Assyrian army

Assyrian army

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

A Roman army Review

Not one of my biggest armies so I can't say 'Garrison' or 'Minifigs' Review - This lot include Irregular, Garrison and Minifigs. Add them all together and I'm getting towards one reasonably sized army - though with some very incompatible paint jobs!
The whole army, Garrison/Minifigs right flank, Irregular left

The Garrison/Minifigs half - 2 Minifigs cavalry units, some Garrison archers and Praetorians and a cohort each of Garrison and Minifigs Legionaries. No javelin armed auxilia yet.

The Irregular part, organised as 12 figure units. Not sure who made the artillery - have got a couple of Irregular ones somewhere.

Minifigs cavalry on Garrison horses - riders bought ready painted but without horses.

The infantry. Garrison archers, Garrison Praetorians, Garrison legionaries then Minifigs legionaries.

A couple of close ups of the Garrison infantry.


And views of the Irregular infantry

Meanwhile, plenty to paint - 2 cohorts worth of Garrison legionaries.




6 comments:

  1. Excellent! Incompatible paint Jobs..I reckon, in reality, a legion would have looked a mixed bunch.

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    1. Thank you. There will be times when, incompatible or not, they will serve together.

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  2. Its a good start. :)

    I'll confess that I like the old Minifigs best but the Garrison horse are better than the ones they would have originally ridden.

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    1. Agree that Garrison horses are best, figures it varies -I think the best Garrison figures are as good/better than Minifigs, and in fact the marching legionary is, for me, better than the Minifigs equivalents.

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  3. That brings back some memories! Great to see these venerable warriors - yes those Minifigs cavalry look very well on their new mounts.

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    1. That Garrison 20mm horse mould has produced more castings than just about any other mould!

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