10-12-2009, 11:58 AM
Quote:How many Classical illustrations are there that used grey to colour a sword or spear point? And how many other pigments are used to colour the same items?Dan Howard:38ljuo6h Wrote:As a kid I coloured-in metallic objects with a blue pencil. I used it because it was the closest pigment I had to the colour of the material. It had nothing to do with reflections.You were a child, Dan, not a grown man earning a living as an artist. If they had black and white pigments, unlike in your pencil box which are harder to mix, then they had grey.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books