"Curious cross cultural influence?" Topic
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nnascati  | 22 Mar 2021 10:48 a.m. PST |
All,
So I am painting a DBA army for a commission, Eastern Forest Indians circa 1100 AD. I am struck by the similarity between the appearance of the wooden armor worn by the noble warriors, and that of Mycenaean Greeks from the Trojan War era. They have a full chest plate, thigh covering and even wooden greaves. The most unusual part is the headgear. Again made of wood, it looks an awful lot like the typical Boar tusk helmet worn by Homeric warriors. See for yourselves –
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| 79thPA | 22 Mar 2021 12:09 p.m. PST |
More of a matter of using what you have to protect your noggin than cross-cultural pollination. link link link |
| Frederick | 22 Mar 2021 12:34 p.m. PST |
Good point – there is only so much you can do with wood when it comes to making armour |
| khanscom | 22 Mar 2021 2:11 p.m. PST |
I've also seen illustrations of Siberian tribesmen who used wooden armor similar in style to Japanese. For an interesting alternate (sort of) background for North American primitive warfare Barry Fell's "America, B.C." is worth a read. |
| Dan Cyr | 22 Mar 2021 2:16 p.m. PST |
Check out some of the wood armor worn by American Indians prior and after for a short time when the European arrived. |
| Dagwood | 23 Mar 2021 7:48 a.m. PST |
Have y'all seen the article in WI399 (latest issue), Russians vs Tlingit in (Russian) Alaska ? |
| 79thPA | 23 Mar 2021 11:30 a.m. PST |
Someone (don't remember who) used to make a line of figures for it. I've got a copy of this book: link |
| wargamingUSA | 26 Mar 2021 3:35 p.m. PST |
There is an amazing thread, well two actually, over on LAF about the Tlingits. One of the threads is the whole project leading up to the WI 399 article. |
| Zebcook | 07 May 2021 11:39 a.m. PST |
The miniatures are made by Varang out of Russia. They have a page on FB. I've never ordered from them. There's also paymastergames.com -- they have Pacific Northwest figures which include some interesting armors.I have ordered from them with good results. |
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