09-12-2005, 02:30 PM
Hello Conal
Yes, I know a few other people who have laughed out loud when they saw that figure, the officer of Ravenna Patrikios Obsequium to give him his correct title, A very 'art deco' looking helmet I thought, he reminded me of something out of the 1930's Flash Gordon series! Nevertheless he is no more bizarre than many other past military fashions, the Landsknechts spring immediately to mind. Of special note however with this figure is the military salute shown on a number of early Byzantine sculptures and a topic discussed at length elsewhere on this forum. One wonders how far back it originated?
Why? one of the least flamboyant figures in the entire book!
Yes a lot of people seem to like the Hun. And as he is not wearing Hun costume but Roman it is suitable for copying by late Roman re-enactors.
Graham.
Quote:There are some figures which look decidedly odd to me, the one with the chest armour in leather.
Yes, I know a few other people who have laughed out loud when they saw that figure, the officer of Ravenna Patrikios Obsequium to give him his correct title, A very 'art deco' looking helmet I thought, he reminded me of something out of the 1930's Flash Gordon series! Nevertheless he is no more bizarre than many other past military fashions, the Landsknechts spring immediately to mind. Of special note however with this figure is the military salute shown on a number of early Byzantine sculptures and a topic discussed at length elsewhere on this forum. One wonders how far back it originated?
Quote:I don't doubt the validity of the reconstruction, after all the Papal Guard look bloody daft to my eyes,
Why? one of the least flamboyant figures in the entire book!
Quote:I just loved the Hun, the fancy tunics and the long sleeved coat both of which reinforced by preference for late stuff !
Yes a lot of people seem to like the Hun. And as he is not wearing Hun costume but Roman it is suitable for copying by late Roman re-enactors.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
