Ancients

The following is a list of all the 28mm Ancients figures I can find.

I have made an arbitrary cut-off point at the fall of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th Century. Obviously this is open to interpretation, but you have to have an end point somewhere and this is mine!

The figures are mostly categorised as described by the manufacturer. This can get confusing as sometimes it is not clear exactly what the figures are supposed to represent, and sometimes different manufacturers use different names for the same people!

For 'clickable' links to the manufacturers please open the Directory tab above.

  • Akkadians - Foundry Miniatures, Warlord Games,
  • Amorites - Warlord Games,
  • Apulians - Mirliton SG, Old Glory 25s,
  • Arabs (pre-Islamic) - Essex Miniatures, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines,
  • Armenians - Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Assyrians - Black Tree Design, Eureka Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Tin Soldier UK, Warlord Games,
  • Athenians - Black Tree Design, Foundry Miniatures, Victrix Miniatures,
  • Babylonians - Castaway Arts, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Warlord Games,
  • Berbers - Miniature Design Studios,
  • Blemye - Irregular Miniatures,
  • Britons - Bad Squiddo Games, Britannia Miniatures, Depot Battalion, Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Miniature Figurines, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, 
  • Bronze Age Europeans - Foundry Miniatures,
  • Canaanite - Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Warlord Games,
  • Carthaginians - A&A Miniatures, Agema Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Britannia Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Lancashire Games, Magister Militum, Matchlock Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Relic Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Warrior Miniatures, Xyston Miniatures,
  • Celts - Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Magister Militum, Miniature Design Studios, Mirliton SG, Newline Designs, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Cimmerians - Foundry Miniatures, Newline Designs,
  • Civilians - Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum,
  • Cretans - Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Dacians - Black Tree Design, Foundry Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Miniature Figurines, Old Glory 25s, Warlord Games,
  • Dalmatians - A&A Miniatures,
  • Egyptians - Black Tree Design, Christian Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, Eureka Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Xyston Miniatures,
  • Egyptians (Old Kingdom) - Newline Designs, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Egyptians (New Kingdom) - CP Models, Foundry Miniatures, North Star Figures, Old Glory 25s, Scarab Miniatures, The Miniature Company, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Elamites - Eureka Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Warlord Games,
  • Ethiopians - Black Tree Design, Miniature Figurines,
  • Etruscans - Aventine Miniatures, Gorgon Studios, Mirliton SG, Old Glory 25s, Redoubt Enterprises, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Galatians - Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Gauls - A&A Miniatures, Christian Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Relic Miniatures, Victrix Limited, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Germans - Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Goths - Footsore Miniatures, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, SHQ Miniatures, Steve Barber Models, Tin Soldier UK,
  • Greeks - Bad Squiddo Games, Battlestandard Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, Eureka Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Magister Militum, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Mirliton SG, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Scarab Miniatures, Stronghold Terrain, Thistle And Rose Miniature Figures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures, Xyston Miniatures,
  • Hebrews - Castaway Arts, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Warlord Games,
  • Hittites - Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Warlord Games,
  • Huns - Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, SHQ Miniatures, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Hyksos - Foundry Miniaures, Miniature Figurines, Warlord Games,
  • Illyrians - Wargames Design Workshop, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Indians - First Corps, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, The Miniature Company, Thistle And Rose Miniature Figures, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Israelites - Miniature Design Studios,
  • Italian Hill Tribes - Aventine Miniatures, Magister Militum, Old Glory 25s,
  • Italians - Tin Soldier UK,
  • Kurds - Black Tree Design,
  • Kushites - Eureka Miniatures,
  • Libyans - Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Ligurians - Relic Miniatures,
  • Macedonians - A&A Miniatures, Battlestandard Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, Eureka Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Thistle And Rose Miniature Figures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures, Xyston Miniatures,
  • Medians - Black Tree Design, Castaway Arts, Miniature Figurines,
  • Minoans - Foundry Miniatures, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Mitanni (Hurrians) - Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum, Warlord Games,
  • Mycenaeans - Eureka Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Newline Designs, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Nubians - Black Tree Design, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Warlord Games,
  • Numidians - A&A Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Britannia Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Gripping Beast, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Relic Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited,
  • Oscans - Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Old Glory 25s, Redoubt Enterprises,
  • Palmyrans - A&A Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Old Glory 25s,
  • Parthians - A&A Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Magister Militum, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Warlord Games,
  • Pathlagonians - Eureka Miniatures, Miniature Figurines,
  • Persians - Battlestandard Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Stronghold Terrain, The Miniature Company, Thistle And Rose Miniature Figures, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Atlantic, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Philistines - Castaway Arts, Miniature Figurines,
  • Phoenicians - Miniature Figurines,
  • Phrygians - Black Tree Design,
  • Picts - Black Tree Design, Footsore Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs,
  • Pyrrhic - Aventine Miniatures,
  • Romans (Early Republican) - Agema Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Britannia Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Irregular Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Magister Militum, Matchlock Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Mirliton SG, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Redoubt Enterprises, Relic Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Romans (Late Republican) - First Corps, Footsore Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum, Matchlock Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Xyston Miniatures,
  • Romans (Early Imperial) - A&A Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, Depot Battalion, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Matchlock Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Romans (Late Imperial) - A&A Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, Ebor Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, SHQ Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Atlantic, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Romans (Gladiators) - Black Tree Design, Bridge Miniatures, Brigade Games, Castaway Arts, CP Models, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Footsore Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Irregular Miniatures, Kingsford Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Moonraker Miniatures, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Romans (Civilians) - Footsore Miniatures, Steve Barber Models, Warlord Games,
  • Samnites - A&A Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Lancer Miniatures, Magister Militum, Mirliton SG, Newline Designs, Redoubt Enterprises, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited,
  • Sarmations - A&A Miniatures, Black Tree Design, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Warlord Games,
  • Sassanids - A&A Miniatures, Aventine Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s,
  • Scots/Irish - Irregular Miniatures, Miniature Figurines,
  • Scythians - Black Tree Design, Britannia Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, SHQ Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Sea Peoples - Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Newline Designs, Warlord Games,
  • Seleucids - Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop,
  • Spanish/Iberians - A&A Miniatures, Black Tree Design, Britannia Miniatures, Crusader Miniatures, Essex Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Relic Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Warlord Games,
  • Spartans - Black Tree Design, Foundry Miniatures, Gorgon Studios, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Victrix Limited, Warlord Games, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Steppe Tribes - Aventine Miniatures,
  • Successors - Aventine Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Relic Miniatures, Tin Soldier UK, Victrix Limited, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Sumerians - CP Models, Eureka Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Design Studios, Newline Designs, Wargames Design Workshop, Warlord Games,
  • Syrians - Essex Miniatures, Foundry Miniatures, Miniature Figurines, Newline Designs, Warlord Games,
  • Thebans - Black Tree Design, Victrix Limited,
  • Thessalians - Black Tree Design, Essex Miniatures, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines,
  • Thracians - Black Tree Design, Crusader Miniatures, First Corps, Foundry Miniatures, Magister Militum, Miniature Figurines, Naismith And Roundway, Newline Designs, Old Glory 25s, Tin Soldier UK, Wargames Design Workshop, Warrior Miniatures,
  • Trojans - Black Tree Design, Foundry Miniatures, Old Glory 25s, Redoubt Enterprises,
  • Zagros Highlanders - Castaway Arts, Warlord Games, 

5 comments:

  1. It would be useful if companies like Wargames Design showed pictures of their miniatures. Their ancient Britons range includes a single small image of a chariot.

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  2. Nicely done! Are there no ancient Chinese in 28mm though?

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    1. You can find the Chinese figures listed on the 'Far East' tab at the top of the page. Their history doesn't fit easily into the Western Dark Ages, Medieval etc categories, so I found it easier to list them all dynastically on a dedicated tab!

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  3. I would like to ADD Thistle & Rose Vendel Ancients, 28mm Greek, Macedonian, Persian and Classical Indian figures. Look for us on Facebook for the moment.

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  4. Black Tree Design is an unreliable partner. Constant delays and problems for several years

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