D(elivery)-Day

Hello, and welcome to a new blog following the collecting, building, and painting of various War and Empire armies. I have a strong interest in the ancient world, especially the Romans, and as a hobby for a number of years I have collected various Roman figures in different scales and from different manufacturers. The problem I had was that many of the manufactures I started to collect from either had very limited choices, and either had lost or no interest in expanding their ranges, or became too expensive to make a decent sized force. Last year a Kickstarter called War & Empire began, which aimed at creating an ambitious and comprehensive range of figures and buildings covering about 700 years of the classical period (pre-Roman Italy to the 1^st century BC). The Kickstarter made its goal and production is now in full flow, with the range on sale to the general public at some point early next year.

Being very keen on this for the above stated reasons, signed up on the first day and now a year later the much anticipated rewards have arrived! There were many civilisations to choose from – even as far afield as classical India! However I, predictably, decided to opt for the Romans as one of his picks. Since the original rule book for the range was pictured as being for the Punic wars, and having never collected an army of this period, the Punic era Roman army was selected along with a late Carthaginian army to fight against. To cover the fighting that took place in Italy during the Second Punic war, I picked up a selection of the Italian tribes on offer. Finally to give the armies something to fight for some buildings and siege equipment were picked up.

Anyway, enough of the introductions and background, here are some of pictures of the haul!

To build up the suspense: Here is the crate that it all arrived in (craft knife for scale!).

What lies beneath?

Here are some of the bigger buildings. A marching camp, and a set of town walls. the smaller packets are a siege ramp, a battering ram, and a stone bridge. The A4 wooden board is a set of bases for the figures and at top some of the range of transfers that have been produced for the different factions.

Here are some of the packets of figures; a mix of the Romans, Carthaginians and Italians. The top four boxes are three of the four villages you can buy (I got the Roman, 'Eastern', and Greek), and a fantastic temple model.

This last picture is of the remaining figures. The 'R' codes tell you it is mostly Romans. The third from the left on the top row is a set of ox carts and their handler; perfect for going through the villages!

I'll try to post some more pictures tomorrow of some of the unpacked buildings. I've had a look at them already and they are excellent!