Wov......amazing....I just must have this figure....

Needless to say, this is most impressive! Forgive me if this seems an unwarranted quibble, but did the Romans know of and utilize Buttons and Toggle Loops as depicted on the cape? Although far from an expert in this era, I am not familiar with any reference or extant evidence that these existed in Ancient Roman material culture. Again, just a minor, nit picking little thing.

Terrific figure none the less.

THE ULTIMATIVE BADASS ROMAN LEGIONARY!
awesome figure btw

Beautiful figure , fantastic sculpt.

Cheers,

Andy

IIRC there is/was considerable debate about the possibilty for Romans to 'personalize' their clothing and equipment (both in colors/painting etc. as well as some of the clothing). And that is assuming that whatever clothing was provided by the army (or had to conform to army standards), like the tunic was indeed as uniform as often represented, seeing that there might be considerable differences in quality of cloth and die (let alone the color of dies) used to make the tunics of all the soldiers in the same unit. Probably things like shin-guards and the arm-protection on his sword arm was no-regulation as well, and an individual choice of the soldiers).

As far as I know consensus is that some elements, like cold weather mantles, trousers/pants, socks, underwear could be (or had to be) bought/provided for by the men individually. There is a letter from Vinolanda mentioning socks, underwear and sandals being sent to presumably one of the soldiers stationed there - potentially all the way from the Rhineland.

http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink2/4DACTION/WebRequestQuery

Cold/bad weather mantles would certainly fall into the same category, so if this soldier had been stationed somewhere where they knew the principle of buttons and toggle loops, it is quite conceivable that he would buy such a mantle (or had it made to these specifications). I am not sure whether they knew this principle somewhere in Celti/Germanic world or in the east (although I would not be surprised if they did - to my knowledge buttons have been found).

Wow absolutely amazing sculpt, and 90mm , this is one figure that'll be seen and dominate all major competition events.
Looking forward to seeing it painted.

Cheers Ken

Yes! It is valid "absolutely amazing sculpt" !
Yours faithfully to the author of a sculpture.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!What a Roman oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A figure MUST have.

It has been a lot of years since I have paint a roman legionaire, I think it's about time to paint one more.That figure is full of character and I have already think a minor conversion to make it perfect in my eyes!

Looks good, but if you look closer you see that his left foot is very different then the right foot.
I cannot see the reason sculpting his right arm with chainmail and a bare left arm.
When he is indeed first century AD the shield should be oval. Rectangulair shields where very occasionaly.
The lorica segmentata (a name the romans did not use but its invented in the Renaissance) give's a thought that it is a fortunated soldier so why not chainmail on his left arm
At first it look great, but the longer i look at it, the more i don't understand this figure. It will pass my army.

Marc

No Mark he is historical accurate,the first rows of the legions only at the dacian wars wore at the left foot full armour because this foot was at the front with the sield and also full armour at the right arm for extra protection.All this unique "dressing" was for repulse the deadly strikes from the main wapon of the Dacians the falx (from the greek word "φαλξ").The same wapon was also in use by the Thracians and later by some byzantine emperors guardians including Varangians.

Wow this is a must have figure for me and other ancient fans.

David

Looks great.
Suspect it's one to get an early casting from, a lot to be lost as the moulds wear.
Does the blade look a bit 'light'?
Regards
Derek

Thanks Christos.
I like this update on my unknowledge. Never to old to learn. But this information is new to me. Thanks again. Gonna buy more books.
So, it is worth the buy this one in the early castings...

Marc

Derek the blade seems a bit straiten at its width I think you are right but this is something easy to fix,Marc you wellcome and I also want to tell you that at the byzantine period that wapon they called it rhomphaia ("ρομφαία" in greek).Regards.

Excellent figure, mine is already on its way, another fine piece to add to the collection
Tommi

Another roman warrior and another error! in a Italian forum this coloured figure in showed on boxart had the paenula (cloak) painted in pourple! The pourple is a colour for rich important personage (imperator. i.e.) and not for a simple "miles simplicius"!
And then two hanging purses on the waist-band in action of fighting? this accessories are inside the umbo of the shield when the man is non in action.
Robert

For the detail nuts, some points to consider:
the direction of overlap for the manica segments;
the position of it on the arm (should it be over the bend of the elbow v. on the outer arm as we're used to seeing it?);
scutum's a bit small.

The scutum is over-thick anyway (as all cast shields tend to be) so a scratchbuilt replacement could be in order on that front as it is.

Einion

Looks very very cool, but one of his feet looks terrible for me...