SAGA: Ages of Ages

The Mamertine infantry that made up the bulk of the force are not well described in the sources.  Pottery depictions make it clear that fighters are hoplites armed with the long spear and round shield typical of this type, many were unarmoured wearing nothing or a chiton, others have Oscan style chest and back protectors.  Therefore I’ve decided to split them into an 8 man Warrior unit and two 4 man Hearthguard units.  This represents the general type of mercenary, possibly more recently arrived, as the Warriors.  The Hearthguard are therefore those mercenaries who have been successful for longer in their trade and who show more trappings of wealth including better armour and fancier shields.

First the Warriors.  Miniatures are made from several Victrix kits including unarmoured Samnites and Unarmoured Hoplites, some conversions done to provide hoplite spears rather than the usual javelin or sword.  Painted initially in the same style and colours as before, there is then a white edge run around the bottom of the chiton tunic to give it a more Oscan style.  Shiled transfers from LBMS as usual.

The Hearthguards are based on the Victrix Armoured Samnite bodies with conversions for the spear arms, and some heads taken from Republican Roman and Agema Roman kits.  Painting used the same colour scheme as before but with further detailing.  The white edging was taken further and quite a few have an additional line of red or blue overlaid onto the white.  This brings them much closer to the Oscan fresco fighter depictions.

Hearthguard unit 1:

Heathguard unit 2: