I recently dug out a Warmaster Imperial Roman army that I bought from Pendraken at a show, along with an Ancient British army, about 10 years ago. In a rush of enthusiasm, I painted up the entire army, but ran out of steam when it came to the Ancient British, so never got a game in. At Deeside Defenders, Black Powder and the various related rules Pike and Shotte and Hail Ceasar are all enthusiastically played. So, after discussing with Ian whether he had a suitable opposing army (which he did having Sassanids in 10mm), we scheduled a game for this coming Thursday using Hail Ceasar.
The entire force, at the back two stands of Scorpion bolt throwers, five legionnary cohorts (a veteran legion in the centre representing the Praetorian Guard), three cohorts of auxilia, one ala of cavalry, one unit of archers and three German javelin-armed skirmisher units, plus a tribune and a legate.
The Germanic tribes skirmisher units
The unit of Archers
The three cohorts of auxilia.
Two cohorts of legionaries
One veteran legionary cohort - the Praetorian Guard
Two more legionary cohorts
The small unit of Scorpion bolt throwers
The whole army on parade.
The shields could do with some detail either painted on or as decals - not sure which way I'll go yet. In any case, they should be able to put up a decent show on Thursday night. All depends how quickly I can pick up the rules as I've not played HC before and my rules haven't yet turned up from Amazon.
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