Clash of Spears: Roman Leaders and Infantry

 In preparation for next week's first play through of Clash of Spears (as long as lock-down holds off) I've made a big push on the Romans and managed to complete the rest of the starter set. The different armour and weapons used by the three classes of Roman infantry mean that each has a different role and feel on the battlefield. It also meant that they had a nice bit of variation on the painting table, which is always helpful when working on a project.
First up are the Hastati who traditionally form the first of the three battle lines and are the lightest armoured. As you would expect they are armed with a throwing spear (pilum) and have abilities which help them cause extra fatigue with their pilums and also allow them to advance more quickly in close order.

Hastati

The second line would be formed by the more heavily armoured Principes who are armed in exactly the way as the Hastati but are more proficient in melee combat.

Principes

As we can see from the unit stats below the Hastati and Principes share the same special rules but the Principe are priced as veteran shock troops and the Hastati as trained. This makes the Principe the best melee troops the Romans have available and they should be able to withstand damage as well as they dish it out.

The last unit is the traditional rear guard, the Triarii. These troops retain the long spear and fight in the Hoplite style. With full armour, a heavy shield and the fidelis special rule these troops will be difficult to kill and won't run away easily if the going gets tough.

Triarii

I also complete three leaders and a musician to lead the Roman force and again mounted these on the wound dial bases from Warbases, this is to keep track of the leaders command points as they are spent on activating units.

Leaders

Next up on the Clash of Spears front are some Greek archers and Hoplites which will be used to add some extra options into the Carthaginian and Roman forces. Unfortunately we still have no sign on the Iberian box set coming out from Victrix, it looks like they are concentrating on their own new releases at the moment.

And here are all the boys together, again a nice colourful force, though with the matching shields they look more uniform than the Carthaginian force.