Carthages pay wore.
Cheers.

 

[sapper]

Good to hear that you are getting into the ancient range of toy soldiers Rudi. This is probably my greatest interest in collecting at the moment and I find the variety of figures very rewarding. A photo to stir your interest. Greg.

 

[Rudi Starnberg]

A fine picture. Some of the art in the Osprey books is great too.
Artist Sean O Brogain seems to do some very impressive artwork on ancient battles.

 

[katana]

The Concord book #6005 Ancient Armies has some excellent illustrations by Angus McBride of Carthaginian Mercenaries and War Elephants. The arms and armor of the Carthaginians, Macedonians and Romans are very similar during the 3rd century BC! The book is available from Hobby Bunker and Amazon.

 

[Hetairoi]

Check out the link below:
http://koof-miniatures.com/ancient_warriors/army_of_hannibal/

Another fancy Russian studio and they have some surprisingly good pre-Roman antiquity especially Hannibal's army compositions.
The owner said there would be 3 new Carthaginian figures release in the near future. I have ordered their Pyrrhus Phalanx given the rareness on the market, but I definitely have my eyes on those Carthaginian soldiers.

 

[joesgis]

Here's a Koof figure "in the flesh", very nice quality, particularly the shield. Packaging/presentation is excellent. Owner Boris Mumus is an absolute pleasure to work with. His Carthaginian range is 60mm, so this figure stands a bit taller than most Aeroart, Nevskaya, Vitaz, etc figures but still mixes in well IMHO.
Joe

 

[nysoldiers]

I have a strong feeling that we will see figures for the Punic Wars coming sooner than later.

 

[Dragoon]

I have a strong feeling that we will see figures for the Punic Wars coming sooner than later.

Who do you think might get arround to it first ..... First Legion or John Jenkins?