Gauls- Aulerci Federation update Village 2/11/21

[bluewillow]

Gaulois Project

We have the fourth largest Gaulois Oppium (walled city) in France just a few kilometres from our Maison in Mayenne. Archeologists excavated a large amount of the city when the new motorway skirted the edge of it. Much of its twin ramparts still remain, the outer and the inner wall still have sections around 100m in length and about 3-5m high. Close by we also have the Roman city of Jublians, which capital of the Diablintes Post 60AD.

My Gaulois will focus on the Aulerci Federation, the  Diablintes tribe along with the Aulerci Cenomani (Le Mans) and Aulerci Eburovici (Évruex) tribes to make up the warbands of 30 bases.

I already have a few miniatures mostly crusader, old glory and some Warlord that make a small army which will be the Abrincatuii tribe, who stood with the Diablintes against Quintus Titurius Sabinus in 56BCE and against Titus Labienus in 52BCE.

 I purchased three bags of Victrix naked Gauls and three bags of foot plus two cavalry bags, making around three hundred figures to paint. 

The army will be based for impetus so I need about ten bases of infantry for each tribe, plus some skirmishers and a few bases of Cavalry, so eventually about four hundred figures to face Caesars Legions. So a lot to be done in the next 6-12 months

First off the desk are naked Celts completed a few weeks ago


Then some light cavalry this week




Wish me all the best

Cheers
Matt

[Bloggard]

super paint-jobs and basing.

looking forward to seeing more.

[SteveBurt]

Lovely painting
Those light cavalry look quite heavy; they are wearing mail shirts.

[bluewillow]

All Gallic cavalry were noblemen cavalry, so function not armour sets them apart.

Cheers
Matt

[FierceKitty]

I think combing lime through the hair would have meant a single hair colour for everyone.

[Poiter50]

Nice, Matt, will follow this with interest.

[Codsticker]

I think combing lime through the hair would have meant a single hair colour for everyone.

What about their moustaches?

[bluewillow]

I think combing lime through the hair would have meant a single hair colour for everyone.

I did think about it but only one mention for lime washing, Diodorus Siculus is the only ancient source for this and he says:-
" The Gauls are tall of body, with rippling muscles, and white of skin, and their hair is blond, and not only naturally so, but they also make it their practice by artificial means to increase the distinguishing colour which nature has given it. 2 For they are always washing their hair in lime-water, and they pull it back from the forehead to the top of the head and back to the nape of the neck, with the result that their appearance is like that of Satyrs and Pans, since the treatment of their hair makes it so heavy and coarse that it differs in no respect from the mane of horses."

so not convinced totally from one description

[FierceKitty]

Well, not quite just one; the dying Celt statue in the Campidoglio is very clearly wearing that hairstyle.

[rumacara]

Nice painting.
Looking forward for your updates.

[bluewillow]

Well, not quite just one; the dying Celt statue in the Campidoglio is very clearly wearing that hairstyle.

But Galatian I thought?

[FierceKitty]

A very Celtic people. The culture was widely difused.

[levied troop]

Those figures look great, very colourful and well-defined.  Looking forward to seeing the finished army.

[skip]

wonderful painting and basing, the skin tone is nice too

Brian

[Irregular Wars Nic]

Utterly splendid!