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===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
Illyrians should be minifaction to the campaigns they attack Romans several times. and they services as auxiliary force. -
===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
Looks fine. -
===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
I think can be setter a head+ Corinthian helmet -
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Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
But that's isn't that had Chalcidian are an evolve. -
Figure 21: Helmet from Moldavia combining Thracian and Boeotian features (Best) Figure 22: Horned helmet, bronze, but apparently originally possessing iron cheek-pieces, 4th century, (Thracian Treasures no. 246) Archaeological Museum Inv. No. 3454, Bryastovets (Karagach), Bourgas district. Height 23.7cm. This photo is from the 1976 British Museum exhibition; click to see a larger view from the 1980 German exhibition (Gold der Thraker No. 242) North Thracian Silver Helmet, ca. 400 B.C.; ; height 24 cm (9 1/2 in.), Detroit Institute of the Arts (Text from the DIA web site): The richly ornamented helmet was fashioned for a wealthy member of a northern Thracian tribe living near the Danube river in modern Romania or Bulgaria. It was hammered from one sheet of silver with a high dome to accommodate the top-knot of hair worn by many Thracians. The main elements of the design are in low relief; the details were chased and engraved. On the brow piece fierce eyes with bushy eyebrows stare out. One cheekpiece bears a horned animal, the other a huge bird of prey with a fish in its beak and a rabbit in its claws. The back and upper edges are embellished with linear designs of rosettes, vines, feathers and scallops. The interpretation of the imagery is uncertain, but the motifs may refer to traditional myths well known to contemporary Thracians and appropriate to the elaborate armor of a warrior. http://badaew.narod.ru/trakian/Helmets.htm
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===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
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===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
Looks good. only 19-23 I'm not sure what helmet are they. -
Can be like Mauryan maceman.
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Romans military image references
Lion.Kanzen replied to Lion.Kanzen's topic in Tutorials, references and art help
http://www.legionten.org/Workshops/LegatesWorkshop/ The helmet is decorated with a griffin in the front of the crest. This was done before in a smaller size but I went ahead and took it up a few notches with this new larger more detailed design which really grabs your attention when compared to the first one. It is closer to the original in size and a lot more majestic looking. The armor decorations come from the early Imperial period. The tunic is white wool and--while most Roman thought today is that pteruges were either linen or leather--I used neither one here as there is no proof that leather or linen was always used. I used red woolen felt about 1/8 thick as it was a common material of the time and known to have been used by the Romans. If you glue a couple of these together, it is just as strong as any linen pteruges and one can actually shape or form woolen felt into shapes unlike linen. The Roman military use of felt for other than helmet padding should not be overlooked. Several Roman soldier hats have been found made of felt and Julius Caesar himself mentions that his soldiers made felt tunics for protection along with other materials during the battle of Dyrrhachium in 48 BC with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. So, felt is a legitimate material to use for pteruges if one desires. It's military use reaches from the ancient up to the modern times. Napoleonic officers hats were woolen felt which can be made pretty hard as I have owned a couple in my collection. The problem is, they used mercury in the process. That was about as good an idea as using lead in Roman makeup. few years later I decided the Griffin was not an essential part of the helmet and removed it and did away with the tail as well. Instead of cast brass, it is now plated in gold. The first ones you had to handle with latex gloves to keep them from tarnishing. Gold never tarnishes. A few months ago I took 180% turn and then decided to make it even nicer with a larger more detailed and more accurate Griffin and fuller crest with a fuller tail. The sword I gave this officer is an eagle headed spatha which makes more since to me as an officer would have been on horse back and he needed the extra reach to protect himself as well as his horse. The shield is of the Praetorian or Republican style and is not the new Deepeeka one. The shield boss has a strengthening rib down it's center. The greaves here are gold plated. Many ancient military items have been found that are silver and gold plated or gold gilded according Dr. Ernst Künzl, curator of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. Not all were officers or Kings either as several items have been found that would have belonged to every day soldiers. Julius Caesar implored his men to put their money into their equipment. That may be why you find silver work on so much Roman military stuff. I have seen some cingulums where the belt parts are actually solid silver as well as gladius and pugio parts. I own a Roman pugio with inlaid silver on the handle that is so fine and so perfect, it is work of art unto itself. Each line of silver is unbelievably straight with the width of a writing pen line. I will do a study on it someday. The shield I have done was actually made a couple of years ago and is more Praetorian looking then the new Deepeeka Republican ones. The shield boss has a reinforcing rib down the middle of it with in effect doubles it's strength. The wings on the shield are done in high relief instead of being painted on. Dan Peterson as well as myself believe this was done. How they did it or what materials were used are not known. We know that chainmail was painted onto many grave stelae which was done many times by just drilling holes when sculpted. Why would they paint on chainmail but then go to the trouble of carving out in high relief marble all the detailed feathered work and lighting bolts on the same grave stelae? Brass has been suggested for these but I also think these parts could have been cast in molds. Wood pulp, plus glue and other fibrous materials could have been cast in a molds, making it a mass production item. Oh well, the only evidence to support this is thousands of sculptures in Rome and on the frontiers but in this same sentence I can also say not one rectangular scutum or shield have even been found for the entire first century AD and entire second century AD and we all base those we use now entirely on sculpture. Even 95% of the brass shield rims that have been found are for oval shields. The only true rectangular shield was found at Dura Europus and that was third century and in a time they were out of use. The thickness of that shield also leads to the fact, that it was most likely used for parade only and not for battle. Ah, isn't this just great. The more we know, the less we know for sure. . . . -
===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
4- 5- Infantry of successors and macedonians, good for heavy archers, and mêlée infantry. even some cavalry. -
===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
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Game Setup Rooms aka games creation room UI "overhaul"
Lion.Kanzen replied to Dade's topic in General Discussion
Asia minor :...And Kingdom of Pontus (Wink wink wink) -
I said before if you need help here we are. but share the mod with us.may be found a programmer. starting to make a fb page and sharing.
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===[COMMITTED]=== The next big thing : Helmets
Lion.Kanzen replied to lucas92's topic in Completed Art Tasks
@wackyserious can help us. -
I prefer auto create battalion splits units to micro and things like that. BFME I don't like that game, but I love RTW1-2.
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Can you take a screenshot?
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I don't think works as your said. we have trac and phabricator to solve issues.