2 Numidians questions

revmidni · Post by **revmidni** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:10 pm

I am new to ancient and have a couple of questions about the Numidians.

1. What are Imitation legionaries and what type of figure should I get for them?

2. Who are their allies? (Spanish?)

Thanks,
Bryan

shall · Post by **shall** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:17 am

Equipment basically the same as legionaries of that period.

Roman allies around 10 AD -so more of the above

Si

stevesykes · Post by **stevesykes** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:50 pm

I used the Donnington Marian Roman figures for the imitation legionaries in my Numidian army. I suspect there are no original sources showing what these soldiers looked like, so it's as good a guess as any. I need to paint another sixteen figures to allow me to field twenty-four bases.

shall · Post by **shall** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:02 pm

I suspect that is about right steve - I use the same.

Si

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:08 pm

stevesykes wrote:I used the Donnington Marian Roman figures for the imitation legionaries in my Numidian army. I suspect there are no original sources showing what these soldiers looked like, so it's as good a guess as any. I need to paint another sixteen figures to allow me to field twenty-four bases.

Personally I doubt they would be so well equipped. Donnington make a Numidian Roman-trained infantry figure which I suspect is a more likely appearance.

I suggest a mixture of these and Punic citizen infantry (with thureos).

Who can resist the lure of pointy helmets? They look great. Probably more accurate and who wants to be mistaken for a Roman. Ptui.

shall · Post by **shall** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:15 pm

I suggest a mixture of these and Punic citizen infantry (with thureos).

Who can resist the lure of pointy helmets? They look great. Probably more accurate and who wants to be mistaken for a Roman. Ptui.

That's handy I have 16 of those already

Si

revmidni · Post by **revmidni** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:05 pm

Thanks for the information