Early Achaeminid Persian

titanu · Post by **titanu** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:31 am

Does any body have any good links to information on uniform colours and shield designs?
Also there are some lovely pictures on the Wargames Founry website but are these accurate?

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:38 am

Sadly (to me - these things are subjective) the cadmium yellow, barium red, fuschia, violet and cerulean blue circus palette in the Foundry catalog is consistent with many of the modern illustration sources.

They make my eyes hurt though, and if I ever paint them then I am their king. Ochres, rust, terra cotta, grey and cream for my lot,
by Ahura Mazda!

titanu · Post by **titanu** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:52 am

Skullzgrinda wrote:Sadly (to me - these things are subjective) the cadmium yellow, barium red, fuschia, violet and cerulean blue circus palette in the Foundry catalog is consistent with many of the modern illustration sources. They make my eyes hurt though, and if I ever paint them then I am their king. Ochres, rust, terra cotta, grey and cream for my lot,
by Ahura Mazda!

You are not Laurence Llewelyn Bowen in disguise are you?
Thanks!

Skullzgrinda · Post by **Skullzgrinda** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:06 am

Happy to help.

In answer to your question, no, but as badly as I am usually beaten it is important that my armies leave good looking corpses.

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:17 pm

At least for Immortals there is an excellent color reference as the Persians were quite fond of glazed bricks for decorating Persepolis. These are remarkably hardy and quite a few are in the permaneant collection at the Louvre (and I am sure elsewhere). The colors in the Osprey are IIRC a pretty good representation of the colors in the museum. They are depicted as suprisingly brightly colored - it is worth remembering the Persians were incredbly rich by contemporary standards.

The giant bulls heads that were at the top of the columns used to hold up the ceiling are very impressive as well.

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:23 pm

http://www.livius.org/su-sz/susa/susa_soldiers.html

Has some decent pictures.

Delbruck · Post by **Delbruck** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:26 pm

Delbruck · Post by **Delbruck** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:33 pm

Jilu · Post by **Jilu** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:37 pm

Delbruck wrote:

is that not Alex?

Delbruck · Post by **Delbruck** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:40 pm

Yes it is alexander, but the victim is Persian.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:11 am

Score 1 for the brightly painted gaudy coloured army. Historical evidence says yes.