02-19-2007, 08:33 PM
Yeah, I too found the battle leaving something to be desired. No pila, metal shields, and arrows piercing through scuta to pierce the fellow behind. Okay, maybe the last one isn't so bad, but I really didn't expect that their TV-series metal scuta would be that bad. :roll:
Did anyone else notice that the first of Octavian/Antony's units to advance was Legio VI? I'm not sure what the rest said, but I'm fairly certain it was not "Victrix". It sure would be nice for my legion--Ferrata--to get air time. :roll:
Equipment-wise, there were some interesting things out on that battlefield. Random oval scuta, no segmentatae in battle (despite being featured in the previous few episodes), Brutus/Cassius' legionaries with the same helmet only with the added cross-braces rather like the real-world Italic models, and inconsistent scuta. You'll note that at points we see scuta which (other than being metal) resemble real scuta and then they all suddenly have rivets all along the edging to make them look even more apparently metallic.
Maybe I'm just a keen (or annoying) observer. 8)
Did anyone else notice that the first of Octavian/Antony's units to advance was Legio VI? I'm not sure what the rest said, but I'm fairly certain it was not "Victrix". It sure would be nice for my legion--Ferrata--to get air time. :roll:
Equipment-wise, there were some interesting things out on that battlefield. Random oval scuta, no segmentatae in battle (despite being featured in the previous few episodes), Brutus/Cassius' legionaries with the same helmet only with the added cross-braces rather like the real-world Italic models, and inconsistent scuta. You'll note that at points we see scuta which (other than being metal) resemble real scuta and then they all suddenly have rivets all along the edging to make them look even more apparently metallic.
Maybe I'm just a keen (or annoying) observer. 8)