Latin Tribes of ancient Italy:  Etruscans, Samnites, Oscans, and others.  Sometime allies of the Romans, sometime enemies of the Romans.  Units from the Latins will support my existing Roman and Punic armies, and possibly grown into an army (armies) of their own.

Miniature Reviews (for a few ‘new to me’ companies):

Newline – cleanly sculpted and cast in hard metal. The figures are on the smaller scale of 28mm, standing about 2mm shorter than the Crusader figure. When purchased on sale, the figures will do well for building out large units. While the Samnite figures have enough variety in poses and detail, some of the other units available from Newline have limited or single pose options.

Lancer – cleanly sculpted and cast in hard metal. The figures stand even with modern sculpts with good depth of body. Units use the same basic dolly, but come with many individual helmet and pectoral details. A fine set of figures, I would love to see this range of models expanded into other Ancients armies.

Agema – sculpted with a wealth of detail but cast in soft metal which lacks crispness. The figures are tall and thin with small features. I needed to spend a lot of time carving up small fists to make space for a spear. The pictured figure (1st class in Plate) is one of the few with a large enough fist to drill through without damage. The hoplite shield is cast with fine detail on the inside, but it matches poorly with most of the figures. On many figures the shield is hanging from the shoulder and barely making contact with the arm. The models that I have are from the 2021 Kickstarter. The units come with a wealth of variations for armour, helmets and clothing. I get the feeling the sculptor has a talented command of putty and history, but lacks experience with creating figures for gaming.

Side note – poor little Gripping Beast. Noticeably out of place in this line up. They could possibly mix in with Newline, but mostly will need to be in their own units.