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My Late Roman army is going to need lots of cavalry.

I've been looking at both metal & plastic offerings.

The Zvesda set looks (as always) pretty good:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1715

I'm assuming it would pass for the Roman item?

Please be nit-picky

donald

Headgear strikes me as way too fancy.
Rightly or wrongly, I associate roman cataphractii with uniform cavalry helmets.
Although I freely admit I get that purely from modern illustrations and miniature ranges.

I hate agreeing with Norm, but he’s right. They look more Palmyran

They’ve got a Sarmation look to me, not that they couldn’t be allies or copies

Any reason you aren’t looking at these ? http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=745

Newline do late roman heavy cavalry (mail) and Palmyran cataphracts in less ornate headgear.

goat major wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:18 am They’ve got a Sarmation look to me, not that they couldn’t be allies or copies.

We still get a Sarmation Army band playing in Haslemere High Street every Xmas. And to be fair they always look very uniform.

The HaT are nice sculpts but smallish - they lack presence.
Newline Roman Heavy cavalry don't appeal & if the Parthian cataphracts- well, why not Palmyran ones? And Zvesda are top line figures.

BTW there's a moderately well known tombstone set up by a Palmyran in Roman Britain for his Catavaullanian wife. It's in Aramaic & poor Latin. He was possibly a cavalryman. Admittedly, if he *was* a cataphract, he'd probably be wearing Roman clobber.

donald

ochoin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:55 am if the Parthian cataphracts- well, why not Palmyran ones?

Fancy hats.

I wouldn't field the pointy boys as Romans, and I'd consider trimming the side plumes off that standard bearer. The rest of the Zvezda set... maybe.

OK, you lot have talked me out of the folly of using these figures.

As always, I appreciate your good sense & knowledge.

donald

It's your army - you should use whatever figures you like. I know I would.