By Rise Miniatures
THE UMBRIAN RITE — BEFORE THE STORM
338BC – Rise of Ancient Wars | Campaign 3
88 original 15mm miniatures from the forgotten warriors of ancient Italy
- 12 Command & Characters
- 8 Cavalry
- 20 Hoplites
- 20 Spearmen
- 20 Javelinmen
- 8 Light Infantry
TROOP REVIEW
COMMAND — FOOT — 8 miniatures
- General — cuirass, Italo-Chalcidian helmet with transverse crest. 2 poses: on guard / holding the twisted serpent staff.
- Priest — simple linothorax, oak crown, augural lituus. 2 poses.
- Standard Bearer — cardiophylax trilobate, spear crowned with horsehair. 2 poses.
- Musician — cardiophylax trilobate, musical lituus. 2 poses.
COMMAND — MOUNTED — 4 miniatures
- Senior General — identical equipment to the foot General, mounted. 1 pose.
- Heroic General (“the Gaul”) — ornate Montefortino helmet, Ensérune type, chainmail — remarkably advanced for the period. 1 pose.
- Musician — equipped as his foot counterpart. 1 pose.
- Standard Bearer — equipped as his foot counterpart. 1 pose.
CAVALRY — 8 miniatures
Both cavalry types fight exclusively with javelins, kopis as sidearm.
- Standard Cavalry — round cardiophylax, Etrusco-Thracian helmet. 3 troopers + 1 officer (cloak, Montefortino helmet).
- Veteran Cavalry — anatomical cuirass, Montefortino helmet. 3 troopers + 1 officer (cloak, greaves).
HOPLITES — 20 miniatures
All hoplites carry the aspis, more or less ornate.
- Hero — anatomical cuirass, ornate Montefortino helmet, kopis. 2 poses: at rest / on guard.
- Veteran — lamellar armour (as the Mars of Todi), greaves, 2 helmet variants (Italo-Chalcidian). 3 poses: at rest / attacking overarm / attacking underarm.
- Standard — linothorax, greaves, helmet: Etrusco-Thracian or Negau with crest. 3 poses: at rest / attacking overarm / attacking underarm.
- Raw — linothorax, leather perones instead of greaves, 2 Etrusco-Thracian helmet variants. 3 poses: at rest / attacking overarm / attacking underarm.
SPEARMEN — 20 miniatures
Spearmen trade the aspis for the scutum.
- Hero — Negau helmet with transverse crest, leather armour, cloak. 2 poses: at rest / on guard.
- Veteran — linothorax, greaves, helmet: Montefortino with trilobate cheek-guards or Italo-Thracian. 3 poses.
- Standard — round or trilobate cardiophylax, greaves, Montefortino with wavy cheek-guards. 3 poses.
- Raw — tunic only, leather boots, Montefortino without cheek-guards or basic Etrusco-Thracian, simple unreinforced scutum. 3 poses.
JAVELINMEN — 20 miniatures
- Officer — Negau helmet with crest, round cardiophylax, greaves, ornate skirt. 2 poses.
- Veteran — round cardiophylax, greaves, helmet: Etrusco-Thracian trilobate or Montefortino trilobate. Long javelins, fighting as heavy skirmishers. 3 poses.
- Standard — lesser equipment, leather boots instead of greaves. 3 poses.
- Raw — no cardiophylax, leather shoes, simple wicker shield. 3 poses.
LIGHT INFANTRY — 8 miniatures
No officers among the light infantry.
- Skirmishers — sheepskin cape, leather boots, copricapo ligure (conical leather cap with visible stitching, also worn by peasants of the Arezzo region). 4 poses.
- Slingers — same outfit, sling. 4 poses.
