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Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Untilatie - 05-30-2008
Hi guys!
What do you think about this carthaginian high officer? He could be a recruiter Apestalmenoi sent to the iberian Peninsula to get iberian mercenaries for the V-IV cent. b C. carthaginian army of Sicilia.
We made it for the recent Xth Tarraco Viva Festival.
Still we have to get a xiphos for him, but meanwhile... what do you think about him? What do you think we can meliorate?
![[Image: HPIM9609.jpg]](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z220/joselitog/HPIM9609.jpg)
and also
![[Image: HPIM9618-1.jpg]](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z220/joselitog/HPIM9618-1.jpg)
The thracian helmet is the same I showed to you recently: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic. ... ian+helmet
P. S. Thank you very much for your commments Fernando, we were glad to see you in Tarraco again.
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Untilatie - 05-30-2008
Thank you!
Yes, I changed the cheeckpieces, and now they close as a Corinthian Helmet. As soon as I can, I'll put some photos here.
The brass Aspis (and every brass element, including the cuirass with silver nipples) was made by Fernando Garreta, the last Catalonian brass artisan ( www.fernandogarreta.com ).
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Craig Gascoigne - 05-30-2008
Jose
Lovley kit great work
Craig G
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Ceasar Augustus - 05-30-2008
Great costume, I'd say it's about perfect.
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Giannis K. Hoplite - 05-31-2008
Excellent :!: The cheek pieces look much better now! The best thracian helmet,I think,nobody has made one.The cuirass is perfect too,and...the shield
hock: It's great! How much did every piece of it cost?And please post more photos.Laudes
khaire
Giannis
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Idomeneas - 05-31-2008
fine helmet! But the shield... it must be the best i have ever seen! Can you post some pics of interior as well and write some words about its construction?
LAUDES
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Athena Areias - 05-31-2008
The shield! Oh, yeah, that's where I'm going! (I hope.) That is a beautiful thing!
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Servio Caro (Javier Sánc - 05-31-2008
LAUDES, your look is great!! Have you thought about attaching a crest for the helmet? the look should be even more impressive
What kind of sword used Carthaginians in this period? a xyfos, kopis.. maybe a falcata?
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Ceasar Augustus - 05-31-2008
How'd you manage to make it look like the officer actually stabbed the guy?
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Gaius Julius Caesar - 05-31-2008
Great kit!
I agree, tha tis the best aspis I have seen, and makes me think of the
one in the Agora museum in Athens. Well what it probably looked like in my mind that is! Great work!
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Na Saighdiuir - 05-31-2008
So...shiny!!but very impressive i love the emblem on the aspis
hock: hock: .Quite an amazing effort put in.I salute you sir.
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - hoplite14gr - 05-31-2008
Laudes from me too,
Is it a professioal secret how he fit metal on wood?
Kind regards
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Na Saighdiuir - 05-31-2008
Oh yeah forgot to give him a laude..all sorted now.
john id say that guy just has the spear under his arm.
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Ceasar Augustus - 05-31-2008
Ah thanks Michael. That would explain it.
Re: Carthaginian officer (405 bC) - Na Saighdiuir - 05-31-2008
No problem,though i would be tempted to suffer a disembowelling just to get close to that outfit,god its something else.