"Odd Macedonian Headwear - Fantasy?" Topic
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| Tony Aguilar | 26 Jan 2012 8:02 a.m. PST |
I have a pack of 15mm Tin Soldier Macedonian Pikemen.
They are Code# HB14 and consist of 3 different figures which you can see below: link 1. One figure has a standard phrygian type helmet.
2. Another figure has a phrygian style with some sort of thin crest on top.
3. The last figure has a corinthian style helmet. I have never seen any pictures or illustrations of helmet 2, and helmet 3 I have never seen associated with pikemen as they are from a normal hoplite period.
Are 2 and 3 just fantasy? |
| Who asked this joker | 26 Jan 2012 8:31 a.m. PST |
Later Hellenistic armies seem to get away from the old Thracian helmet. Somewhat lower/flatter helm. 1 Looks like that attempt. Or maybe 1 is an Attic Helmet. 3 is a Thracian helmet and looks fine. 2 seems to be a variation on the Thracian helmet. 14a looks a lot like a Gallic/Celtic helmet. 14b is a bit odd. |
| oldbob | 26 Jan 2012 10:56 p.m. PST |
Tony; Peter Connolly has pictures of these helmets in his book" The Greek Armies". I believe "Tin Soldier" used this book as one of their main references also. |
| Tony Aguilar | 11 Mar 2012 6:16 a.m. PST |
Thanks all.
I am just glad that they aren't some "pulled out of their rear" design.
I will be using these guys to build the core of my Ptolemaic force. |
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