11-30-2007, 10:37 PM
Hi guys, I wouldn't be so sure that these guys aren't wearing helmets if I were you.....
1.The beard/cheekpieces are smooth ( no texture)
2. They are shaped more like a cheekpiece than a beard - consider the each 'bulge' over the cheek itself just where you see one on most cheekpieces, most unlike a beard. If you are looking at the 'extension'/ beard-point, recall that there are precedents for cheekpieces like this e .g. Thracian types with' beards' - and it is really onlt this 'extension' that gives any impression of beard.
3.The 'smooth' forehead with incised line clearly indicates a helmet is being worn
4. Face appears 'clean-shaven' i.e. no moustache ( I know, there are precedents for clean lipped beards, but still.....)
...and lastly, and most importantly.....
5. Where are the ears? Beards don't grow over ears! Therefore, when I look, I overwhelmingly see 'cheek-pieces' not beards
1.The beard/cheekpieces are smooth ( no texture)
2. They are shaped more like a cheekpiece than a beard - consider the each 'bulge' over the cheek itself just where you see one on most cheekpieces, most unlike a beard. If you are looking at the 'extension'/ beard-point, recall that there are precedents for cheekpieces like this e .g. Thracian types with' beards' - and it is really onlt this 'extension' that gives any impression of beard.
3.The 'smooth' forehead with incised line clearly indicates a helmet is being worn
4. Face appears 'clean-shaven' i.e. no moustache ( I know, there are precedents for clean lipped beards, but still.....)
...and lastly, and most importantly.....
5. Where are the ears? Beards don't grow over ears! Therefore, when I look, I overwhelmingly see 'cheek-pieces' not beards
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff