Howdy, Nope, just Sea Peoples. When I've looked at them I've liked Chariot and Essex. Best, Jeff Zorn ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... attributions. However, whichever Sassanid king I'd find it difficult to believe that he would depict himself in a major piece of propagandist art as ...
Or Boars, which are reputed to charge down a spear length even when impaled. Or Pikes might be useful for holding enemies at the heads of mountain passes,...
... Umm, what skirmishers (on foot?) with long spears? From your thread title you seem to be talking about DBM Ax (X) - but they aren't skirmishers (only...
... The full bards, be they in two pieces or not look shorter and different from the rather long straight up and down frontal only bard which looks stiffer....
... Someone said "I can't recall reading such a thing", and you asked him for sources. If you don't see why asking someone for details of what he can't recall...
Chariot are the best IMO, although I have not seen the OG range. Gladiator are large figures. Minifigs are ok as are Essex, but not as good as Chariot. ...
T;hanks, Luke, yes it was a goodly Slingshot article. That list isn't on that page any more as far as I can see. I did find an interesting reference in the...
Thanks, Irvin, I don't have one, either. I thought I might gain some useful insight into Iphicratean and Thracian long spear peltasts if I could read about...
... heads fall off!! Its a bad fault. My recommendation if you want a really super army Use Magister Militum for the chariots and Essex for all the infantry. ...
... Blimey Luke, Danny says whose i5mm Egyptians should I buy and you say 'What scale Danny?' perhaps your eyes are the ones that have gone. Roy ... canvas? ...
» 2007-12-31 16:46 Vesuvian frescoes feted in Rome Nero's dining rooms star in Pompeian Red show (ANSA) - Rome, December 31 - The beautiful painted walls of...
PREHISTORIC BREWERIES IN IRELAND? Beer From the Bronze Age By Angelika Franz Two Irish archaeologists have tried to brew beer like their ancestors used to make...
If the debate is on scales, my recommendation is that you should a give a try to 20 mm! Much cheaper than 25mm, easier to paint than 15mm. You have now superb...
I built up forces for these and some other bibical armies about 25 or so years ago using Minifigs and Hinch. I am about to revive and reorganise them. Can...
... That's the Afrasiab-Samarkand murals, IIRC. Drawings of a few of the Penjikent murals are at http://www.kroraina.com/ca/pict/images.html but I don't know...
Thanks. The second link is what I'm after. Cheers Rodge _____ From: ancmed@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ancmed@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duncan Head Sent: 02...
Over the past couple of years I have read all five of the "Masters of Rome"
books by Colleen McColluch, but having seen that she is loosing her eyesight
and...
... I would think that the number of chariots would be much lower than that. In terms of numbers, I'd say probably 40% spearmen, 40% archers, 10% chariots, 10%...
... There are two seals - 11.03 and 11.04 at http://ecai.org/sasanianweb/sasanianasp/default.html - that show two confronted riders who appear to have...
... Very interesting Duncan and very like frontal barding given that the horizontal lines do not apear on the horses' rear and its likely to be a 'combat'...
Thanks for that Duncan, I had neglected those two. 11.04 I could ascribe to a prominent chest strap, but 11.03, certainly looks like either armour or a...
... I wouldn't go quite that far. What seems at first sight to be the horses' manes _could_ be meant for neck-armour - the parallel-line decoration is similar...
