Roman miniatures representation

Hi all,

I´m finishing my own C&C table to play the game with 28mm minis and scenery.
I have whole lots of unpainted figures (as any self respected wargamer does!) and was planning on painting them now for the game.

I´m having trouble choosing the minis to be adapted to the C&C troops, and I would appreciate any corrections.
I´m starting slow with the Bagradas scenario to build the bulk of the force.

L: Velites
M: Principes and Hastatii
A: Not sure about this one. Spanish or Thracian allies maybe?
W: Germanic or gallic allies?
H: Triarii

LC: Numidian or spanish cavalry?
MC: Equites
HC: Equites again?

Thanks in advance!

Ciao Guido,
In the past month I did some searches over the net and found HAT miniatures as best choice.
I hope this can help and maybe it could be useful for following needs .
Corrections are also welcome.

8066 Imperial Roman Auxiliary Cavalry
8021 Roman Cavalry
8067 Imperial Praetorian Cavalry
8051 Roman Command
8065 Imperial Roman Auxiliary Infantry
8074 Imperial Roman Auxiliaries
8064 Imperial Roman Extra Heavy Legionaries
8082 Imperial Roman Legionaries

www.plasticsoldierreview.com/

These BGG threads are also good for some more ideas
www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/101663
www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/103230

Thanks Alessandro, those threads are quite useful, and they have Carthaginian troops as well.

About the minis, I´m a very big fan of Hat´s plastics. However, I have been a "painting service" a few years ago and have more than enough metal 28mm figures.

Thanks again for the fast reply.

I just finished researching all manufacturers of 28mm figures to create Republican Roman and Carthaginain armies. The best manufcaturers that I found were:

Crusader
Foundry
Gripping Beast
A&A Miniatures

I rejected:
Renegade Miniatures (beautiful, but a bit too big...they look like giants)
Magister Militum (They are a bit too small, but could be used in a tight spot)

I tried to pick exactly the right minis for each unit type for the 2nd Punic War. I am basing them on 1" x 1" for infantry and 1" x 2" for Cavalry.

Side Note: I am also creating a tabletop version of the game that will use these figures as well in addition to 4" x 2" bases (4 figures permanently based in the front rank and the 4 individually based figures in the back row. The casualties will be taken from the back row until all 4 are gone. The remaining front rank piece is used as the 'flag' for Victory Point tracking. The table is my 4' x 8' wargaming table and will have a matt with extra large 6" hexes. Cavalry is one permanently mounted figure on the right with the removable figures placed on the base to the left. Elephants are one Elephant with 2 figures in the Howdah (one for each casualty).

Here are my army lists

ROMAN
Light Infantry (Velites) Crusader ANR005 & Foundry ARR06

Bowmen and Slingers Crusader ANS10 & Foundry ARR7

Auxilia (Italian Allies) Gripping Beast REP11, REP12, REP 14; A&A Minis SAM1, SAM7, SAM5

Medium Infantry (Hastati & Principes) Foundry ARR2; Crusader ANR001, ANR002, ANR008

Heavy Infantry (Principes & Triarii) Crusader ANR003, ANR008

Warrior Infantry (Gauls) Foundry ARR19, CB1, CB6; A&A Miniatures also

Lt. Cavalry (Italian Allies) Gripping Beast REPC04, ROC03; A&A Minis SAM6

Medium Cavalry (Roman Cav) Crusader ANR12, ANR13; Foundry ARR10x, ARR11x

Leaders (Roman Generals and officers/ command) Foundry ARR1; Gripping Beast REPC05, VIG09




CARTHAGE
Light Infantry (Numidian Javalin) Foundry CR2, CR6; Crusader ANN001, ANN004

Bowmen Gripping Beast CRT01

Slingers (Baleric) Crusader010; Gripping Beast BAL01

Auxilia (Spanish Allied Infantry Spearmen) Crusader ANS040, ANS050, ANS001, ANS002, ANS005, ANS006, ANS007

Medium Infantry (Spanish Allied Infantry Swordsmen with armor) Crusader ANC002, ANS041, ANS042, ANS051, ANS052

Warriors (Gauls) Foundry CB3, CB4, CB5; A&A Minis various

Lt Cavalry (Numidian Javalin Cavalry) Crusader ANN008, ANN009; Foundry CR2/7, CR2/8; A&A Minis various

Medium Cavlary (Spanish Allied Cavalry) ANS012, ANS011, ANS013, ANS014

Heavy Cavalry (Carthaginain Armored Cavalry) Crusader ANC007, ANC008

Elephant Crusader ANC012; A&A Minis CAR7

Leader (Generals/ Command) Crusader ANC011, ANS014 A&A Minis CAR08





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Thank you Glen for your detailed info about miniatures.
For fast reference I've added in "Web Links" section the addresses for these miniature manufacturers
- Crusader
- Foundry
- Gripping Beast
- A&A Miniatures
- Renegade Miniatures
- Magister Militum

With this great list by Glen I've decided to open a new Forum section dedicated to miniatures... as lots of players wuold like to see "real miniatures" on the table during playing.


I've opened a single thread for each unit (LI, LC, MI, HI, ....) and all the threads are grouped by Army (Romans, Carthaginians, ...)

For the moment you could browse 28mm miniatures but we could add some more scales in the future.

alecrespi wrote:

For the moment you could browse 28mm miniatures but we could add some more scales in the future.

I would definitely like to see these threads for 20mm (1:72) plastics! I am currently building out my armies in this scale and there are a lot of good sculpts out there at a much smaller cost than 28mm.

This scale is great because four side-by-side minis will generally fit nicely in the the hex of a CC:A board.

I am also working on a magnetic basing system that allows you to move a 4 fig group easily without it being so "fiddly".

Hi!
I invite you to post the "result" of your research. (manufacturer/article code/website)
So we could populate another section of this forum (dedicated to 20mm 1/72 armies)


I think the community will also be really greatful to see a "tutorial" on how to build this magnetic besing system... or at least I will be.