Triarii

And here is the last unit of this 'legion' - the Triarii.  I am really pleased with Aventine's figures.  Their elephants are great - if you remember I used them for my Sassanid Persian army - and I'm happy to say that their foot figures are every bit as nice.

The sculpting is excellent - lots of detail, realistic faces, good lively poses and lots of variety.  It's hard to fault them.  I think my favourite figure of all is that unit leader with the face-mask - I think he's really meant to be a standard-bearer, but to me he seemed to make a good officer.  I'm hoping to swap the eagle (which isn't glued in place) for a boar.

I'm really excited about the project now - I'm really looking forward to them doing some Pyrrhics, particularly the phalangites.  I guess that, if I'm honest, I've had a sneaking desire for some phalangite 'toys' since reading the Ladybird book about Alexander the Great when I was a youngster.

And, of course, there are the superb shield transfers from Steve at Little Big Men Studios.  The figures wouldn't look half as good without them.

I suppose I'd better 're-jig' the site a little and start a gallery for this project too.  Not tonight though, I'm going to sit admire my new 'legion' for a bit, and day-dream about the finished project...


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