Macedonian Cavalry

[elsi]

Macedonian Cavalry Zvezda Set 8007 my blog http://elsibaby.blogspot.ru/ more photos

[steve_pickstock]

Exquisite!

[loken32]

Very good work!!!

[Mário]

Exquisite.
But the black background do not do them justice, although it is very artistic.
Please, what paint do you use for the cooper shields?

[elsi]

Exquisite.
But the black background do not do them justice, although it is very artistic.
Please, what paint do you use for the cooper shields?

the paint used
Vallejo Game Color Name Bright Bronze

[Peter]

Wonderfull painted cavalry!

[elsi]

Thank you for your comments. Took a group photo of the Macedonians.

[Eugenij]

Beautiful army!

Why do you use so much violet colour?

[elsi]

Beautiful army!

Why do you use so much violet colour?

Thank you.Information taken from this source http://studopedia.org/10-207985.html possibly and lots of purple turned out

[Cryns]

Originally the Macedonian army probably used mainly red and white textile colors.
But after the occupation of Persian ruled Phoenicia Alexanders army suddenly faced itself with lots of purple and saffron yellow colored textile and quantities of pigment. The purper was coming from the murex shells found on phoenician beaches. Up till then, this purple color was only available for the elite and had always been unaffordable for the ordinary man in the rank and file. But now the purple was there for free so everybody wanted to wear that color.

So Elsi's beautifully painted Macedonians represent the army from 333 BC and after.

[Manu-72]

I love the figures,
shields painting is fantastic.
the uniform and the horses are very well
Manu

[KenzoSato]

Great job, mate

[elsi]

I'm glad you liked my work, thank you for your kind words