02-11-2007, 06:22 PM
Scans! Yes! Finally! Well, one at least, to get you started. I can do more, gotta browse through my sources to find good drawings. These ones are from France:
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/castsprs1.jpg
I'll post some Mycenaean styles next, but have to ask some questions about them over on the Bronze Age Center. Many of them have split sockets, which is weird!! Are they cast to that shape, simply to allow them to fit better on the shaft? There's a ring at the base obviously added to hold the split closed. Or are they cast with the socket laid out flat, and then it is wrapped to shape? That doesn't seem likely, due to all the fluting and decoration on them. Wacky. But I'll find out more (hopefully) and get back to you.
Any idea of a price on something like this?
Happy casting!
Matthew
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/castsprs1.jpg
I'll post some Mycenaean styles next, but have to ask some questions about them over on the Bronze Age Center. Many of them have split sockets, which is weird!! Are they cast to that shape, simply to allow them to fit better on the shaft? There's a ring at the base obviously added to hold the split closed. Or are they cast with the socket laid out flat, and then it is wrapped to shape? That doesn't seem likely, due to all the fluting and decoration on them. Wacky. But I'll find out more (hopefully) and get back to you.
Any idea of a price on something like this?
Happy casting!
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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Legio XX, USA
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