The Mad Padre had some Victrix Roman commanders going spare, so he sent me a sprue of them, which produced three mounted heroes for the plastic Roman army I'm building with Wargames Atlantic figures.
Yes, they're 1st century AD rather than 3rd in costume, but I think your Senatorial class Romans were more conservative in fashion. That's what I tell myself anyway. I seriously doubt we'll see plastic late Roman commanders any time soon. I suppose I could convert some Gripping Beast Late Roman cavalry figures, if I could find proper 3rd century heads. And then you're cutting into how many turmae of cavalry you have.
Each sprue can make a Senior Commander. He's in a purple cloak, because he's been proclaimed Imperator by his troops, whether he wanted the job or not. "In for an obol, in for a sesterces!" as the Pater used to say.
A Subordinate Commander. I gave him a yellow crest to command the cavalry as the Magister Equitum, whenever Wargames Atlantic makes them.
Note I'm not putting the subordinate commanders in red cloaks. The red cloak is very much the symbol of the Commanding General, so he and the next are wearing nice brown or grey woolen military cloaks.
And a mounted Centurion. I removed the transverse crest and gave him a crest from the Wargames Atlantic set. I just don't like the transverse crest that everyone seems to fetishize. Yeah, I said what I said.
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