=[TASK]= Roman Cataphract Horse Armor (2nd Century)

[Duileoga]

On 26/07/2021 at 12:54 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

Working on some Roman Cataphracts, based on 2nd or early 3rd century examples.

Right now they use Seleucid cataphract armor, but what they really need is a whole new horse armor set, like this mount here (full set):

(rider's helmet would be a bonus)

 

And/or this half-set here:

There isn't currently a set of horse armor in the game that looks like this that covers the neck as well as the chest. Also, the awesome chamfron for the horse's face would be a separate piece. Currently, the only chamfron in the game is the Seleucid cavalry chamfron ith a transverse crest which is clearly not Roman.

Buenos días o tardes;

-¿Usted podría subir el modelo blend de esta unidad?Por favor.

 

Disculpen las molestias*

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

7 hours ago, Duileoga said:

Buenos días o tardes;

-¿Usted podría subir el modelo blend de esta unidad?Por favor.

 

Disculpen las molestias*

Unfortunately, I don't have the Blender models locally. Maybe @Stan`. Any one in particular? You want the horse, the horse armor, or both...? 

[Stan`]

The armor is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YPh7eAHqjbtyiF5RrbOudbUixkJmNQ-4/view

(i think)

[Duileoga]

3 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

Unfortunately, I don't have the Blender models locally. Maybe @Stan`. Any one in particular? You want the horse, the horse armor, or both...? 

Good morning or afternoon;

-Only the horse models @wowgetoffyourcellphone ,please.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience*

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

On 25/07/2021 at 6:54 PM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I might try my hand at this horse face armor piece

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

On 13/08/2023 at 6:26 PM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I might try my hand at this horse face armor piece

 

maybe con this helmet.

This is Second century helmet for roman cavalry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribchester_Helmet

Ribchester is non practical.

https://deepeeka.in/cavalry-xanten/

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This helmet is patterned after a cavalry find from Xanten, ancient Colonia Ulpia Traiana, a significant Roman military base and later colonia on the Rhine frontier in modern Germany. Xanten’s archaeological record spans centuries of Roman military presence, making it one of the richest sources of Roman equipment finds along the entire Rhine frontier. As cavalry equipment, it reflects the specialised gear developed for mounted troops, distinct in construction and decoration from standard legionary infantry helmets.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/osprey-blog/2026/roman-cavalry-helmets/

Battle helmets began to evolve in the 2nd century AD, adopting what has become known as the pseudo-Attic form. An example from Theilenhofen (Germany) even incorporated a stylized moulded feather crest atop the bowl. Although still a copper-alloy sheathing over a ferrous core, they now imitated the classical Attic style of helmet in the actual bowl, although cheek pieces changed little in their form and decoration. Tinning was still used to emphasize the details of the underlying brass, so it might be said that battle helmets had changed while remaining essentially the same.

 

The Later Principate saw further developments, with another conservative throw-back form, the pseudo-Corinthian helmet, becoming popular for cavalry. These changes in design probably owe more to fashion than to changing needs, since the cavalry helmets of the Early, High and Late Principates are essentially the same: one-piece bowl, decorative skinning and independent hinged cheek-pieces. The pseudo-Corinthian form aped the larger cheek pieces of contemporary infantry helmets, however, and ultimately fused them into a single visor, leaving a T-shaped opening for eyes and mouth, as with a helmet from Heddernheim (Germany).

It was then a short step for the two types of helmet – battle and face-mask – to reunite. Replacing cheek pieces with a visor on the pseudo-Corinthian type of battle helmet made it a simple matter to add a removable face mask into the T-shaped opening and, thus, two types became one with the hybrid Pfrondorf (Germany) helmet.

 

Edited 35 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues