04-13-2011, 10:42 AM
Back to you, Matthew
Glad to hear that you're going ahead with a Sarmatian impression.
The first century is tough to reseach, especially anything that isn't Germanic or Celtic. Ancient authors who recorded this culture wrote before and after-- Herodotus and Ammianus Marcellinus. Today we have Russian archaeologists, but for folks like me who don't read Russian, that's a problem. The most informative book is the "Golden Deer of Eurasia," since it mostly deals with Filipovka and the early phase of Alanic intrusion, actually too early, mostly 3rd and 4th century BC.
I don't know about arrow fletching, whether 3 or 4. I shoot both and find no difference. Both styles miss the target equally!:lol:
I'll get back to you with a PM.
Glad to hear that you're going ahead with a Sarmatian impression.
The first century is tough to reseach, especially anything that isn't Germanic or Celtic. Ancient authors who recorded this culture wrote before and after-- Herodotus and Ammianus Marcellinus. Today we have Russian archaeologists, but for folks like me who don't read Russian, that's a problem. The most informative book is the "Golden Deer of Eurasia," since it mostly deals with Filipovka and the early phase of Alanic intrusion, actually too early, mostly 3rd and 4th century BC.
I don't know about arrow fletching, whether 3 or 4. I shoot both and find no difference. Both styles miss the target equally!:lol:
I'll get back to you with a PM.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
