The look of a late Roman general

[Robert Vermaat]

Ah, great improvements. Good work, Thijs!!

[tlclark]

It is OK for me, Thijs!
Being a little knicky-picky, I could say that the belt is rather late fourth-early fifth century in style. Belts during the first three quarters of fourth century were narrower.

Also, If the cuirass is interpreted as a 'musculata' the belt could just be dropped. If it is a squamata then the belt is fine. Of course that's the rub, because the musculata and squamata/plumata more or less merge in the late period. The squamata has a belt, the musculata does not. So since this is supposed to be a general, I would drop the belt, especially since you have the officer's knot above.

Your choice though,

Other than that rather minor quibble, it looks fantastic.

[Razor]

Thanks Robert. And yes it's meant to be used in Rome: Total War.
Funny how two hobbies (history and computergames) meet each other .

Anyway starting with the next one... :lol:

[Marcus Mummius]

Will this be used in a RTR-mod for the expansion pack or som kind of different mod? What's the next one you will modify?

Kind regards,

[Theodosius the Great]

I've never seen fringe on late-Roman pteruges, either in sculpture or reconstructions. I wonder what that suggests in terms of evolution in their construction.

[tlclark]

I've never seen fringe on late-Roman pteruges, either in sculpture or reconstructions. I wonder what that suggests in terms of evolution in their construction.

Depends on the image.

The archangel Michael diptych in the Met has them, but it may be an anachronism. But it's true, in a lot of places, the fringes are shorter, more simply rendered or disappear altogether. Basil the II still has them on his though, that's 10th C., so they must be around, but that might be an intentional anachronism.

I wonder what it means too. I really do think that the originals were laminate linen and not leather. Maybe the later ones are leather and the fringe is not longer a natural by-product of their manufacture?

Travis

[Razor]

It's not going to be used by RTR. We have our own mod called Fall of Rome and we're modifying the expansion pack. Perhaps reworking the legionarii but basically that one is done already. so I guess it will be a surprise