04-27-2011, 09:10 PM
Hello Phil
May I extend a welcome to a fellow illustrator!
Not only is the original image very Hollywood as we may call it but another hangover from the movies is that we tend to think, as every previous poster has done, that soldiers wear full battle-dress at all times.
As a Biblical illustrator two things might we worth considering. If like me you want to buy kit to help as reference then what we would term today undress uniform, i.e tunic and cloak may well be worn on most occasions, possibly even at the Crucifixion for instance. That will save a lot of expense. Secondly the garrison troops in Judaea appear to have been Auxiliary troops so slightly less elaborate than their Legionary counterparts.
A good idea of what a Centurion might look like is provided by some of the wax portraits from Egypt. A white tunic with a brightly coloured cloak would do for starters. You still need to find an elaborate sword and belt plates but as an illustrator they might be something you can decorate yourself in your artwork. Otherwise you would just need a vine stick and I would suggest enclosed boots rather than the open toed sandal type.
Finally I would be interested in seeing your paintings, do you have a website or portfolio?
Graham.
May I extend a welcome to a fellow illustrator!
Not only is the original image very Hollywood as we may call it but another hangover from the movies is that we tend to think, as every previous poster has done, that soldiers wear full battle-dress at all times.
As a Biblical illustrator two things might we worth considering. If like me you want to buy kit to help as reference then what we would term today undress uniform, i.e tunic and cloak may well be worn on most occasions, possibly even at the Crucifixion for instance. That will save a lot of expense. Secondly the garrison troops in Judaea appear to have been Auxiliary troops so slightly less elaborate than their Legionary counterparts.
A good idea of what a Centurion might look like is provided by some of the wax portraits from Egypt. A white tunic with a brightly coloured cloak would do for starters. You still need to find an elaborate sword and belt plates but as an illustrator they might be something you can decorate yourself in your artwork. Otherwise you would just need a vine stick and I would suggest enclosed boots rather than the open toed sandal type.
Finally I would be interested in seeing your paintings, do you have a website or portfolio?
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.