A Year and 7 Months! A 1/172 ancients project.

The mistake I made with the Romans was to buy miniatures from different companies, although at times this was inevitable.

If I could go back in time, I would only buy Roman legionaries from just one manufacturer – probably Caesar Miniatures (because I like them the best).

Why is this? Well the problem is dual fold; that is of style and size (within the 1/72 scale).  As you will see in the photos below, the difference in the above qualities can be significant.

Stylistically, Romans differ from company to company!  But are they not all Romans in the same armour type from the same period?, you might ask?  Well, yes, nonetheless they are or can be very different and to an extent ruin the uniformity of the army.

The same can be said with the Roman Auxiliaries, but in this case I had learnt my lesson and after thorough scrutiny of the miniatures on a site called ‘Plastic Soldier Review’ (a site that specializes in 1/72 plastic miniatures), I only bought auxiliaries from one brand – Strelets.

Size can be an even greater hurdle!  For some strange reason, size differs not only from manufacturer to manufacturer, but also within the same range in the manufacturer’s miniature line!

Even more frustrating is that a manufacturer might have their Romans at one size, but their Celts at a slightly different size. It can literally drive one bonkers!

This problem in not such a big deal with the Celts, as they are more individual warriors rather than regimental soldiers.  Therefore you can get away with murder and have different styles and sizes in the same unit without the unit looking weird or out of place.

That is all for this post.  In the next post I will start posting pictures of the individual units.

Regards,

NR