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Wow these are really neat Ryan! I'm a big fan of those hats, I'm glad you improved on the ones Lego's already made.

I agree with Aeridian, those are really cool! I am really liking the jack in a box as well, these are awesome!

mpoh98 wrote:I agree with Aeridian, those are really cool! I am really liking the jack in a box as well, these are awesome!

Aeridian wrote:Wow these are really neat Ryan! I'm a big fan of those hats, I'm glad you improved on the ones Lego's already made.

Thanks guys! Glad you enjoy them. We're trying to figure out what colors to do next...any ideas?

thrash wrote:

mpoh98 wrote:I agree with Aeridian, those are really cool! I am really liking the jack in a box as well, these are awesome!

Aeridian wrote:Wow these are really neat Ryan! I'm a big fan of those hats, I'm glad you improved on the ones Lego's already made.

Thanks guys! Glad you enjoy them. We're trying to figure out what colors to do next...any ideas?

I would love it if you mixed colors on the presents and jack in the box. Maybe even more vivid colors as well.

BrickWarriors just released 5 brand new Roman themed accessories to equip your Legionnaires, including a Roman Helmet, Plume, Scutum, Gladius, and Pilum. You might think that's too many items for one Legionnaire to carry, but luckily the Scutum features a clip that the Pilum can hook into!



Enjoy!

These are just too awesome Ryan, so realistic looking, I am digging the Roman helmet, Gladius, Pilum, Scutum, everything!

Everything about those Romans... they're just brilliant.

Awesome! I love how the shield has a place for the pilum,

The Gladius looks terrific. The helmet and shield will be a great way for people to create Roman troops without having to buy $15 hard-to-find CMFs.

Helmets are good and the shields are great - perhaps the most realistic Republican-era shields ever seen.

I have to disagree on the gladii however. The broad leaf-shape was not a feature of the gladius in either late republican or early to mid-imperial times as far as I know. It looks more like a short spatha.

As a sword, especially for gladiators and other uses it is fantastic. As a classical gladius it is not even close. Luckily LEGO has made a decent gladius and it seems to be pretty widely available in LOTR/Hobbit sets and CMF.

I was really impressed with their Lobster Armour. Somehow I had missed that you could flip it back to front and it makes a lovely lorica.

Thanks guys!

Tedward wrote:Helmets are good and the shields are great - perhaps the most realistic Republican-era shields ever seen.

I have to disagree on the gladii however. The broad leaf-shape was not a feature of the gladius in either late republican or early to mid-imperial times as far as I know. It looks more like a short spatha.

As a sword, especially for gladiators and other uses it is fantastic. As a classical gladius it is not even close. Luckily LEGO has made a decent gladius and it seems to be pretty widely available in LOTR/Hobbit sets and CMF.

I was really impressed with their Lobster Armour. Somehow I had missed that you could flip it back to front and it makes a lovely lorica.

Thanks for the comments! I considered making the Gladius have a straight edge, but as you said, LEGO already did a pretty decent job of that. I did some research to see if it would be historically accurate to not have a straight edge and I stumbled upon the "Gladius Mainz," so that's what I based the BrickWarriors Gladius on.

I guess my comment wasn't really based as much on historical accuracy as it was on bada$$ery

AK_Brickster wrote:I guess my comment wasn't really based as much on historical accuracy as it was on bada$$ery

Haha, that's mainly what we strive for.

thrash wrote:

AK_Brickster wrote:I guess my comment wasn't really based as much on historical accuracy as it was on bada$$ery

Haha, that's mainly what we strive for.

Totally win in the bada$$ery category.

BrickWarriors just released 5 brand new Spartan accessories to turn your minifigs into fierce Spartan Warriors!

-Spartan Helmet
-Spartan Plume
-Spartan Sword
-Spartan Shield
-Sarissa Spear



Enjoy!

P.S. I know that the Sarissa wasn't used by Spartans...I just thought minifigures needed a nice long spear for a Macedonian Phalanx!