diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b.xml b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b.xml
index bbf6fca418..4f1efba691 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b.xml
@@ -4,17 +4,43 @@
   <castshadow/>
 
   <group>
-    <variant frequency="100" name="Base">
+    <variant frequency="1" name="Base">
       <animations>
         <animation file="quadraped/horse_idle_a.psa" name="Idle" speed="50"/>
-        <animation file="quadraped/horse_gallop.psa" name="Walk" speed="17"/>
+        <animation file="quadraped/horse_walk.psa" name="Walk" speed="17"/>
+        <animation file="quadraped/horse_gallop.psa" name="run" speed="50"/>
       </animations>
       <mesh>skeletal/horse.pmd</mesh>
       <props>
         <prop actor="units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b_r.xml" attachpoint="rider"/>
       </props>
-      <texture>skeletal/horse_gray_a.dds</texture>
     </variant>
   </group>
 
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="horse-texture-a">
+      <texture>skeletal/horse_rome_a.dds</texture>
+    </variant>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="horse-texture-b">
+      <texture>skeletal/horse_rome_b.dds</texture>
+    </variant>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="horse-texture-c">
+      <texture>skeletal/horse_rome_c.dds</texture>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="2" name="horse-color-white">
+      <colour>242 242 242</colour>
+    </variant>
+    <variant frequency="2" name="horse-color-beige">
+      <colour>164 145 87</colour>
+    </variant>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="horse-color-gray">
+      <colour>116 116 116</colour>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+
+  <material>objectcolor.xml</material>
+
 </actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b_r.xml b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b_r.xml
index 06b4772cb0..c04f3bbc67 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b_r.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/official/art/actors/units/romans/cavalry_spearman_b_r.xml
@@ -4,26 +4,46 @@
   <castshadow/>
 
   <group>
-    <variant frequency="100" name="Base">
+    <variant frequency="1" name="Base">
       <animations>
         <animation file="biped/cavalryidle.psa" name="Idle" speed="0"/>
         <animation file="biped/cavalryidle.psa" name="Walk" speed="20"/>
-        <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudebuild.psa" name="Build" speed="150"/>
-        <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudechop.psa" name="Chop" speed="150"/>
-        <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudedeath_sword.psa" name="Death" speed="200"/>
-        <animation file="infantry/general/dude/dudedecay_sword.psa" name="Corpse" speed="100"/>
-        <animation event="0.5" file="infantry/general/dude/dudeattack.psa" name="Attack" speed="100"/>
-        <animation event="0.5" file="infantry/general/dude/dudeattack1.psa" name="Attack" speed="100"/>
+        <animation file="biped/rider_gallop.psa" name="run" speed="100"/>
+        <animation event="0.5" file="biped/rider_spear_shield_atk_a.psa" name="Attack" speed="100"/>
       </animations>
-      <mesh>skeletal/m_tunic_b.pmd</mesh>
+      <mesh>skeletal/m_tunic_a.pmd</mesh>
       <props>
-        <prop actor="props/temp/rome_sign_cavalry_spearman_b.xml" attachpoint="head_extra"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/heads/placeholder_head_rome.xml" attachpoint="head"/>
-        <prop actor="props/units/shields/test_towershield.xml" attachpoint="shield"/>
+        <prop actor="props/units/heads/head_hele_b.xml" attachpoint="head"/>
+        <prop actor="props/units/heads/rome_monte_e.xml" attachpoint="helmet"/>
         <prop actor="props/units/weapons/spear.xml" attachpoint="r_hand"/>
       </props>
-      <texture>skeletal/plac_rome_b.dds</texture>
     </variant>
   </group>
 
+  <group>
+    <variant frequency="1" name="texture">
+      <texture>skeletal/rome_csp_b.dds</texture>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+
+  <group>
+    <variant name="shield-1">
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="props/units/shields/rome_sm_1.xml" attachpoint="shield"/>
+      </props>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="shield-2">
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="props/units/shields/rome_sm_2.xml" attachpoint="shield"/>
+      </props>
+    </variant>
+    <variant name="shield-3">
+      <props>
+        <prop actor="props/units/shields/rome_sm_3.xml" attachpoint="shield"/>
+      </props>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+
+  <material>player_trans.xml</material>
+
 </actor>