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Ok, here is an easy one, so you're going to have to get specific.
https://img377.imageshack.us/img377/...nit22dn.th.jpg
Samnites?
Some sort of Italian Swordsman? maybe a mercenary?
Oscan Swordsmen
(very nicely done too, with the shield design and triple disc armor)
Samnites, right? They are sweeeeet~D
The armor looks similar as a samnite in a certain Osprey plate. But what about those swords, they look like Iberian falcatas. Did the Samnites use falcatas? Could these be units that Karthadast can recruit in Italy?
May I just say that there were similar weapons in the mediterranean basin that may or may not have been developed in paralell. They were used as widely as the Iberian Peninsula, all the way into the Far East, brought by greek colonists, and as a curiosity, led to the appearence of these kinds of weapons in India and Nepal which we consider typical of them.
A Machaira
http://www.hollywoodcostumesandparty...ans/500730.jpg
A Kopis
http://www.fabriziocaldarelli.net/kopis.jpg
The Iberian Falcata
http://www.historialago.com/leg_iberos_i_falcata_01.jpg
Ethruscans also used such a blade...
that must be samnites, made by Prometheus ~:)
They seem to be some kind of italian infantry. I would say Bruttian maybe...
There's an armour greave on the left leg, so, logically, they're a phalanx unit of some kind. Samnite seems a good guess, though; I'll go with that.
Etruscans were based in Italy, that's still part of the Mediterranean Basin, maybe they're on to something...~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jerby
Edit: NeonGod... the romans also wore only one greave on the leading leg, and they were not, for the most part, a phalanx-type army by this point.
damn! why am i always johnny-come-lately? well, since everyone already took the good and correct answers.. i'll say it's campanian heavy infantry, a regional unit in campania, available to rome, carthage and the hellenic factions.
But why? They didn't march the same way a phalanx would. Covering up one leg just makes it more obvious that you need to strike the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarcasm
Iberian Caetratii? by the red border design on their tunic
Remember that it is a non-previewed unit~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by -Abbey.keeper-
Fashion? ~:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by NeonGod
~;)
I think it's samnites~:cheers: ~:cheers: ~:cheers:
lol i tried to nail the design on their shield but a search on google from "3 winged" to "tripennis" yield nothing except for imperial shuttles and the scientific name of some obscure creature ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spendios
not exactly caetratii, but some unit of khadrastrim(sp?) or phoenician(sp?) origin would be my guess.
man this is fun~:)
Sammnites wouldn't use argive shields though. Etruscans swordmen is my guess, although it's probably a bit off. I believe the Romans had their version called the CLIPEUS too.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeonGod
When you use such a large shield, it becomes almost unnecessary to have bodyarmour, as the only part of you that's exposed is your head (covered by a helmet) and your leading leg (the one you use to establish your position firmly, for balance, and that was covered by the greave).Quote:
Originally Posted by NeonGod
I must say that I'm not sure that's an argive shield. It is too much of a liability when fighting in a sword fight, especially when your opponent has a scutum or thureos which have a horizontal grip. The argive shield sacrifices personal combat ability, for added protection in a formation of similarly armed soldiers.
My first guess was Samnite, but since no one has confirmed that yet I will guess that it might be Umbrian. My only basis for calling it Umbrian is that in DBA Samnites and Umbrians get the same army.
Heavy Iberian infantry. I am guessing that those are falcatas, even though they could easily be from the Italian peninsula. Also, their armor and shields are modelled after Greek and Carthaginian armies. However, the design on their shields doesn't look to me like any kind of Italian infantry. Because they are quite possibly modelled after Carthaginian infantry, I am guessing heavy infantry from the Southern Iberian peninsula, near the area of Carthaginian influence.
However, I am farily baked at the moment, and so I would take my observations with a few grains of salt.
Edit: Also, the first soldiers looked like late Roman infantry, especially comnistantes... is there a connection there?
Another edit: that helmet proves me wrong. It is definitely Samnite, or some other southern Italian group. They are heavy auxiliary infantry, used to guard the flanks of advancing phalanxes, and to hit the flanks of enemy forces after the Phalanx has the enemy pinned.
Looks like Samnites.
Their Breast Armor is making me think their samnites. Still that Falcata makes me wonder
https://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/Samnites.jpg
(NOTE THE GREEN SWASTIKA)
https://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a.../samnites2.jpg
These units look like Macedonian. and the cavalry seems like a Xystophoroi or the Sophos... whatever.
How bout Sicel Mercenaries? That design on the shield looks somewhat similar to the three part symbol of sicily, also the mix of Italian, Greek and Carthaginian elements makes sense. After all draw a line from the centers of italy, greece, and carthage and you will pretty much get sicily culutrally
Lucanians. Lucanian swordsman. If that pic that Seleukus posted are anything to go by, anyways.
Even more late than Big John, I agree with his conclusions.
Campanian heavy infantry, I think I recognise the armour from an Osprey book, the two disks and a woman's horned head?
A Regional unit available to Romans, Carthage, and Hellenic factions?
Definatly a Samnite or Campanian warrior. My guess would be they are a faction unit of the Carthagian faction, representing the central italian allys during the punic wars.
Like I said, this unit was rather easy. It is our Samnite heavy infantry mercenary unit; right now we have no plans for them to be recruitable by any faction, though of course hireable by all as mercenaries, and they'll probably show up in some rebel armies.
So, a new unit. This one might be a bit easy as well:
https://img446.imageshack.us/img446/5787/19hm0dk.th.jpg
https://img446.imageshack.us/img446/7994/29ei7eb.th.jpg