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Post by jock52 on Jan 18, 2018 14:31:02 GMT
Kushite army using converted HaT Numidian cavalry and others.  |
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Post by Graeme on Jan 18, 2018 16:00:12 GMT
Something a bit different and very nicely done, I like this a lot.
I couldn't zoom the wide angle shot much though so I wouldn't mind seeing some close ups of the various elements.
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Post by jock52 on Jan 18, 2018 20:30:06 GMT
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Post by Graeme on Jan 19, 2018 0:20:33 GMT
They look even better in close up. I love the shields and animal skins and the chariots are fantastic.
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Post by jock52 on Jan 19, 2018 10:15:39 GMT
They're an unusual lot but took far too long to produce. They could be very useful for things like fantasy/sci-fi and imaginary colonial wars as without the chariots they don't immediately bring 'ancient' to mind.
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Post by steve on Jan 21, 2018 10:02:49 GMT
These are not really my era but they are really nice, like you say they don't look like the usual Ancient figures & have a timeless feel about them, good units well painted quality multi timeline army. |
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Post by jock52 on Jan 21, 2018 11:22:23 GMT
Multi-purpose is the way to go, saves the bother of putting together all those armies  |
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Post by Philotep on Jan 22, 2018 18:27:29 GMT
Very original subject, and top quality painting, I like them a lot. Not easy to find documentation about kushites, can you please tell what you used, book, illustrations.. ?
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Post by jock52 on Jan 23, 2018 0:20:47 GMT
Cheers. Only sources were Google and DBM book I army lists . The most valuable information found as an aid to reproducing the army were a couple of illustrations of contemporary wall paintings. These showed what I took to be the typical appearance of Kushites, no animal skins in evidence (I take it from this that the Caesar figures are Nubians rather than Kushites). There are a fair few modern interpretations which are useful for colour schemes. The Kushites hailed from a distinct part of Nubia, spoke a distinctive language and had a capital at Meroë and were around from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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Post by Philotep on Jan 23, 2018 18:56:11 GMT
Thank you jock52. I only found illustrations of two Kushite warriors in "The armies of ancient Near East" (WRG publications), a bit short ! Seemed that their clothes and equipment looked like a mix of Nubians and Egyptians, nothing unexpected, but more sources would have been welcome |
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