02-24-2011, 06:08 AM
Hi all. Just registered on this forum, so an introduction is appropriate. My name is Al, I'm on the edges of the Roman Empire, in the north of England.
I registered on the site because of my interest in ancient and particularly Roman warfare (there's a surprise, eh?), this including everything from simply reading up about it (which I do a lot of), to messing around wargaming with Roman armies (mostly at 1/72nd scale because I prefer the more realistic depiction of the figure proportions over the cartoonesque style of 28mm stuff).
Wargaming is in fact the main reason I figured registering on here would be a good idea, on the off chance that I need to pick people's brains about detailing Roman model figures if I can't find info in various books I have on the subject. Being that some of what we know of Roman army equipment and dispositions is speculative, I imagine it'll useful to get informed opinions on the matter in order to go with a 'best guess', since there's only so much one can do with a look at Trajan's Column or reading between the lines of GJC's Commentaries, and sometimes Osprey's stuff can be a bit fanciful.
Anyway. Hello all!
Al
I registered on the site because of my interest in ancient and particularly Roman warfare (there's a surprise, eh?), this including everything from simply reading up about it (which I do a lot of), to messing around wargaming with Roman armies (mostly at 1/72nd scale because I prefer the more realistic depiction of the figure proportions over the cartoonesque style of 28mm stuff).
Wargaming is in fact the main reason I figured registering on here would be a good idea, on the off chance that I need to pick people's brains about detailing Roman model figures if I can't find info in various books I have on the subject. Being that some of what we know of Roman army equipment and dispositions is speculative, I imagine it'll useful to get informed opinions on the matter in order to go with a 'best guess', since there's only so much one can do with a look at Trajan's Column or reading between the lines of GJC's Commentaries, and sometimes Osprey's stuff can be a bit fanciful.
Anyway. Hello all!
Al
Alan Bradbury