Recommendation for Roman soldiers (1 Viewer)

Squiggle

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I'm just getting re-started as a toy soldier collector (since painting castings as a teenager!) and I'm
wondering if anyone has any recommendation for glossy Roman soldiers?
As far as I can tell, Regal in New Zealand is the only company with much of a choice. Dorset and Tradition
seem to only have a couple figures - not enough to build a diverse force.
Thank you.
 
you know it's pretty simple to do an easy one step varnish...
with a high gloss coating to turn a matte figure into a high gloss figure...
so anything would work for you with just a small amount of effort...
 
To fill out the ranks, you can also find the old Blue Box figures. Blue Box had a Roman set, comprising a figure of Julius Caesar, a signifer, and two legionaries. The downsides are that the equipment was done in a soft plastic, and that for any set you may pick up, you only get two legionaries. But you can find individual figures at shows and elsewhere on the secondary market. And you can modify the figures relatively easily.

In a similar vein, if you're interested in taking up the brush, you can track down Rose and Sanderson kit figures, both of whom produced Romans in many varied poses. Rose produced other ancients, too-Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Cretans, and Britons.

Prost!
Brad
 
I have hundreds of glossy "Soldiers of the World" (Regal) Romans. I have both the Montefortino and Imperial Gallic helmet figures.
Priced well below current sales prices. PM me if interested.
 
Thanks Brad for the ideas - you gave me some interesting leads here!

-Squiggle




To fill out the ranks, you can also find the old Blue Box figures. Blue Box had a Roman set, comprising a figure of Julius Caesar, a signifer, and two legionaries. The downsides are that the equipment was done in a soft plastic, and that for any set you may pick up, you only get two legionaries. But you can find individual figures at shows and elsewhere on the secondary market. And you can modify the figures relatively easily.

In a similar vein, if you're interested in taking up the brush, you can track down Rose and Sanderson kit figures, both of whom produced Romans in many varied poses. Rose produced other ancients, too-Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Cretans, and Britons.

Prost!
Brad
 

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