This is Old Glory PAC-02 “Carthaginian High Command.”  Although the pack comes with six different poses, each a very nice figure, I was a little disappointed that weapons and standards weren’t included.  The figures have a wide variety of dress and armor, and their good raised detail made them very easy to paint.  Most of the faces were full of character, though if these poses were meant to represent any specific Carthaginian generals, I couldn’t tell.

The standard is scratch built from an Old Glory spear shaft and carefully trimmed plastic card.  I’m not quite satisfied with the result, but it’s close enough to work.  I gave the general a royal purple cloak and a red crested helmet.

This is the Gripping Beast Hannibal figure, which depicts him after he lost his eye.

This is Old Glory PPC-01 “Citizen Spearmen.“  Old Glory gives two types of troops in this pack: three poses of unarmored levy spearmen suitable for most Carthaginian citizens and three poses of sacred band spearmen in linothorax and bronze cuirass.  The pack also includes standard bearer, officer, and musician.  All the figures have a round hoplite-style shield with a dimple in the center.  The figures are excellent, among the best Old Glory has ever done.  The faces have real character, and the details on the figures are nicely defined.  I used the Old Glory short spears for these troops.

I gave the figures a certain uniformity of dress, which I find helps them look more like an actual unit of troops.  Since the Carthaginians were a Phonecian people, I gave them slight darker skin than my Romans, and I made their hair black.  The shields all got individual paint jobs, with most of the designs inspired by the Little Big Men shield transfers (which you can see used to good effect in the Hannibal and the Punic Wars WAB supplement).

This is Old Glory PPC-05 “Libyan Heavy Infantry.”  All the spearmen are equipped with Roman mail armor and Roman scutum.  The spearmen come in three poses, none of which is especially inspired.  One of the poses I really dislike, since the face is severely pinched.  The same three command poses are present in this pack as well.  The scutum shields are the exact same casting as those provided in Old Glory’s Roman infantry packs, which works well, since Carthaginian troops would have scavenged these from the battlefield.  Once again, I used the Old Glory short spears.

These Carthaginians, too, got unbleached linen tunics, but my next unit will probably all wear red.  I used three different colors of shields and decorated them with appropriate designs.

This is Old Glory PPC-06 “Spanish Scutarii.”  The pack includes only three spearmen poses, although two of them are excellent.  The only figure I didn’t like has a cape and is holding his spear directly in front of his body, which makes him difficult to fit in the ranks.  If you want officer, standard bearer, and musician for your unit, you’ll either have to convert these troops or use the Carthaginian figures from other packs.  The scutum is a very nice piece, a little flatter than the Roman scutum.  These figures have the Old Glory short spears.

I painted these scutarii in unbleached linen tunics, a little darker shade than the Carthaginians’ tunics.  The Spanish troops would have had purple edging on their tunics, although there is some debate over just what shade this purple would have been, with some authors favoring a crimson instead of true purple.  The shields are a joy to paint and look very sharp in their geometric designs.  I used the Hannibal and the Punic Wars book for inspiration.

This is Old Glory PPC-03 War Elephants.  The model comes in multiple parts with a huge gap along its back.  I used Woodland Scenics flex paste to cover that gap, and the result is a darned nice looking elephant. 

I'll have more pictures, including skirmishers and cavalry, up soon.  If you have any questions or comments, you can email me at smacphee AT verizon DOT net.


The Roman army is certainly easier to paint.  Everyone gets undecorated shields in my army, since I doubt that uniform designs were in use yet.  The velites and hastati have white tunics and the principes and triarii red.  I like the Old Glory velites a great deal.  I spent a lot of time getting different shades of wolf skins on them.