Onward and Upward - Carthaginian reenacting

[barcid]

Very nice! So why have you decided to Reenact a Carthaginian?

Thanks Mates !.They have been an interest if mine since i was a teen 8) I am doing a republican impression too tho :oops:

[Andy]

Thanks for posting the picture Dave, re-painting the palm and horse as we speak! The palm is all wrong now that I look at the coin, which will shorten the length of the horse and centre it better. I'll post a pic when done

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Very nice! So why have you decided to Reenact a Carthaginian?

Thanks Mates !.They have been an interest if mine since i was a teen 8) I am doing a republican impression too tho :oops:

Yayyy, finally someone to vanquish while in Republican Gear other than Gauls!!! :lol: :lol:

Shield looks great! Is it covered in hide or linen?

[Dutchhoplite]

I'll join the others: looks great!

8)

[Andy]

Its covered with felt

[barcid]

The Artist never likes his own work :lol: , Post up your rework here please Andy , we have given away the Iberian & Numidian secret as how to bring up extra skirmishers with their cavalry tho :!: :wink:

[Andy]

So far............

[Duncan Head]

Wow... totally forgot about this thread! Just thought you might be interested to hear that Duncan Head is set to publish a new Osprey-style book on the Carthaginian army in the next couple of years. Should be another essential work, much like AMPW.

It's not actually "Osprey style", though it should have some troop-reconstruction illustrations.

[MeinPanzer]

Wow... totally forgot about this thread! Just thought you might be interested to hear that Duncan Head is set to publish a new Osprey-style book on the Carthaginian army in the next couple of years. Should be another essential work, much like AMPW.

It's not actually "Osprey style", though it should have some troop-reconstruction illustrations.

Oops! Would "Montvert style" perhaps be more appropriate?

[barcid]

So far............

Thanks Duncan & Meinpanzer D

[Duncan Head]

Oops! Would "Montvert style" perhaps be more appropriate?

Not really. More text, more footnotes, some plates, some drawings.

[Dutchhoplite]

Hello all,

In the Punic wars issue of Ancient Warfare magazine i saw this big piece of artwork by Giorgio Albertini. Hannibal and his officers are depicted (and maybe others) wearing earrings, noserings and other facial ornaments. Are there sources backing this up?? Was this common practice, something special or just artistic freedom ( :o )

Thanks,

DH

[Lessa]

Hi Jeroen


as you can see in thipicture of funerial mask from Tharros, Sardinia, noserings and earrings where commons in punic society.
I saw a identic mask also in Palermo, Sicily.

[barcid]

Hi Jeroen


as you can see in thipicture of funerial mask from Tharros, Sardinia, noserings and earrings where commons in punic society.
I saw a identic mask also in Palermo, Sicily.

Not 100% convinced it was wide spread ,It was known in the middle east, so perhaps amongst Priests & some Conservative upper class elements , & what could the other lines be ,ritual scarring or tattoo . the cartho's were very much a society divided between the old conservatives & the new men ,with alot of styles of clothing ,Hair & habits adopted from the Greeks coming more popular as time went on & the Punic coin images show a more Heroic Hellenistic style . :?

I would look heaps scary with my hoops in & Maori Face happening 8) . I feel if it was common the Romans & Greeks (those from Sicily in particular ) would have mentioned it as another example of the Barbarian

[Tarbicus]

I feel if it was common the Romans & Greeks (those from Sicily in particular ) would have mentioned it as another example of the Barbarian

But there's a good deal of evidence for Roman tattoos, namely in the form of lots of tattoo removal experts, so it may not have been all that unusual in ancient eyes. I'd be interested to know how many source texts there are visually describing the Carthaginians anyway?