They’ve got Elephants! A Hot Look at the new Epic Hail Caesar Punic Wars

[@lacasacaroja9858]

the guy who had the idea of dividing the units in three ranks that way deserves a raise

[@BootsontheTable]

Yeah very clever idea and will save a lot of painting time

[@luiseneas]

I was actually miffed about that, I enjoy having the option to put 1 stand of 10 miniatures a base to have more units.

[@BootsontheTable]

@@luiseneas it might be possible to just do 2 ranks and leave out the middle 🤔

[@luiseneas]

@@BootsontheTable but then it's less units by the sprue

[@BootsontheTable]

@@luiseneas true

[@vhcsPT]

I just love them, there goes my vacation pay.😅 That front rank in the gallic shelf looks like Iberian scutarii, if they really are, I will have to buy a couple of dozens 😂

[@BootsontheTable]

You are most likely correct about the Iberians. They did look fantastic

[@danieljustin1230]

I have been holding off on ancients until they came out with Epic Hail Caesar. I plan to go all in on this one. Very excited.

[@BootsontheTable]

yeah i love ancients so i'll definitely be all over this one

[@marksfishfrenzy]

The painter was the dark haired gentleman behind the laptop. He did a great job on these. The whole range looked fantastic 🎉

[@BootsontheTable]

Oh thank you!

[@totalburnout5424]

Thx for this inside. This Romans look really good. The three ranks also makes painting quite easier.

[@BootsontheTable]

Yes they do

[@wargameshobby]

Yeah, they looked brilliant Dom, and exactly when I was looking for a new project too! I also chatted to the designer and had a close look at the examples they had there and they certainly look seriously good. I think they have a monster on their hands and we will see them on the table top very soon. Can't wait. 👍

[@BootsontheTable]

You and me both!

[@paulspaintshed3511]

Im really interested in these. So much better than i thought they'd be. The moistness is definitely spreading. I think a Carthagian army could be on the cards. Hope they do Macedonians at some point.

[@BootsontheTable]

Oh now Macedonian figures would be a dream!

[@wouthendriksen2259]

Thanks Dom for making a video so fast. Really excited about this.

[@BootsontheTable]

Couldn't resist!

[@thestoicsteve]

I have waited for this release and it has arrived quicker than I thought! I will be in on this one.

[@BootsontheTable]

yeah i think we kinda knew this was likely but i wasnt expecting it for Salute

[@markysparky7365]

These look amazing. I’m going to be all over these on release. Can not wait!

[@BootsontheTable]

Yeah me too mate. Love the period and the figures don't disappoint

[@7thson726]

Really stoked for this 😁

[@BootsontheTable]

You and me both mate!

[@The_Ben_M]

Was good catching up with you at Salute! Can't wait for this release in July!!

[@BootsontheTable]

Same here!

[@howardhautville4208]

they look great nice post - thank you. Now excited about Diadochi too.

[@BootsontheTable]

Thanks

[@redsaber7929]

Awesome vid. And did you know they had ELEPHANTS!?!?

[@BootsontheTable]

@@redsaber7929 wait what? 😉

[@MrChrisStarr]

It's a shame that Warlord don't have the Tolkien franchise. Can you imagine Epic scale elf and orc etc armies! Elephants got me thinking of mumakil !

[@BootsontheTable]

any massed battle game gets me excited, but when you add elephants.....

[@TheEccentricMan]

We quite fancied Hail Caesar but after doing the ECW Pike and Shotte project in 28mm we couldn't face doing another big 28mm army. now this is doable.

[@BootsontheTable]

Start saving Ken!

[@horuslupercal9936]

That shield work is amazing.

[@BootsontheTable]

it was

[@mobileandhostile7895]

⭐️ these look absolutely fantastic and I can imagine how great a huge battle will look using them ⭐️👍

[@BootsontheTable]

They are!

[@basicminiaturepainting]

This is gonna be so huge for us,thanks for this Dom

[@BootsontheTable]

it's very exciting i agree

[@bobroberts6702]

Can't believe I walked around Salute for six hours and completely missed this!!!! Gotta love elephants - as long as they don't stampede in the wrong direction.

[@BootsontheTable]

lol we've all done that from time to time!

[@fjLKA]

You stampeded in the wrong direction and missed this.

[@bobroberts6702]

@@fjLKA 😂

[@sachiel4736]

After yours and Martins Gallic War projects I swore that I wasnt doing Romans, sticking to Samurai this year. Damn Warlord releasing teeeny, tiny Heffalumps. This is a great look at the mini's, Thanks Dom.

[@BootsontheTable]

i know, it's almost like they want us to buy shit....

[@sachiel4736]

@@BootsontheTable a company wanting to sell product? Unheard of!

[@redsven7624]

But Dom, what about the elephants? The plan this year was to finish armies for different systems, and no new projects. I did allow 3 projects that I wouldn't be able to resist - Epic Hail Ceaser if, and only if it was Punic Wars, Rogue Trooper and Kurnothi for AoS (Centaur/faun elves) so I am fully in and they look far better than I imagined. Great video and good to get in really close

[@Illersvansen]

Finally, an actually interesting time period from Warlord.

[@BootsontheTable]

I heard them say they did it because you were waiting for it

[@manticman2148]

Oh. They look great. It would be great if Warlord games did a Epic Fantasy Battles. I would definitely go all in on that. Huge fantasy battles with wizards, dragons and big monsters would be great.

[@BootsontheTable]

i wouldnt hold your breath!

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Do they have elephants?

[@IceniTotalWar]

I think they might actually... 🤔

[@BootsontheTable]

Not sure. We'll have to wait and see 🤪

[@lionheart3916]

Great review, Dom, but you failed to mention the elephants 😉😆 seriously tempted by these even though I have so many projects

[@BootsontheTable]

Oh no!

[@Richard-jp7wz]

Excellent !

[@BootsontheTable]

yes i think so

[@kevoreilly6557]

Great review, they are beautiful But, I can’t believe you missed that they have elephants

[@BootsontheTable]

Where?

[@snackelwolf4462]

I've been waiting for this! Definitely stoked.

[@BootsontheTable]

You and me both!

[@chicospencer]

I have been wondering how to get into ancients for a while but Hail Caesar 28mm never really appealed to me. I was drawn by the idea of massive battles with 6mm models (like Baccus), but after seeing these now I might have made my mind about the scale. It looks like a sweet spot between epic scale and 28/25mm. The details and tight formations look so nice!

[@BootsontheTable]

yes its a nice scale - easy to paint, but looks great for massed combat

[@WithHotLeadandColdSteel]

Still got my ACW, Napoleonic and ECW epic to do next to all the other projects. they do look great though. AND they've got elephants!

[@BootsontheTable]

They do!

[@markewald6995]

Holy moly, they look so good.

[@BootsontheTable]

yes they do

[@steveharbour845]

Elephants!!!!

[@BootsontheTable]

Where?

[@tomasanderson6815]

@@BootsontheTable everywhere. : )

[@anthonyhinton-west9944]

This might get me to do ancients, but I've got too many projects already!

[@BootsontheTable]

no such thing...

[@davidtuck8584]

I think they are doing Austrian Napoleonics too.

[@BootsontheTable]

Interesting I didnt see them

[@NSYresearch]

Sales of metallic paints are just about to sky rocket.... wow

[@BootsontheTable]

yep i agree!

[@philRminiatures]

Most impressive showcase!

[@BootsontheTable]

Thanks!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

So stoked for this.

[@BootsontheTable]

You and me both mate

[@goforitpainting]

Really cool.

[@BootsontheTable]

they do look amazing

[@liberator2408]

nice one mate 👍 i am tempted 😂

[@BootsontheTable]

You should!

[@lesp1964]

Flaming pigs were used by the Romans against Pyrrhus , so maybe some pikes coming ?

[@BootsontheTable]

That would be amazing

[@Ridmasta]

Once warlord showed the acw I knew there would be a Hail Caesar version so have held off on ancients till now 🤘🏼

[@BootsontheTable]

Yeah I guess it was inevitable

[@jonathanlevine4661]

I have a set of victrix elephants and two sets of Hat Macedonian elephants 1/72 scale (soft plastic) I am looking forward to more Elephants. hard plastic not resin. oh yes, they will be mine.

[@IceniTotalWar]

You can never have enough elephants... says every Carthaginian 🤣🤣

[@BootsontheTable]

Yep you can never have enough elephants!

[@lesp1964]

@@IceniTotalWar Says every Sasanian .

[@IceniTotalWar]

@@lesp1964 Yep them chaps too 😁😁

[@IceniTotalWar]

@@BootsontheTable Hannibal approves of this !

[@stephenmarsh8821]

Nice, but I'm sticking with the Cromarty Forge range. The Cromarty Carthagian have 9 different Elephants 🐘

[@BootsontheTable]

Fair enough!

[@AndrewSmith-fd3fi]

I thought they might do something like a Caeser vs Pompei civil war starter but starting full on 2nd Punic War looking forward to this :)

[@BootsontheTable]

I think it had to be Cannae or Zama. Two Roman armies might have been a little repetitive?

[@AndrewSmith-fd3fi]

@@BootsontheTable Its a View from picking up on Mr Stallards interviews about when making the frames and the cost benefit of duplicating troops across both armies such as the ACW and Pike & Shotte, and more Romans were killed by other Romans due to all the civil wars they had. Happy to be surprised :)

[@robandrosehobden3344]

Very good video of them thay look brilliant and did you know that they got elephant on your video😅😅

[@BootsontheTable]

Where?

[@hondo1650]

Trojans, Greek, Biblical armies, Mecadonians, etc, etc. Going to need a bigger house 😂

[@BootsontheTable]

that's the only reasonable solution

[@hondo1650]

@@BootsontheTable 🤣🤣

[@leonleese4919]

If the bases are 60mm wide they will suit DBMM so that could mean some ancient competition players might use them. I might if I an get enough bananas to coax some elephants across the Alps😉

[@BootsontheTable]

Or scare them across with mice…..

[@fogh]

Great review! Sure these will do well. I think the big question is, will they do elephants? 🤪

[@BootsontheTable]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see 🤪

[@johnmclennan7425]

Vastly superior to the other "epic" ranges in both appearance and proportions. I am a little disappointed they haven't done elephants... ;-) Bring on the Macedonians I say!

[@BootsontheTable]

yeah they missed a trick there ;)

[@skrypthobbies]

Good stuff Dom. You were a little unclear though, as to whether there were elephants or not.

[@BootsontheTable]

yeah sorry I need to do more digging to to be sure ;)

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks for this video mate. This is going to hurt my bank balance lol I wonder if there’ll be elephants..?? Not sure if you mentioned it…

[@BootsontheTable]

not really sure ;)

[@WGRevival]

Looks interesting. IMO it wouldn't be Carthage without elephants. Any word of those?

[@BootsontheTable]

Here's hoping ;)

[@luiseneas]

What about elephants?? Warlord Games should release some

[@BootsontheTable]

Good thought ;)

[@leonleese4919]

No Antigonas one eye or Big Al and his tour of India? 😎

[@BootsontheTable]

Nope. We can hope for a future release?

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Very cool. This has reminded me that I abandoned a 6mm Republican Roman project a few years back!

[@BootsontheTable]

Time for Epic then I guess?

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

@@BootsontheTable Don't have time for my current projects let alone adding a new scale to the pile!

[@steffenseitter4791]

Further Rumors: Starter Set is Two-Player-Set; the seperate Starters concept from the Waterloo range was "not so popular" they said Focus is on Cannae and Zama Greek Cities like Syracusai and Massalia will get Miniatures in the future Siege Weapons are plastic Further Army options will be Metal, not Resin Further content with a coming Campaign Expansion - similary to the 100 Days Campaign for "Epic BP" but featuring all three Punic Wars and the Carthaginian Mercenary Revolt Campaign Books for Sicillian Wars and the Pyrrhic War are planned Next Setting will be BP again, maybe Napoleon

[@BootsontheTable]

Interesting stuff - where did you hear this? I like that all

[@evilstu3177]

OK, will be all over these like a KZbin appropriate euphamism for a person who is all over something. 2 scales for Punic wars should be fine, shouldn't it? I mean, I've already done all the research so that's time saved, right?... Thanks for posting, love your work!

[@BootsontheTable]

cheers mate - and no its absolutely appropriate and even essential to do at least 2 scales of armies

[@traccas01]

Elephants, yay.

[@BootsontheTable]

where?

[@stevenjames8397]

The three ranks of Roman heavy infantry crushed together looks weird.

[@BootsontheTable]

I quite like it myself

[@Lee-o7u4t]

Hot.... moist hands.... they look great!

[@BootsontheTable]

My hands?

[@tolemykus4805]

Wait. How could you tell they were elephants? Maybe they were large aardvarks? :-)

[@BootsontheTable]

Damn, you could be right

[@kartchner7]

good heavens those are exciting! i never have played ancients, and quit frankly the last thing is i need is another period. That said, i am seriously considering these. The appeal of epic is a real army in a box, while 28mm is so lengthy a project. Are they going the acw or ecw route with one box, or are they going the waterloo route with multiple boxes for the starters?

[@BootsontheTable]

That’s an interesting question. I kinda hope they do battle boxes

[@tomasanderson6815]

Nooooooo. I had made a promise to not start another project . this going to be great. : )

[@BootsontheTable]

That was rash! 🤣

[@warbanda]

super

[@BootsontheTable]

Indeed they are ;)

[@rastamann2009]

Do you know if they’ll have elephants?

[@BootsontheTable]

It wasn’t very clear….. ;)

[@gordonsteele5656]

Do they have elephants ?

[@BootsontheTable]

it wasnt entirely clear.....

[@gordonsteele5656]

@@BootsontheTable The elephant in the room...?

[@roguetrooper5401]

They look nice and I do not like epic really . Only one question Dom do they have Elephants ?

[@BootsontheTable]

Annoyingly it wasnt clear.....

[@PeepoStrong]

This looks great as always. And I must ask this question. Since the Warhammer is willing to go woke with the approach to its world building. I'm getting some serious thoughts about going to some small scale history tabletops. I know you recommended me some day to look into 02 Hundred Hours (saw it and looks great, but got doubts if it will fit my gaming space), but I was also thinking about some Bolt Action. My gaming space is like 32x24 inches and my question is: can I play some Bolt Action (I was thinking about some small scale tank battles that will fit my table) or anything non-GW on such space? Including 02 Hundred Hours. I was also considering Memoir '44. Sorry for maybe dummy questions, but you are like the only one guy who I know (in the Internet) that plays history tabletop.

[@BootsontheTable]

I thin 0200 would still work on that small board. Another one to look at is the skirmish version of Bolt Action - Firefight www.warlordgames.com/update-firefight-skirmish-rules-faq/

[@frederickrose3967]

terrible intro music

[@BootsontheTable]

Terrible comment

[@frederickrose3967]

@@BootsontheTable appreciate the feedback

[@BootsontheTable]

@frederickrose3967 same here ;)