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I will have to ask how come yellowish golden (probably around 10% tin content which is low) bronze is by some strange curse always, but ALWAYS - in 99.9% of the cases The first and only choice for depicting bronze armor.
Why is that when it is one of the lousiest choices of among all types of bronze for arms or armor.

And most importantly from what I have seen so far it was almost never used..only one in 15-20 helmets(using helmets simply because of their numbers found from various eras) seems to be made made out of this/or similar(copper) SOFT bronze alloy,and most of those pieces tend to be later Classical to Hellenistic era.
And we all know what those times did to bronze armor..
I will be happy to prove it by the way.

One in 20 maybe, but chance for seeing 5 yellow corinthians one next to other, plus with matching "golden" armor...was probably as low as seeing Poseidon himself.

By the way,this is not critic just for work of "Nikias" but a critic of a trend that seems to be going on, which is,(yet again) completely unfounded. The trend made by commercial blacksmiths who use brass,copper,steel or low tin bronze at best, for the ease of production(remember we hardly have a clue on true process of corinthian helmet production) and lower prices..
The trend which was advertised by "experts" like History channel,Osprey and Hollywood..And very few recognize that,and very few are bothered. God knows why, because it is as false representation as painting lambda on archaic/or early classical/ hoplite or horns on a viking helmet...

And also, I was also drawing golden hoplites until my first visit to National Archaeological Museum in Athens, and Olympia museum(same trip) in 2005.

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