"Ancient Indus Valley terrain?" Topic
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| Come In Nighthawk | 15 Jan 2017 9:12 a.m. PST |
Wondering where to get 25- and/or 28mm scale buildings and ancillary terrain pieces that would cover the period from the Bronze Age (or pre- BA?) Indus Valley civilization, through to the Hellenistic period? |
| Ashokmarine | 15 Jan 2017 9:19 a.m. PST |
I don't believe there is much Indian themed terrain for that time. |
| TheOtherOneFromTableScape | 15 Jan 2017 12:55 p.m. PST |
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| Come In Nighthawk | 15 Jan 2017 9:29 p.m. PST |
Look like? Surely the Alexandrian period -- to come at the region from a Western temporal perspective -- is well-documented artistically and archaeologically, at least? I did a little Google search for the Harrapan Civilization and the few artists' impressions I found were all basically square and rectangular one- and two-story mud brick boxes. |
| JJartist | 18 Jan 2017 12:00 p.m. PST |
Indian cities were often built out of wood structures… so they are gone. Nanda palaces were described as having ornate wooden columns decorated in gold. There is a lot of info here, some seems more Moghul than Mauryan: link Nanda range:
Dhana Nanda
wall art:
Chandragupta:
Chanyaka at taxila:
Kalinga temple:
Dravidean:
link Taxila:
Columns:
Harrappan city 2500 BC:
link Pataliputra Nanda then later Mauryan capitol:
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| Come In Nighthawk | 03 Feb 2017 8:45 a.m. PST |
Well, Harrapan is "Early~ish Bronze Age," so if that artist's impression is anything to go by, then some Ancient Egyptian through to more modern Middle East/North African "mud-brick" and "flat-roofed" buildings would do for the rabble. Wonder what a TEMPLE or "Palace" for the rabble's "Betters" would look like tho'? |
| Come In Nighthawk | 22 Apr 2017 5:13 a.m. PST |
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TKindred  | 22 Apr 2017 7:40 a.m. PST |
I'd offer that a LOT of that sculpture would be brightly painted, not the plain stone we see today. Modern Indian temples have brightly painted statuary and wall art, and it was the same in ancient Greek, Roman, and Persian times. The Parthenon had brightly painted friezes all round, as well as paint on the walls and columns. The Roman statues in the forum and elsewhere were gaudily colored, as were their sarcophagusii, see the Alexander Sarcophagus for example. Alexander Sarcophagus: Color Recreation) link
Roman Statute of Augustus, now & then
Recreated Skythian archer from frieze on top of Parthenon
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