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Offline Anderson Collection

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Return to the Morea
« on: October 20, 2018, 02:58:25 PM »
A few additions to my Venice in Greece collection these are very late Byzantines for the twilight of the empire.

Offline TheBlackCrane

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2018, 03:01:40 PM »
Oh wow. Just stunning. No more words than that!

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2018, 04:52:37 PM »
really great work  :-* :-*

Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2018, 06:03:22 PM »
Very nice indeed Willie, very nice!

Offline redzed

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2018, 06:18:02 PM »
great looking figures, the painter has really captured the feel. 
Do you have a figures list?  the Priest is superb.
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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2018, 07:09:36 PM »
Lovely stuff 8) 8)

Offline Orctrader

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2018, 07:22:27 PM »
Wonderful.   :)

Offline Anderson Collection

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2018, 07:52:32 PM »
great looking figures, the painter has really captured the feel. 
Do you have a figures list?  the Priest is superb.

The priest is from Siberia miniatures the Emperor is a Cusader miniature a few others are conversions the Byzantine mounted figures are not commercially available.

Offline ragbones

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2018, 04:13:32 PM »
Gorgeous brush work.
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Offline argsilverson

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2018, 05:12:45 PM »
I agree wth what is already said: Gorgeous painting.

My only ceiticism actually the Byzantines of the era were in deep decline and thus I doubt that they actually had enough resources the keep/have/mobilise such a colourful army!
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Offline Totleben

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2018, 12:23:14 AM »
Sheer beauty  :-*

Offline Peter d

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2018, 03:08:34 AM »
Ooh I like those a lot!  Great purple tones.   :)
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Offline Anselm van Helsing

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2018, 09:17:30 AM »
Superb colours!

Offline Utgaard

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2018, 12:54:02 PM »
Really stunning painting  :-*

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: Return to the Morea
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2018, 04:08:07 PM »
I agree wth what is already said: Gorgeous painting.

My only ceiticism actually the Byzantines of the era were in deep decline and thus I doubt that they actually had enough resources the keep/have/mobilise such a colourful army!

Well its more complicated. By that time the thematic system belonged to the past and it was replaced by a semi feudal one. That means that each retinue mirrored its lord's wealth. Even today we can see examples of filthy rich people living in financially destroyed countries. Notaras back then was extremely wealthy and if he commited his fortune to the roman struggle for survival, the outcome might be different. But he had his own agenda. The surviving records and visual media from the Ferrara council, attest that the eastern Roman delegation actually looked... Fabulous.