Tango01  | 23 May 2011 2:53 p.m. PST |
Those are old but interesting draws about Spanish Ancients warriors. Cantabrian – Lucitans – Turdelans picture Beticons – Edelans – galicians – balearics. picture Asturians – Celiberes. picture Cantabrian and Celiberes Cavalry. picture Sorry for the names bad translation. Amicalement
Armand |
| RelliK | 23 May 2011 5:02 p.m. PST |
Oh boy, wait till Allen sees these.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Mike |
| Rudysnelson | 23 May 2011 6:18 p.m. PST |
Interesting drawings. I find it interesting that none are carrying the shield that gave the infantry their name. Not outfits i have seen in wargame armies. |
aecurtis  | 23 May 2011 6:39 p.m. PST |
Fantástico!!! Truly--fantastic. "Sorry for the names bad translation." Yes, I can see that translating from Spanish might be a challenge. However, reading the wee letters seems to present the greater problem. It's "Turdetano", for example, translating as (plural) Turdetani. Amicalement, Allen |
| Temporary like Achilles | 23 May 2011 6:48 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed seeing those. Do you know which book the prints came from originally? Cheers,
Aaron |
| aecurtis | 23 May 2011 7:02 p.m. PST |
Can't say better than one commentor does on this blog which also displays some of them (without credit): "Estos dibujos son muy bonitos, pero no tienen ningún valor histórico ni arqueológico. Se trata de ilustraciones idealizadas de tipo romántico, muy del gusto de la seudohistoria o seudoarqueología que se realizaba a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX en España." Amicalement, Allen |
| RelliK | 23 May 2011 8:10 p.m. PST |
In other words, "These drawings are very nice, but have no historical or archaeological value. They are illustrations of idealized romantic type, very much in the seudohistoria or seudoarqueología that was made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Spain." :P Don't worry, I've been fantastical with the "Military Man" There was no real factual evidence of armour like that but it was definatley within their ability to produce it. We have too many examples of richly embossed armour to compare. How common it was is a different story. Mike |
 oldbob | 23 May 2011 8:40 p.m. PST |
Mike; Saturday you're buying the beer! |
| blucher | 24 May 2011 1:47 a.m. PST |
does anyone do sculpts with these face masks? |
| Keraunos | 24 May 2011 3:40 a.m. PST |
mmm, they strike me as about as accurate as the illustrations of ancient germans using the hollowed out inside of a tree for a shield. |
| Temporary like Achilles | 24 May 2011 3:51 a.m. PST |
I like them for their curiosity value rather than their historical accuracy, Keraunos! Cheers,
Aaron |
| RockyRusso | 24 May 2011 10:05 a.m. PST |
Hi I was struck by how much they were like other romanticized drawings I have seen in folders of public domain art books for page layout. Rocky |
| Tango01 | 24 May 2011 1:16 p.m. PST |
Oh!. Now I take note that I forget to wrote the site.
It's in Spanish and it shows very interesting stuff about uniforms from many ages. link For translation
translate.google.com/#es|en| Happy you had enjoy them. Amicalement
Armand |
| RelliK | 24 May 2011 6:45 p.m. PST |
Mike; Saturday you're buying the beer! I may only be there Sunday morning for Dean and Adrians Game (Ehem, I am married with children). Mike |
