The might of 6mm gaming A Roman army that not a group of squads.
I do love wargaming and like big battles, this has led me down a veritable rabbit hole.
As a child I was fascinated by Rome and even though Dyslexic with a hatred of writing that will delay me picking up a pen (typing not a problem) I still managed to copy out of my encyclopaedias anything about Rome and its peoples.
I chose 6mm as you are able to represent a lot of soldiers in a small area. Consider I get 48 Romans on a base that would take around 4 28mm figures. So you move from representation of quantity to trying to achieve real 1:1 quantity,
I'm nowhere near that as my 48 men on a base could, depending on the game represent:
Legionaries
- a Century of 80 men. 2:1
- a Cohort of 6 Centuries 480 men 10:1
- a Legion of 10 Cohorts 5280 men a ratio of 110:1
[Note that the1st Cohort is double strength 960]
However it's still a lot better than 4 28mm models, though in fairness they will use 16 men on three times the width, and need a table three times the size.
I started with a base with 24 men thought it looked a little light so added 12 then went for another 12, it is of course called escalation.
Anyhow, I have fielded all my Romans, they can between them make up two-three armies.
As I said Rabbit hole.
Ave!
I do love wargaming and like big battles, this has led me down a veritable rabbit hole.
As a child I was fascinated by Rome and even though Dyslexic with a hatred of writing that will delay me picking up a pen (typing not a problem) I still managed to copy out of my encyclopaedias anything about Rome and its peoples.
I chose 6mm as you are able to represent a lot of soldiers in a small area. Consider I get 48 Romans on a base that would take around 4 28mm figures. So you move from representation of quantity to trying to achieve real 1:1 quantity,
I'm nowhere near that as my 48 men on a base could, depending on the game represent:
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| Legionaries |
- a Century of 80 men. 2:1
- a Cohort of 6 Centuries 480 men 10:1
- a Legion of 10 Cohorts 5280 men a ratio of 110:1
[Note that the1st Cohort is double strength 960]
However it's still a lot better than 4 28mm models, though in fairness they will use 16 men on three times the width, and need a table three times the size.
I started with a base with 24 men thought it looked a little light so added 12 then went for another 12, it is of course called escalation.
Anyhow, I have fielded all my Romans, they can between them make up two-three armies.
As I said Rabbit hole.
Ave!
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| The complete Army (for the moment) |
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| Auxillary |
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| Medium Mounted |
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| Medium Bow |
