"Roman Legionaries - Dacian Wars" Topic
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| carojon | 30 Sep 2014 3:29 p.m. PST |
Hi all,
I've just completed my third unit in my Dacian War collection and my second cohort of legionaries.
I've been adjusting the painting technique as I go with this collection and have changed shades and tried some new stuff. If you would like to know more, then just follow the link to JJ's link Jonathan |
| Gone Fishing | 30 Sep 2014 4:19 p.m. PST |
Those are really well done. You do an especially great job with the armour and the faces. Love the expressions on these guys! This is the second batch of Warlord figures I've really taken to this week (the others were their highlanders). I think I'll have to pay more attention to this company! |
| wrgmr1 | 30 Sep 2014 10:31 p.m. PST |
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 oldbob  | 01 Oct 2014 5:43 a.m. PST |
Great brush work and very nice basing! |
| Caliban | 01 Oct 2014 6:44 a.m. PST |
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| carojon | 01 Oct 2014 2:48 p.m. PST |
Cheers guys, thanks for your comments |
| Lewisgunner | 01 Oct 2014 3:58 p.m. PST |
Yes great stuff, though the Imperial Gallic helmets should all be iron rather than bronze. |
| steamingdave47 | 02 Oct 2014 12:08 a.m. PST |
Lewis gunner-some uncertainty re the metal? "Imperial Gallic I
This helmet dates to the same period as the Imperial Gallic H, and is essentially the same design, but is made in the cupric alloy "orichalcum" (brass) instead of iron. Like several other helmets, the original was found in the River Rhine at Mainz, including one with the inscription of a soldier named L. Lucretius Celeris of Legio I Adiutrix (a legion which was stationed at Mainz from 71 to 86 AD, dating the helmet to this period). Although its crest attachment was missing, a round imprint suggests a soldered on disc, indicating it had either an Italian style "twist on" crest holder, rather than the Gallic style "slide-on" crest. Three orichalcum helmets of this style are known. All three show evidence of feather holders, which occur only rarely on iron ones, and it may be possible that in the late 1st century when iron helmets seem more common, the brass helmets and feather tubes suggest a higher rank, perhaps that of optio." |
| Caliban | 02 Oct 2014 1:57 a.m. PST |
A comment I've often seen about helmet colours is that bronze could be silvered, and iron could be tinned, either as decoration or protection against corrosion. Is it reasonable to assume this – it would give more options for colours… |
| Emperorbaz | 02 Oct 2014 12:02 p.m. PST |
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| Lewisgunner | 02 Oct 2014 3:24 p.m. PST |
Wow thanks steaming Dave.!! |
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