Monday 6 September 2021

Wanted: Roman antipcatphract clubs - posted by Russell Briant, 3 September 2021

Starting work on converting Aventine EIR heavily armoured legionnaires into clubmen.
However, I’m struggling to come up with a version of a club for them to wield that I like.

Any suggestions or photo references anyone can suggest on either what they might have looked like or would seem appropriate? 

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  • Ben Vartok
    Apologies in advance, only suggestion I have is from Asterix...
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  • Josh Barton
    Weren't clubmen Palestinian auxillaries? Or is my Roman history failing me again?
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    • Russell Briant
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      Josh Barton some were. The Middle IR list notes speculate they might have been Legionaries based in Palestine.
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Dirk Heinsius
For my Fatimid Bd(X) I bought 2 handed maces from Footsore I think which worked well
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Paul MacQuibban
First look I thought it was a Panzerfaust .
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  • Josh Barton
    Paul MacQuibban well if you think cataphracts as the tanks of the ancient world...
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  • Ben Vartok
    That was my initial thought as well! Interesting baggage could have a legionary vs a T34.
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    Probably want a driver or 9 iron but this could do?!
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  • Russell Briant
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    There is this club I thought could be an option…
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  • Russell Briant
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    And there are these A&A versions.
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    • Vincent Cholewa
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      Russell Briant the mail hoods have a question mark beside them. Apparently the artwork showing them is worn and it is unclear if it is mail or a helmet worn over a fabric hood.
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    • John Gildea
      Russell Briant I use the A&A ones by default as I’ve never found any others. They do paint well though
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Kevin McCarthy
Cracked it I think.
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  • Vincent Cholewa
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    Kevin McCarthy just goes to show. Even a Roman clubman was smaller than a Germanic barbarian
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  • Russell Briant
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    Kevin McCarthy Mini Clubman. Exactly on topic. 👏
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    • John Edmundson
      Russell Briant and here I was thinking a Mini Clubman and a clubman mini were different things. Turns out Yoda was right. 900 years of failing to grasp English word order really was no barrier to communication.
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