03-13-2014, 06:44 PM
Here is my latest figure I painted:
It is supposed to portray Tribune Bainobaudes (* c. 320, † 357 AD) as the commanding officer of the Cornuti auxilium palatinum in the army of Julian in 357 AD.
It is a 54 mm figure sculpted by Martin Hille and released by Thorsberg-Miniatures.
The first Version shows Bainobaudes at the battle of Argentoratum (Strasbourg) where he was killed and is designed after an illustration by Andreas Gagelmann (Decebalus) for the book „Das Fränkische Heer der Merowingerzeit“.
He sports a bronze neck torque with silver closure based on a find from Samson, Belgium. Besides this he is dressed in a decorated Roman military tunic after a fresco in the Villa Maria catacombs in Syracuse, Sicily, a pair of tight-fitting trousers and campagia-shoes.
The broad military belt with chip-carved bronze fittings is reconstructed after a find from Krefeld-Gellep/ Grave 4755, Germany. The tribune’s head is protected by an iron ridge helmet of the Deurne/Berkasovo-Type from Augsburg-Pfersee, Germany, covered with gilt silver foil. The horns added to the helmet are supposed to be the distinctive mark of the Cornuti as shown on the Arch of Constantine.
The pointed shield boss made of iron covered with gilt silver foil with and fitted with silver plated rivets, however, is of Germanic origin and is based on an original found at Vermand, France. Bainobaudes is also armed with a spatha of the Illerup-Wyhl type from Foss, Norway.
It is supposed to portray Tribune Bainobaudes (* c. 320, † 357 AD) as the commanding officer of the Cornuti auxilium palatinum in the army of Julian in 357 AD.
It is a 54 mm figure sculpted by Martin Hille and released by Thorsberg-Miniatures.
The first Version shows Bainobaudes at the battle of Argentoratum (Strasbourg) where he was killed and is designed after an illustration by Andreas Gagelmann (Decebalus) for the book „Das Fränkische Heer der Merowingerzeit“.
He sports a bronze neck torque with silver closure based on a find from Samson, Belgium. Besides this he is dressed in a decorated Roman military tunic after a fresco in the Villa Maria catacombs in Syracuse, Sicily, a pair of tight-fitting trousers and campagia-shoes.
The broad military belt with chip-carved bronze fittings is reconstructed after a find from Krefeld-Gellep/ Grave 4755, Germany. The tribune’s head is protected by an iron ridge helmet of the Deurne/Berkasovo-Type from Augsburg-Pfersee, Germany, covered with gilt silver foil. The horns added to the helmet are supposed to be the distinctive mark of the Cornuti as shown on the Arch of Constantine.
The pointed shield boss made of iron covered with gilt silver foil with and fitted with silver plated rivets, however, is of Germanic origin and is based on an original found at Vermand, France. Bainobaudes is also armed with a spatha of the Illerup-Wyhl type from Foss, Norway.
Andreas Strassmeir
