Main page is http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/CARTS/SAHD/words.htm You really need to be able to read Hebrew to know which link you want since the worlds are not...
Hi there The Nuraghic Sardinan bronzes show warriors with swords high on the chest, so the Egyptian depictions may be good. As to why, hmmm, having a sword at...
Hi, I'd be interested to see one of these bronzes. Can you recommend a publication? Thanks, Jeff Zorn ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ok, so WWII Germans it is! :-> The way ancients is played, people don't often play historical opponents, unlike WWII, so it''ll be of little consequence to...
My 2p worth Looking at the pictures, they look to me to be in a high under arm position, either left arm or right, not the chest. Both positions are viable and...
Howdy, Many things are possible :-) The problem with the Egyptian relief is that one of the hilts is well above the top of the shoulder, which is not the way...
Reading Osprey Mycenaeans most swords are high under the arm, belt runs the same way, as most of these. A few drawings show a little lower but not to waist. ...
I notice that Zvezda has an El Cid line... wondering what other plastic lines would work as well. Is there a sufficient range of poses & types to really cover...
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... Did you mean HaT? ... It looks as if HaT's range will be pretty comprehensive when all the sets are out. But http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Index.aspx...
... Carrying a weapon slung across the chest isn't necessarilly inconvenient, as in the case of AKs in soviet-style drill. Cordialy, John "Hic Rhodus, hic...
HaT has a 28mm hard plastic line as well, though they are proportioned similarly to the 20mm figures and therefore look very different from to 28mm lines....
Jeff Looking at the picture, I would go for the under arms sling on, with a right side carry. As was noted both seems to be using weapons already the one on...
The HAT figures are in both, they are currently marketing several sets in 1/72, 28, and 1/32. This line has not gone to 1/32. ________________________________ ...
Hi there ... The best book on my shelf is: Italian Sculpture, from Prehistory to the Etruscans. Massimo Carra, Hamlyn Publishing London, 1970. SBN 600369080....
in our time is an excellent BBC radio 4 history show. this week's subject is Sparta. features Paul Cartledge. available to download but only in UK i fear. ...
Neldoreth, a very talented Canadian painter, has painted some of the Indian troops I make for my Kushan line -- actually this is most of it, except the Indian...
For several years I've been telling people that the only occurrence of the word xyston in Arrian's Anabasis (History of Alexander) is in a passage describing...
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I get the impression from AANE that the Libyan Egyptian chariots and infantry would have looked pretty similar to the later NKE items, for which there are lots...