Comments on: Warlord showcase painted Auxiliaries

By: evernevermore (John)

evernevermore (John) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:56:31 +0000

Light colors are popular historically cause they represented undyed fabric - which was cheaper and more accessible then dyed fabrics. That said romans where notorious for the showiness of some of thier actions so any color other then purple or fluorescents (sp?) is at least BS’able as being used

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:27:57 +0000

I had a feeling all of my notions of the colours were Hollywood inspired.

By: Zac

Zac — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:18:30 +0000

Most of the colours used are entirely subjective anyway. No-one really knows how these guys were dressed

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:58 +0000

They look pretty nice, I’d find a tutorial or even “recipe” useful though.

Some of that may be due to my lack of historical knowledge too, was the light coloured clothing typical for auxiliaries or was it worn by legionaries too? Hmm, I think I need an Osprey…