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BOOFER18 Feb 2024 2:16 a.m. PST

I am looking for information on how to paint 15mm Alans and Palmyra uniforms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

GurKhan18 Feb 2024 4:44 a.m. PST

There's a couple of mosaics from Palmyra that look as if they show heroes as cavalry officers – see link

A painting from Dura showing the biblical story of Mordechai shows similar colours and has also been interpreted as a Palmyran leader – picture

And the horsemen in the Battle of Eben-Ezer fresco at Dura are also sometimes thought to show Palmyran military dress – link – similar colours but without the braiding.

Palmyran sculpture shows a lot of heavily decorated clothing, but it's not clear how far down the social scale this would go.

Alans are probably anyone's guess – much the same as other steppe nomads, probably. And of course not "uniforms" at all.

BOOFER20 Feb 2024 2:37 a.m. PST

GurKhan thank you for your reply.

Druzhina20 Feb 2024 4:45 a.m. PST
Druzhina20 Feb 2024 5:45 p.m. PST
BOOFER22 Feb 2024 2:38 a.m. PST

Druzhina thank you for the information.
Greatly appreciated.

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