Using these in my fantasy game setting as yet more humans! Melee foot and mounted, ranged foot, a caster type, a leader type, and some non-combatants!

I can't say enough good things about the Arion paper figures. The artwork is glorious, and the inclusion of bi-fold and tri-old figures is a great plus. I wish I could give them more than 5 stars. A stellar effort, which is all I'd ever expect from Arion Games.

Highly useful, excellent for any fantasy/historical system

Nice to have Roman citizens other than just legions.

A continuation of the excellent work started in the Romans set. More diversity of figures in high quality.

I bought this et as a companion to the Romans I set. Once again some excellent figures so well done. I do have some issues with the Praetorians they look a little too fantasy...Also they wouldn't last 2 minutes without a shield. But upon saying this is a niggle rather than a major problem

Just downloaded set 1/6. reviewed the .pdf's, but nothing else yet. so far all is OK

Nice complement to the Romans set. Fills in the gaps.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Historical accuracy! Good figures.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Need to include more Roman history...different legionaries from different periods.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Another fine Arion product! One of these days I will own them all.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: 2 seige machines that were badly needed. Filled in a good many holes that were left in the Romans I Set. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: There are always more figures that can be used. Showing more of the provicial units like the Feoderati would be great. More civilians including children would be appreciated.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Very nice Artwork and realistic miniatures. Especially for Gamers , Gamemasters this Set is a very useful tool to get a lot of nice miniatures at a very low price. I use them for GMing or for my tabletop skirmishes:-) <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The graphics are very detailed and the miniatures look very realistic. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: nothing<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Romans Set II is the 29th product in Arion Games' miniatures set of products, and forms part of the particular Ancients Miniatures line of products along with currently the first Romans set, a Greeks set, a Celts set and an Egyptian Set. Each of Arion Games' miniatures products features a number of paper miniatures that can be folded and configured in a variety of different ways. This particular set builds on the previous Romans set by providing 18 new miniatures for an ancient world or fantasy RPG or wargame.

The product comes as a single 4 page pdf file. There are no bookmarks (it is only 4 pages, after all), and in order to keep the file size down (it's about 5 MB in size) no instructions are included on how to make use of the different types of miniatures provided. These can be found on Arion Games' website and are freely downloadable. Given that 5 MB these days is not considered an enormous download, it's somewhat surprising to find that a simple set of instructions that may increase the size by 1 MB or so is not included in the pdf itself. The actual instructions file is about 2.5 MB in size, but if simplified can be made much smaller without loss of detail or quality.

The miniatures provided can be folded in three different ways - flat, A-frame and triagonal, the latter being a '3D' folding with three sides to each miniature. Paper clips or the like can then be used to hold the miniature in place. In practice it's simple and straightforward the use these miniatures once printed. Naturally, to get the most out of the quality artwork and rendering of the miniatures, a good color printed would be required. The flat and A-frame miniatures take up one page in the pdf, while the triagonal miniatures fill two pages.

The following miniatures are included in this set - three Roman auxiliaries (two with shield and spear, the other with gladius and spear), two auxiliary archers (one with longbow, one with shortbow), two praetorian guards (each with a gladius in different poses), a Roman engineer (the image does not indicate what type), a Roman priest, a Roman prostitute, three gladiators (Retiarius, Myrmilo, and Thracian), a Roman general, a vestal virgin, and three larger miniatures - two siege weapons (ballista and onager) and a mounted auxiliary.

The artwork is very good, with high quality rendering and depicting of the various images. In general I was pleased with what I saw, although in places the images lacked a little detail. The Roman general, for example, is relatively lightly outfitted, and while the quality of his equipment looks better, one would expect at least shin guards and/or a plumed helmet. Use of color was somewhat limited, with a lot of 'greyish' outfits, and it would've been nice to see armored gladiators rather than the three unarmored ones with different weapon choices. Overall, a solid and very useful product. One can rarely go wrong with a product from Arion Games.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: High quality miniatures with very good rendering and image quality. Very useful material and the miniatures selection allows for certain miniatures to be used for more than one purpose. Triagonal miniatures are very good, particularly the mounted auxiliary.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I would've liked to have seen a little more variety and detail. The gladiators and auxiliaries are only different in their weapon choices rather than overall appearance and outfitting. The Roman engineer could probably be construed as anything other than an engineer, with no tools in sight or even a toolbag.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

If you are like this reviewer, you have neither the desire, or space, or cash, to ?collect? traditional miniatures. Yet, with the tactical combat systems used in many game systems these days, being able to bust out the battle mat and a set of minis is often necessary. Thus you find yourself looking for a practical and inexpensive option for your miniatures needs. Paper miniatures meet this need. When they are packaged as a PDF, you are provided with a readily available source of minis for your games, being able to print as many of a particular figure as you need, without having to invest too much money in them, or time and effort, in the case of those who paint their minis. In short, paper minis are an attractive option for their low cost and convenience, and are also logical options for ?collectors? needing a particular miniature, or several of them, for their game.

The figures in Arion Games? miniatures sets come in 3 styles, ?A-frame?, ?Flat?, and ?Triagonal?. The ?A-frame? and ?Flat? figures can be constructed from the same sheets, depending on how they are cut out. The ?Triagonal? minis are constructed from a separate sheet. These construction choices provide additional options in preparing your minis for use in the game, major characters or monsters can be constructed as the ?Triagonal? versions to provide a more visual flair, and to emphasize their importance. Other figures can be done as ?A-Frame? or flat versions to make them easier to handle or distinguish them from each other, thus providing a functional use beyond their graphical characteristics. Vehicles done as Triagonal versions of the minis work very well.

The instructions, which are not included in this PDF, but are available on the publisher?s website, are easy to follow and assembling the minis is quick and painless, just requiring a bit of work with scissors and some glue. The minis look good, even when printed on plain paper. Each figure is drawn from a 3D rendering (done in Poser using figures provided by DAZED, according to the credits), providing sharp detail and life-like shading, even when printed.

This 3 page PDF (4 with cover) provides a set of 18 figures. These figures consist of three different Roman Auxiliary figures, 2 Auxiliary Archers, 2 Praetorian Guards, 1 each of a Roman Priest, Engineer and Prostitute, 3 different Gladiators (Myrrmilo, Thracian, & Retarius), 1 Roman General figure, 1 Vestal Virgin figure, Also included are a Roman Onager & Ballista figure, and a mounted Roman Auxillary.

Overall, this is a solid product from Arion Games, providing an expanded selection of Roman figures to complement the selection founding set I. Adding in the fact that you can print as many as you need, and prepare your own figure sheets, this is excellent value as well. If you find yourself needing a larger assortment of Roman figures, don?t hesitate to pick this up.

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Vestal Virgin, Auxiliary figure.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Gladiator figures aren?t as distinctive as I would have liked.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br><BR>[THIS REVIEW WAS EDITED]<BR>