[Preview] new Parthians

[AqD]

It's not a problem Every factions have their own generals, but RTR 6 only uses the same models for eastern/barbarian/greeks so they don't look very different

[fourganger]

Your Parthian units really do make me happy. Once you release this I'm shifting them into every version of Rome I've got.

[Gen.jamesWolfe]

Nope I made only the armour (cut & edit from vanilla) and the horse is Pinarius' work. I'm a noob modeler

I see.

yeah, I'm having a labor shortage in that department (modelling) for my mod, so I was asking. do you recommend anyone who can help me?

they are nice skins you make though-keep up the good work, and I might download this.

[AqD]

I see.

yeah, I'm having a labor shortage in that department (modelling) for my mod, so I was asking. do you recommend anyone who can help me?

I dunno, I haven't worked with any modellers Whenever I need a model element, I just check the models in RTR, ITW, and KLA's pack

[Gen.jamesWolfe]

I dunno, I haven't worked with any modellers Whenever I need a model element, I just check the models in RTR, ITW, and KLA's pack

well, I guess i'll do it myself

but thanks anyways. and keep up the good work.

[AqD]

Hm... Okay, but how about doing 1-2 Auxilary troops then? Only with light armour of course

Done!





PS: 1) No culture fusion here - they're just greeks since parthians themselves don't fight as infantry 2) The shield boss is by gloss. It will be fixed in final version

[Antiochus]

Nice, but face of Parthian General looks weird

[SuleymanGroznii]

Umm are you sure their nobles have long hair? I searched for a few pics and all of them seem to have short hair style, like this =>
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They look weird though, and I dunno how to make that style...

I'm fairly obsessed with studying Parthia, and sources describe the light cavalry/mounted archers, who were basically peasants, as having long, dirty looking hair (it basically sounds like the authors are describing dreads or dirty braids), and all kinds of different facial hair. The nobles, on the other hand, are described as being very well groomed--almost to a feminine extent (kind of like the sculptures above), e.g. they wore some kind of makeup, tended to have exotic hair styles, and used exotic oils and other substances to enhance their appearance. Basically, they were the ancient world's metrosexuals.

[AqD]

Update: added Dahae Nobles

[florin80]

About your interest in "late ahistorical parthian army" posted in another forum. Do you have Montvert`s title "Sassanian Armies" by David Nicolle with Angus McBride as illustrator? To me it seems a far better title than what Osprey has on this subject.

[AqD]

nope I don't have the book. And it's hard to find non-osprey pictures online

[florin80]

Well, try to find this one. In addition to having 8 colored plates it also has plenty black and white drawings after different depictions of sassanian(and armenians and arabs etc.) soldiers and equipment along with accompanying text for each of them. The book is about 70 pages in all I think. Of course, Montvert is sorta like an Opsrey in some regards. But I think they did a better job than Opsrey`s main efforts on the sassanians: Sassanian Elite Cavalry and Parthians and Sassanid Persians.

[Sir Walter]

You know, the Parthian general being blonde is weirder than the length of his hair in my opinion

[AqD]

Parthians are not Arabians or modern-day middle east guys They're scythian nomads and some of them are blonde!

[Sir Walter]

I didn't realise the Saka were blonde though... all the stuff I've ever seen makes them out as having black hair.

[AqD]

you mean the mongols and huns?

The Saka/Scythians are more close to Persians and Parthians.

[Sir Walter]

Who also had black hair, no? The Persians certainly weren't blonde.

[AqD]

Some of persians appear to be blonde.. It's mixed but certainly they have more blondes than greeks, romans and huns


Ancient persians are not arabians

[Sir Walter]

Some of persians appear to be blonde.. It's mixed but certainly they have more blondes than greeks, romans and huns

Really?

Ancient persians are not arabians

Umm... duh.

[Caligula Caesar]

Ammianus Macellinus stated "Nearly all the Alani are men of great stature and beauty; their hair is somewhat yellow, their eyes are terribly fierce."
I know the Dahae weren't the Aorsi (Alans), but they were both steppe tribes