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Post by carll on May 21, 2024 16:48:08 GMT
I then opted for different 'uniform' and the second eight figures are painted as cohors XX of Palmuran Equites Sagittarii. The latter is based on the fresco depicting the officer of that unit, one Julius Terentius, and some of his men (all then stationed on the Euphrates, according to the translation of the inscription accompanying the fresco) giving sacrifice before the three Palmyran gods, rendered as Yarhibol, Aglibol and Arsu. (I have found other ‘names’ or renderings of their names in my search. These often feature in Roman style armour or as Palmyran horsemen in the frescos and statues found at Dura Europos and nearby Bir Wereb.) This fresco was found in the ‘Temple of the Palmyran Gods’ my source told me. The fresco also depicts a red Vexillum (standard) carried by the men, with a gold fringe / tassels, and although damaged and hard to see right hand side of the vexillum, the left hand side seems to depict a standing figure in black. This may well be Mithras or Arsu as both are depicted in military armour in other pieces (mainly statues). So I am waiting on some command figures from Armorum & Aquila (A&A) Miniatures so I can add a stand (element) of officer and vexillum to each unit! The shields of these two units seem to be unknown so I created them following the style of the period and the use of the colours linked to each units uniform, although I could see no border added to the white tunic of cohor XX I decided to add a mid blue one as they are recorded as wearing dark blue trousers, and it has been suggested (by Phil Barker) that trouser colour was used as tunic border colour. CarlL
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Post by Haardrada on May 22, 2024 9:52:11 GMT
Although undercoating all the infantry ready for the Pre-Feudal Scots(Free Cantons),I had to put down my brushes for a camping holiday in Scotland.Having returned Sunday(suitably inspired by my recent adventure),I set to work on the first batch bright and early Monday morning and low and behold I have today completed 8x3Pk elements.
Next up the Warbands,Frisian Dardiers,Ps(plus a few extra elements to morph the army to late Picts or Scots Isles & Highlanders), plus a 4Bw element(Viking ally).
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Post by carll on May 22, 2024 22:37:48 GMT
Haardrada, 8 x 3Pk is a good days work with a paintbrush and little tin men. Nice one. You obviously had a very inspiring Scottish break. CarlL
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Post by Haardrada on May 22, 2024 23:43:36 GMT
Haardrada, 8 x 3Pk is a good days work with a paintbrush and little tin men. Nice one. You obviously had a very inspiring Scottish break. CarlL Thanks Carll, the holiday was inspiring....our camp site was in Glencoe itself surrounded by the mountains and near the visitors center.But the biggest inspiration was re-visiting Glenfinnan on Loch Sheil....where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the clans for one last time for the '45 rebellion...also famous for epic scenes in films like Highlander 😁👍 and Harry Potter.😆👎 We also saw Wallace's Monument and Stirling Castle on our travels too. I did the work over three days Carll as had other tasks on my list,but don't think I'll manage the other foot as quickly due to their diversity.🙂
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Post by paulisper on May 24, 2024 20:50:17 GMT
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Post by macbeth on May 28, 2024 0:20:46 GMT
I completed 2x4Cb and 1x3Kn for the Lusignan Cypriot over last weekend
Cheers
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Post by Haardrada on May 29, 2024 10:14:58 GMT
That's the Pre-Feudal/Free Canton foot done plus extras....now it's time for the mounted elements plus some Scots-Irish ally elements I've scratched together for my Vikings.
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Post by paulisper on Jun 3, 2024 18:35:58 GMT
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Post by carll on Jun 4, 2024 22:10:47 GMT
Above, (21May) I noted my intention of adding two command elements of Light Horse for my Palmyrans; unfortunately only one LH pack arrived, the other was missed out. When I compared the horses, I realised the Armorum & Aquila 28mm horses were big compared to my original unit of 28mm Irregular Mins horses. So I decided to make some changes. I still thought it would be fun to paint up the unit leader Julius Terentius, and provide him with a vexillum standard and bearer. So I married two of the LH A&A Mins 28mm Palmyran command figures / riders, (from Armorum & Aquila Miniatures), with two Irregular Miniatures 28mm horses, similar to those used in earlier unit paint job, and provided a bigger vexillum (again from Irregular Miniatures 28mm accessories) than the one provided by A&A Miniatures. Nothing wrong with latter but the Irregular one was larger and gave me more ‘canvas’ to paint Arsu on his camel as the (fictional) unit banner (rather than what I thought was Mithra in black on red background in images of damaged fresco). CarlL
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Post by carll on Jun 4, 2024 22:17:22 GMT
Well another ‘restoration’ project that has sat in the lead pile for two or more decades got a start recently. Here are the first nine early Byzantine HC lancers, big 25mm from Hinchliffe, and even in their day they seemed distant from what was known of the historical early lancer (IMHO). These came to me third hand as painted but badly worn figures, so I am restoring them (well repainting them) as sympathetically as I can to some ‘historical’ impression (appearance may be going too far). [Why you may ask. For the fun of it, mainly. And because I played many a game at long deceased Norman Hunter’s games shed, (the old Victorian or Edwardian wash house lean too) using or facing such figures as these on his big sand table. So nostalgia plays a part in it all!] The shield design is fictional. I got stuck in terms of what should or could be there, hence I made recent request on SoA Forum for help with historical examples of early Byzantine heavy cavalry shield designs! Feel free to chuck in your knowledge or sources too! The more info the better the outcome. CarlL
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Post by malory on Jun 6, 2024 20:39:18 GMT
Really like those Palmyrans Carll. That banner is awesome.
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Post by Brian Ború on Jun 6, 2024 21:58:16 GMT
And I love that cornu or oliphant.
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Post by jim1973 on Jun 7, 2024 2:14:37 GMT
My Khurasan Gasgans are prepped and waiting for undercoat.
Jim
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Post by claudermilk on Jun 7, 2024 14:01:43 GMT
Now that I have my Alternative Armies order in, DBA Hoplites are taking a back seat to refresh my desire to paint another one. I have the HOTT Orcs all prepped and waiting for priming. I'm planning on going very Tolkien-inspired with these, so no lime-green skin à la GW. Then I have Dwarf, Elf, and Landsknecht-like armies to follow.
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Post by paulisper on Jun 8, 2024 20:54:54 GMT
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