04-13-2013, 09:44 PM
Hi Carlo.
I think they very likely used mail/scale hoods(looks somewhat medieval,isn't it?).Apart from Dura frescoes,it is also shown on 4/5century roman illuminations.
Body shape is essentially ok.Shield might be little more bigger...but I don't know how big is soldier who wields it :lol:
What I like the most here,is your shading.Mainly on his trousers( such trousers are rather untypical for a roman soldier of 200-250,I mean too much baggy like that of later fashion of 4-7 century). and on segmentata-that very bright spot of light.
In my mind I see colors in this way:
Coif-bronze scales
padded linen subarmalis-sandy white or pure white
Tunic-red with purple decorative clavi
Shield-yellow framing with yellow numerals and yelow(or green)
wreath on red center.
And so on...
But you're the author,so you should know best
I think they very likely used mail/scale hoods(looks somewhat medieval,isn't it?).Apart from Dura frescoes,it is also shown on 4/5century roman illuminations.
Body shape is essentially ok.Shield might be little more bigger...but I don't know how big is soldier who wields it :lol:
What I like the most here,is your shading.Mainly on his trousers( such trousers are rather untypical for a roman soldier of 200-250,I mean too much baggy like that of later fashion of 4-7 century). and on segmentata-that very bright spot of light.
In my mind I see colors in this way:
Coif-bronze scales
padded linen subarmalis-sandy white or pure white
Tunic-red with purple decorative clavi
Shield-yellow framing with yellow numerals and yelow(or green)
wreath on red center.
And so on...
But you're the author,so you should know best
