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Author Topic: Advice on painting Carthaginians  (Read 5466 times)

Offline markw

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Re: Advice on painting Carthaginians
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 03:58:25 PM »
It was a real shame that the Victrix Carthaginians only come with the Roman shields. You can always swap them for Hoplons or mix and match them up.

Offline delbruck

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Re: Advice on painting Carthaginians
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2016, 04:55:42 PM »
I believe the Victrix Carthaginian box contains a mixture of oval scutum and hoplons. I think it is a mistake to call the oval scutum "Roman".  I am under the impression by the 2nd Punic Wars some variations of the oval shield  (Gallic/Spanish/Italian - thureos/scutum) was the most common used in the western Mediterranean.

Offline AdamPHayes

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Re: Advice on painting Carthaginians
« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2016, 09:27:47 PM »
I believe the Victrix Carthaginian box contains a mixture of oval scutum and hoplons. I think it is a mistake to call the oval scutum "Roman".  I am under the impression by the 2nd Punic Wars some variations of the oval shield  (Gallic/Spanish/Italian - thureos/scutum) was the most common used in the western Mediterranean.

The curved Roman version is very distinctive and not the same as the Gallic / Spanish / Italian / Greek versions.

 

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