Roman Sprues Revealed!
11-Sep-2008 As we put the finishing touches on the boxes and run the plastic for our first two releases -- Caesar's Legions (Late Republican Romans) and British Infantry of the Zulu War -- we wanted to show the four 4" x 6" sprues that make up the Roman box set. There are 14 total sprues in the box!
Sprue 01 - Shields
Okay, not that exciting, but definitely necessary for Joe Legionary's health! There are three sprues in the box for 48 total shields (although you'll have extra as the Cornicen and Signifer wouldn't necessarily carry them). There are also 48 rub-on transfers (designed by Steve of Little Big Men Studios) but utilizing a cutting-edge, multi-layered printing technique that will let the designs really "pop" but can be applied very, very quickly and with a minimum of fuss (i.e. you don't need to carefully cut them out first!)
Sprue 02 - Command
This sprue allows you to assemble a Centurion, Optio, Cornicen, and Signifer (with either a "standard" standard or the famous Eagle standard). There are three of these sprues in the box so that you can create 3 16-man Field of Glory™ Battle Groups complete with unit commands.
Sprue 03 - Legionary 1
and
Sprue 04 - Legionary 2
Together there are eight of these last two sprues in the box to allow you to field 36 legionaries in a variety of poses including: at-ready with gladius or pilum, throwing pilum, attacking with gladius, advancing with pilum or gladius, etc. All bodies have sword hilts attached to scabbards and these can be snipped off with a hobby knife or clippers if the figure has a sword in hand. With the variety of bodies and weapons you can either create a mixed-action unit (front line stabbing, back line throwing or at-ready) or have all of one type in a single unit.
We are just wrapping up the package design/printing and will have these ready to ship out soon. The Caesar's Legions box set of 48 multi-part hard plastic miniatures has a suggested retail price of $29.95.
Okay, not that exciting, but definitely necessary for Joe Legionary's health! There are three sprues in the box for 48 total shields (although you'll have extra as the Cornicen and Signifer wouldn't necessarily carry them). There are also 48 rub-on transfers (designed by Steve of Little Big Men Studios) but utilizing a cutting-edge, multi-layered printing technique that will let the designs really "pop" but can be applied very, very quickly and with a minimum of fuss (i.e. you don't need to carefully cut them out first!)
Sprue 02 - Command
This sprue allows you to assemble a Centurion, Optio, Cornicen, and Signifer (with either a "standard" standard or the famous Eagle standard). There are three of these sprues in the box so that you can create 3 16-man Field of Glory™ Battle Groups complete with unit commands.
Sprue 03 - Legionary 1
and
Sprue 04 - Legionary 2
Together there are eight of these last two sprues in the box to allow you to field 36 legionaries in a variety of poses including: at-ready with gladius or pilum, throwing pilum, attacking with gladius, advancing with pilum or gladius, etc. All bodies have sword hilts attached to scabbards and these can be snipped off with a hobby knife or clippers if the figure has a sword in hand. With the variety of bodies and weapons you can either create a mixed-action unit (front line stabbing, back line throwing or at-ready) or have all of one type in a single unit.
We are just wrapping up the package design/printing and will have these ready to ship out soon. The Caesar's Legions box set of 48 multi-part hard plastic miniatures has a suggested retail price of $29.95.
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