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Author Topic: Atheling's Early Byzantines- Made the Cover of "Slingshot"- Page 31. 23-04-2023  (Read 62604 times)

Offline Orctrader

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Brilliant.  Very crisp and clean painting finished off with excellent basing.

Offline SJWi

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Atheling, regarding ideas for 6th century banners could you use the mosaics from San Appolinare Nuovo in Ravenna for inspiration ? Lots of 6th century religious imagery.

Regards.

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Very crisp white and reds.  Excellent looking start to the unit.
2024: B: 0; P: 148; 2023: B:77; P:37;

Offline Atheling

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Very crisp white and reds.  Excellent looking start to the unit.

Thanks mate. Good to hear as that is what I was going for. looking at them again, I think I would leave the final VMC Matt White highlight off and have stuck to the Off White but hey, it's too late now  lol They will be prepped for battle equipped with spatha, spear, shield and a high grade washing powder! lol

Atheling, regarding ideas for 6th century banners could you use the mosaics from San Appolinare Nuovo in Ravenna for inspiration ? Lots of 6th century religious imagery.

Thank you so much SJWi- a great resourse- you have saved my Tuccetum! :)


Offline brunei35

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Excellent as always Darrell.

Cheers
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Atheling, another suggestion for your standards. What about the “Military Saints” George and Demetrius? I don’t recall them in San Appolinare. However easy to find a suitable Icon on Google. I only thought of this when I saw my Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica Icon on my wall last night. If you struggle to find a good picture I could take a photo and e-mail to you.

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Thanks you all for the encouraging words  8)

Atheling, another suggestion for your standards. What about the “Military Saints” George and Demetrius? I don’t recall them in San Appolinare. However easy to find a suitable Icon on Google. I only thought of this when I saw my Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica Icon on my wall last night. If you struggle to find a good picture I could take a photo and e-mail to you.

Yes please!!  :)

EDIT: I've just PM you just now SJWi.

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Lovely toys in this thread

Offline Alan Mercer

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Your threads are now fixed as some of my ‘go to’ threads when I get stuck. Good inspiration and, after 40 or more years in the hobby, I still learn new things.

Offline Atheling

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Thanks gents :)

Good inspiration and, after 40 or more years in the hobby, I still learn new things.

Yeah, certainly. you can include me in that statement too!

I learn new things all the time. When I was North of the Border I was lucky enough to get to know three high class painters really well. I wouldn't know where to begin in expressing my gratitude to all three of these fellows as they have helped me out a lot over the years.

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So inspirational.   Very, very nice work.

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they go well together.
Splendid army and collection ! :-*
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Thank you both for your kind words :)

There may or may not be some quite exciting new additions sometime soon ;)

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This is a great looking Plog so far Atheling. Keep up the good work! I'm very curious to your Vanrangians if you are doing those at all.

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This is a great looking Plog so far Atheling.

Cheers Breez  8)

Keep up the good work! I'm very curious to your Vanrangians if you are doing those at all.

Unfortunately not. They didn't really start to appear in significant numbers until the reign of Basil II in c. 988 CE so they are beyond the scope of the Aventine Early Byzantine range which, what from I have understood of their plans thus far will mainly be focusing on that of the Justinian and Heraclian periods; a few years prior and after. So as a very rough guide approx. 527-711 and the (arguable) beginning of the Theme system.

I would love to see the range extended up to 1453 and the Fall of Constantinople but I am definitely being delusional and very selfish lol

 

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