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That is really great news!!, looking foirward to all the releases!!
 
Roman advancing with pilum lowered comes in two versions:The classic red shield version and with the black shield of the 30th Legion.
The red shield version will be unlimited and produced so long as there is a demand . The black shield version is limited to 100 pieces .
Roman with pilum raised following the front line will also be available end of January
there will be facility to pay( over 3months) for the collectors wishing to buy multiples
These figures are smaller than the normal TG figure size and will fit in with the Aeroart of First Legion Romans
They will retail for around $49/£39 including VAT
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Was reading up and found out that the 30th was raised in 103 AD by Emperor Trajan in support of his ongoing war in Dacia. Stationed on the Danube the 30th took its title from the emperor’s family name, Ulpia. Would be nice that the opposition TG creates for these figures would be the Dacians.Some thing different than Gauls,Germans,and Celts.
 
Hector of Troy said:
Was reading up and found out that the 30th was raised in 103 AD by Emperor Trajan in support of his ongoing war in Dacia. Stationed on the Danube the 30th took its title from the emperor’s family name, Ulpia. Would be nice that the opposition TG creates for these figures would be the Dacians.Some thing different than Gauls,Germans,and Celts.
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Very GOOD point and very interesting . I'll have some research to do before buying them
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Cool idea, great sculpts, excellent painting! Unfortunately not my cup of tea. Lots of potential here...Praetorians, siege engines/artillery, personalities: Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Maximus Decimus Meridius....
 
LTC PaulN said:
Cool idea, great sculpts, excellent painting! Unfortunately not my cup of tea. Lots of potential here...Praetorians, siege engines/artillery, personalities: Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Maximus Decimus Meridius....
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Yeah!, definitely all great ideas. Specially the siege engines, catapults, balista's, scorpion's are all very welcomed.
 
I really like the look of these figures, can anyone give me any idea of what the red shield represent?
 
Peiper007 said:
I really like the look of these figures, can anyone give me any idea of what the red shield represent?
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Red in Roman times was the colour of Mars , god of war .
Each Legion had their own symbol painted on the shield it was a way to distinguish one unit from from another on the battlefield.
When you look at the helmets they are wearing they must be from the late 1st century
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villagehorse said:
No question these will look striking on mass. Robin.
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Thanks Robin and everybody else for your support, the B version Black shield Romans now all sold out here and will be removed from our website shortly. For those of you after the B version please contact your dealer if you have not already done so.
Best wishes Vicki
 
How about a Centurion to lead these new formations (see my posting XXX Legion)? These Roman figs are outstanding. Thanks, Chris
 



First I wanna say how pleased I was with the first offering of Romans. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the figures were done. The sculpt and paint work are really fantastic and I'm glad I picked them up. My question is with this next set on the horizon why the shift in the color of breeches/trousers? I see that blue is being adapted on these figures. Why not stay consistent and keep the breeches the same as your previous releases? Blue was not a common dye and it was hard to come by. Also I just noticed the shin protection. I will have to do a bit of research but I believe this was fairly uncommon. The Scutum provided much of the necessary leg protection needed.
 
I'm with you on the color of the trousers, why the blue? May be to match up with K&C Retired Romans. I do like how they jazzed up the bases and seemed like they thinned them down a little compared to their first release. 002.JPG 003.JPG
 
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First I wanna say how pleased I was with the first offering of Romans. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the figures were done. The sculpt and paint work are really fantastic and I'm glad I picked them up. My question is with this next set on the horizon why the shift in the color of breeches/trousers? I see that blue is being adapted on these figures. Why not stay consistent and keep the breeches the same as your previous releases? Blue was not a common dye and it was hard to come by. Also I just noticed the shin protection. I will have to do a bit of research but I believe this was fairly uncommon. The Scutum provided much of the necessary leg protection needed.
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Yes the Greave's ! Can't say I've seen them on Legionary's of this era before.
I assume the figures are representative of the late first, early second century A.D. due to the helmets not having had the modification done of a cross piece fitted to deflect the Flax, a favoured weapon of the Dacians, a long sword with a curved/hooked end which were causing horrendous casualties on the Roman's in the 1st and 2nd Dacian wars under Trajan.
Wold makes a blue/green vegetable dye, of course like the other dyes of the time not colour fast. Also I believe that leather was commonly used in the breeches, especially for the Cavalry.
Steve
 
Sahara said:



First I wanna say how pleased I was with the first offering of Romans. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the figures were done. The sculpt and paint work are really fantastic and I'm glad I picked them up. My question is with this next set on the horizon why the shift in the color of breeches/trousers? I see that blue is being adapted on these figures. Why not stay consistent and keep the breeches the same as your previous releases? Blue was not a common dye and it was hard to come by. Also I just noticed the shin protection. I will have to do a bit of research but I believe this was fairly uncommon. The Scutum provided much of the necessary leg protection needed.
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Just going through some old posts and I agree with this post in as much that I didn't go for this particular set because of the blue leggings and greaves, they didn't go with the 001 and 005 sets. Hopefully one day a set more in line with the earlier releases will come about but not yet as I'm still building my century with those said earlier pieces!

I concur with some of the other suggestions i.e. marching into combat with shield and gladius to the front as per the image below........(for want of a much better image!)

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......and for the more stationary figures maybe at some far future date one of these

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Isandlwana said:
Just going through some old posts and I agree with this post in as much that I didn't go for this particular set because of the blue leggings and greaves, they didn't go with the 001 and 005 sets. Hopefully one day a set more in line with the earlier releases will come about but not yet as I'm still building my century with those said earlier pieces!

I concur with some of the other suggestions i.e. marching into combat with shield and gladius to the front as per the image below........(for want of a much better image!)

There will be a new version of ROM004 without the leg greaves and in the more conventional muted trouser colour, there will also be a slight change in the pose so its not an exact replica of ROM004.
There may even be some more Romans in this pose but a different uniform to add some variety to peoples collections.

Kind Regards Vicki
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