15mm Republican Roman Italian Allies

Thankfully nearing the end of this project, it was time to get stuck into sixteen elements of Italian allies:

These guys are Oscan javelinmen, which probably acted more as skirmishers but are based here as auxiliaries. Either way, they are Italian allies and look the part, with their distinctive helmet regalia:

There weren't any Little Big Men Studio decals to fit these shields, so I applied a fairly simple red colour with some basic weathering for the shield designs. Given that these were regular troops, I think it ties them in together well enough:

The paint was barely dry on them when they took the field for their first game, as part of a Camillan army against a Phyrric army in a game which ground on for five hours before we had to call a halt (in pretty much the same manner as Phyrrus's historical conflicts). The Camillan's had the slight upper hand with the Italian allies performing very well, always gratifying when fielding a new army for the first time.

Next up, some Roman cavalry, and then hopefully a few anti-elephant wagons.