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Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Velites

The skirmish line troops for the Polybian Roman Legions. Armed with light javelins, called hastea velitares, they would form a screen in front of the main body of the legion, harass the enemy forces and attack any enemy chariots or eles.
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11 comments:

  1. The Angry Lurker26 April 2011 at 08:45

    Nice work on those Paul, nothing lie a few skirmishers for causing a little mayhem.

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  2. Unknown26 April 2011 at 09:05

    Great job Paul. The depth of your collection amazes me.

    Cheers
    Will

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  3. Ray Rousell26 April 2011 at 10:31

    Great work Paul, they look very nice.

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  4. Herkybird26 April 2011 at 11:37

    Is one of them carrying a Pilum? - That would upset the Carthaginians!

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  5. kingsleypark26 April 2011 at 11:56

    I was always useless at using skirmishers. I would usually end up with them getting caught in the open by rampaging cavalry and ridden down to a man.

    Maybe if they looked as good as Paul's figs they might have peformed better...

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  6. Biff Tanner26 April 2011 at 15:34

    Very cool looking!

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  7. Porky26 April 2011 at 15:48

    They look mean, and that mud is very realistic.

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  8. Thanos26 April 2011 at 23:04

    Very nice Paul!
    The contrast between the tunic(white) and the wolfskin(grey) is very vivid!!!
    T.

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  9. mork696927 April 2011 at 00:44

    I missed your great work during my holiday ;-) Nice work, again!

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  10. МаксимС28 April 2011 at 06:26

    Пауль добрый день!А кто этих велитов делает?И какой масштаб?

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  11. Uwe30 April 2011 at 13:48

    I can see them trying to protect the Ox-carts against the Greek skirmishers:-)))

    cheers
    uwe

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