06-07-2009, 11:40 PM
Picture is here:
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp41 ... aries2.jpg
Hey guys, I’m trying to come up with some variations on 1st cent. Syrian, auxiliaries; like ones you might see taking Jerusalem with the legionaries in the first Jewish war. Although not limited to Syrian, but an eastern Roman auxiliary style. I know there’s not a whole lot of stuff on them, but I thought it would be cool to run it by you guys to see if there’s some neat information that might better shape this illustration.
Left
That’s a chain mail shirt, that’s just a little too tedious and not effective to draw in the rings.
I have no idea with the sword. I wanted to give him a more Eastern-Parthian style sword, but I could really find anything on it… I have Osprey’s “Rome’s Enemies 5” and “3”, which show the cataphract swords, but my thoughts were that they were a little to expensive looking for a guy like this, and they looked long, as though for cavalry. Also, in the other book there lots of illustrations of a simple sword that would suit a guy like this, but I can’t find any remains to better understand what going on in the illustration… (like in panel D,E, and F of Rome’s Enemies 3) Anyone have any information?
Middle
Hopefully he’s self-explanatory enough. His dagger is based on a Syrian knife.
Right
His helmet is based on that 2nd cent. Bosnia Helmet. I know its not the right time period though…
I was thinking a simple wooden handled knife. No real reason, haha, maybe he spent all his money on his belt so he couldn’t afford a sweet knife.
Well, I’d love to get some input, thanks!
Also, I plan to do another illustration exploring some different variations, so if anyone has any ideas for that, I’m all-ears. I’d like to give one a cloth belt, and do some sleeves for one’s squamata. Also throw some different helmets in there.
http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp41 ... aries2.jpg
Hey guys, I’m trying to come up with some variations on 1st cent. Syrian, auxiliaries; like ones you might see taking Jerusalem with the legionaries in the first Jewish war. Although not limited to Syrian, but an eastern Roman auxiliary style. I know there’s not a whole lot of stuff on them, but I thought it would be cool to run it by you guys to see if there’s some neat information that might better shape this illustration.
Left
That’s a chain mail shirt, that’s just a little too tedious and not effective to draw in the rings.
I have no idea with the sword. I wanted to give him a more Eastern-Parthian style sword, but I could really find anything on it… I have Osprey’s “Rome’s Enemies 5” and “3”, which show the cataphract swords, but my thoughts were that they were a little to expensive looking for a guy like this, and they looked long, as though for cavalry. Also, in the other book there lots of illustrations of a simple sword that would suit a guy like this, but I can’t find any remains to better understand what going on in the illustration… (like in panel D,E, and F of Rome’s Enemies 3) Anyone have any information?
Middle
Hopefully he’s self-explanatory enough. His dagger is based on a Syrian knife.
Right
His helmet is based on that 2nd cent. Bosnia Helmet. I know its not the right time period though…
I was thinking a simple wooden handled knife. No real reason, haha, maybe he spent all his money on his belt so he couldn’t afford a sweet knife.
Well, I’d love to get some input, thanks!
Also, I plan to do another illustration exploring some different variations, so if anyone has any ideas for that, I’m all-ears. I’d like to give one a cloth belt, and do some sleeves for one’s squamata. Also throw some different helmets in there.
Travis
