05-14-2004, 11:35 AM
Great pictures! We want more!<br>
What we see here is a picture of Aitor as he once posed for a mosaicist doing a big piece for a wealthy land owner somewhere nearby Piazza Armerina in Sicily..<br>
How did the great hunt go, Aitor? I didn't know you were that old..<br>
Titus that is a great shield, with the metallic thunderbolts. That seems logical, and I kind of remember that fragments of such metal thunderbolts wee found at Kalkriese.<br>
The argument according to which the thunderbolts were not metallic because they would have been destroyed in a fight doesn't hold water since, in a fight, a shield is bound to be damaged, that what it's been made for.<br>
However, maybe you should beat up your calone a little for not cleaning that lorica properly...<br>
And the crest of that centurion is indeed very visible. I don't see anything wrong with that. That raises the question of what kind of feathers were used. Goose? Crow? Ostrich is almost certain in some cases.<br>
What is see wrong are the pteryges though. We still have a problem with the pteryges.<br>
And I am not so sure about the painted shield boss. I am more in favor of a silver/gold or a black/gold contrast. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 5/14/04 1:40 pm<br></i>
What we see here is a picture of Aitor as he once posed for a mosaicist doing a big piece for a wealthy land owner somewhere nearby Piazza Armerina in Sicily..<br>
How did the great hunt go, Aitor? I didn't know you were that old..<br>
Titus that is a great shield, with the metallic thunderbolts. That seems logical, and I kind of remember that fragments of such metal thunderbolts wee found at Kalkriese.<br>
The argument according to which the thunderbolts were not metallic because they would have been destroyed in a fight doesn't hold water since, in a fight, a shield is bound to be damaged, that what it's been made for.<br>
However, maybe you should beat up your calone a little for not cleaning that lorica properly...<br>
And the crest of that centurion is indeed very visible. I don't see anything wrong with that. That raises the question of what kind of feathers were used. Goose? Crow? Ostrich is almost certain in some cases.<br>
What is see wrong are the pteryges though. We still have a problem with the pteryges.<br>
And I am not so sure about the painted shield boss. I am more in favor of a silver/gold or a black/gold contrast. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 5/14/04 1:40 pm<br></i>