Manufactures of miniatures

[~Praetoria~]

one last silly question from me for today: are these only for order over the internet?

[Jeroen Pelgrom]

this really depends, where i live (NL), its almost impossible to find historical miniatures in a normal store (except Verlinden). I mailorder them through a german store (Berliner Zinnfiguren) which also has a normal store. (in Berlin).

The reason why you probably ask is that you want to see some of these mini's for real, before buying? I have the same thing but as this is virtually impossible for me, i bought a single mini before buying more.

[Narukami]

Pelgr,

Another company to add to your already excellent list:

Conte Collectibles http://www.conteco.com/

They have an extensive line of Imperial Romans & generic "barbarians" to include Spartacus and his fellow rebel slaves.

http://www.conteco.com/Webphotos/Contec ... int450.jpg

Also a new line of Spartans

http://www.conteco.com/Webphotos/Contec ... ord600.jpg

These are all metal figures, but Conte has plans to release the Spartans in plastic as well.

Also...

The Russian company Zvezda has a line of 28mm plastic skeletal Imperial Roman Legionaries. Called the Cursed Legion, they add a bit of amusement to the battlefield.

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/newp ... e/8815.jpg

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/newp ... 8815-2.jpg

http://www.michtoy.com/

:wink:

Narukami

[Daniel S Peterson]

A relatively new Company called Caesar from China has Romans and ancient Germans coming next years. They have some of the finest 1/72 figures around, on par with Zvezda. They have a superb line of Bilbical armies of the Middle East, and it continues to expand.

[Cornelius Quintus]

Ave Jeroen,

on tabletokontor.de I found a new manufacturer of 28mm Early Imperial Romans: IMAGO MILITIS.
The manufacturer seems to have no own homepage yet.

Some pics (It's impossible to link to special shop pages there...)

Legionaries with segmentata
http://www.tabletopkontor.de/images/imr001.jpg
http://www.tabletopkontor.de/images/imr002.jpg
http://www.tabletopkontor.de/images/imr004.jpg

Legionaries with mail (without doublings...)
http://www.tabletopkontor.de/images/imr006.jpg

There are also Auxiliaries and Praetorians, but no pics available.

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Salvete,

Maybe someone can help me find suppliers, which sell model kits of Roman ships. Preferably wood, but plastic would be fine also.

Thanks

[Caius Fabius]

Zvezda makes 2 Roman warships, a Greek ship and a Carthaginian ship, all in about 1/72nd scale plastic.

You may be able to get them online.

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Thanks Caius,

I didn't find the "english"-button on the site at first, and as my Russian has somewhat disintegrated ;-) ) ... unfortunately they don't have any picture of the assembled kits (AFAIK, except the painted ones)

[Uwe Bahr]

Hallo Tiberius,

at least try this German site:

[url:30p69cnj]http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=881&origin=sparte[/url]

Greets - Uwe

[Tiberius Clodius Corvinus]

Thanks Uwe,
the pictures there are definitely more telling than the one on Zvezda's site.

[Ludens]

Hello,

on the Gallo-Roman Weekend in october we'll have a small exhibition on Belgian life under Roman rule, with some models. We have a Celtic farm, a Roman villa and a fanum. We would like to put some celtic and roman civialians in these models, but these seem hard to find. Most sites on the first post only have military people.

Any suggestions on where to find civialians? They should be about 3 cm.

Thanks in advance!

Jo

[alanmac100]

Wargames Factory will be producing Caesarian Roman multi-pose figures in 28mm, in the New Year. EIR's to follow in 2008. This is probably the first time anyone has attempted this in plastic and i for one can't wait.

Alan

[Iagoba]

HAT also does some nice late romans:

8085 Gothic Cavalry
8086 Late Roman Cataphracts
8087 Late Roman Heavy Infantry
8100 Late Roman Medium Infantry
8137 Late Roman Missile Troops
8183 Late Roman Mounted Archers*
8188 Late Roman Light Cavalry*
8197 Late Roman Medium Cavalry*
* still working on them .

Would be great to label them by historical period, apart from scale. It would help a lot while searching late romans (my case...)

[Lupianus]

You might add the relatively new company of Warlord Games:

http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/index.php

They have an extensive range of Early Imperial Romans in 28mm scale. As some core units (legionaries, veterans & praetorians) come as plastic sprues, they are quite affordable.

Another one is Imago Militis:

http://www.northstarfigures.com/shop/im ... index.html

Only available from North Star, this is a small but very fine 28mm range.

[Caius Fabius]

Wargames Factory now has Celtic Chariots, Cavalry, Warband, and Caesarian Infantry (and Early Roman Auxiliary Cavalry) in 28mm plastic. (and some zombies and Zulu war British). :roll:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore