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Hello
Here is my latest illustration, featuring some troop types of the Etruscan Roman Army (6th Century BC)
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/j ... 31721.aspx
As allways, any comments are most wellcome.
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Looks good, just one point though. The beginning of Bronze Age swords go back, I believe, to 3000 BC.
You might want to take a look at the sword on #2. I believe the handle, is wrong for 6000 BC year, based on the archeology of swords. If you go by some of the books, they didn’t even had swords with solid grips back then. The handle, was held on with rivets.
Also, I don’t believe the Etruscans were around 6000 BC. They came about after another tribe at around 2000 BC; sorry I don’t remember their name.
But regardless, nice picture.
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Here’s an authentic 2000 BC bronze Italian sword, before the Etruscans.
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Hello Steve
You are making a confusion about the date: 6th century BC is not 6000 years BC, but 599 to 500 years BC.
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And here's one with a grip and pommel.
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Hello Steve
No problem.
Actually the images you are posting will be of help to me, as I am researching for an illustration of that period.
If you have any more images of weapons, armour of that period, please send them over: I will appreciate them very much
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That's about it except for a 9th 8th century helmet
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Impressive gallery
. What was interesting to me was sword equipment from China. Why? Because in Iustiniana prima identical fragment of white jade scabbard slot (that's how they named it on the wxhibition panel) was found 2 years ago. Bravo Steve.
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say, i saw a BBC show in which a bronze sword and an iron one were tested against each other, and the bronze dented less in combat than the iron one....
any ideas on that>?
or were they just lowsy copies......
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Hello
I believe that, in the beginning of iron manufactured, due to the high content of impurities on it, the metal tend to break easily.
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