1/300th Scale Miniatures Suitable with Roman Seas

Roman Seas is designed specifically to be used with 1/300th miniatures. All 5mm/6mm miniatures (Baccus, Heroics & Ros, and Irregular Miniatures) work well with Roman Seas ship and building models. Miniatures shown in the Roman Seas Photo Gallery are all Heroics & Ros miniatures, many of which were purchased directly from Spirit Games in the UK. Spirit Games proved to be a great choice for ordering miniatures from because of their excellent service, great communication and also because they only charge actual postage rates, rather than charging a rate based on an arbitrary percentage of the cost of the order.

5mm and 6mm Scale Miniatures Manufacturers

Heroics & Ros
Heroics & Ros miniatures have been available commercially for at least 30 years and are available directly from: NavWar in the UK. We originally obtained a collection of unpainted Heroics & Ros miniatures from a friend of ours who was moving to Europe back in 1982. These were the "older" Heroics & Ros miniatures, since Heroics & Ros were updated with new sculpting and molds in the early 1980's. Heroics & Ros are nice quality miniatures that come 50 infantry figures to a pack.

Baccus Miniatures
Had it not been that we already had well over 1,000 Heroics & Ros miniatures on hand, we certainly would have used Baccus miniatures. Baccus miniatures are true 6mm miniatures, whereas Heroics & Ros, and Irregular Miniatures, are slightly smaller at 5mm. Baccus and Heroics & Ros are not compatible because of this difference in scale. We ordered a few sample packs from Baccus miniatures, consisting of Roman infantry, archers and a light ballistae and we were very impressed. These are very nice miniatures. Being slightly larger than 5mm means that Baccus miniatures are slightly more detailed and because of this, they can be painted with more detailing giving you more impressive results. The Baccus miniatures company is also very good at communicating with their customers, which is a pleasant bonus when dealing with companies in Europe. To view photographs of Baccus miniatures with a Roman Seas ship model, clickon the below button:


Irregular Miniatures
Irregular Miniatures also makes a number of 5mm scale Miniatures as well as a range of Roman artillery which is very handy for Roman naval gaming. Irregular Miniatures 5mm miniatures are compatible with Heroics & Ros.

Rapier Miniatures
Rapier Miniatures makes a line of 6mm scale ancient miniatures that appear to be similar to the size/scale of Baccus. I have yet to actually see these miniatures, but have seen an online comparison with Rapier 6mm vs 5mm Heroics & Ros. Heroics & Ros look slightly smaller than the Rapier Miniatures.

Send questions, comments or suggestions to: Eric Hotz