12-07-2007, 11:31 PM
Greek and Macedonian? Not my period! :wink: Have you got any links for this? Particularly with those coloured illustrations.
Seriously, modern primer paints are specialised for the job. I was referring to the Roman army, of course and I cannot recall any evidence for painting helmets (or anything else made of metal) from that period. Given the Roman practice of painting everything in sight, if they could do it, I would guess that they would do it! Plenty of evidence for enamel work, of course - but that is a different matter.
Maybe something along the lines of a glue would work? There's another thread elsewhere here on RAT talking about a Roman version of 'superglue' - that might work as a primer, provided that it would harden and not remain sticky. However, I repeat that I know of no direct evidence for this. I would be very interested to know if there were such information!
Seriously, modern primer paints are specialised for the job. I was referring to the Roman army, of course and I cannot recall any evidence for painting helmets (or anything else made of metal) from that period. Given the Roman practice of painting everything in sight, if they could do it, I would guess that they would do it! Plenty of evidence for enamel work, of course - but that is a different matter.
Maybe something along the lines of a glue would work? There's another thread elsewhere here on RAT talking about a Roman version of 'superglue' - that might work as a primer, provided that it would harden and not remain sticky. However, I repeat that I know of no direct evidence for this. I would be very interested to know if there were such information!
visne scire quod credam? credo orbes volantes exstare.
