"Palmyran cataphracts" Topic

First corp Agema Cataphract cavalry with full Barding at Palmyran allies of my WAB Middle Imperial Roman army.

Any suggestions?

I'm not sure what you're asking, but I think you want to know if 1st Corps' Agema Cataphracts would work as Palmyrans. Whose figures are you using for mid imperial romans? I'd be more inclined to look at A&A for cataphracts in that period.

Yes, you can use them. I would also recommend mixing in some Parthian cataphracts as Palmira was heavily influenced by Eastern styles as much as Roman and Hellenistic.

Sorry I wasn't clear its was late when I posted.
For good or bad I have the figures, I need painting advice. At the moment im thinking iron armour for horse and rider and red for any cloth.

I'm using warlord games plastic romans as ive already got those figures for my early Imperial army.

I'd be more inclined to use bronze rather than iron. Either could be 'silvered'.

Late Romans tried to use brass/bronze for horse armor as it was less likely to rust from the horse sweat. It was also probably cheaper. Use whatever cloth you want for figures. Red sounds right.

One of the old Armies and Enemies books mentions blue with red trim for some Palmyran troops with officers reversing the scheme for what that may be worth.