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Offline WarriorOfToys

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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2011, 13:33:18 »
:lol: ;D
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2011, 01:29:48 »
thanks again WoT!
(decided not to spray the handle brown and also couldnt bring myself to trim off the spike on the other side.....this will be my only modified axe...one is enough...and will use those simpler fiiremen axes for the others ;)
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2011, 06:36:09 »
That axe looks excellent cheng!!!  :)9
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2011, 07:45:12 »
Yeah, really nice work!
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2011, 07:50:12 »
 :love: :love: love it, just like the Gaul.
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #25 on: October 06, 2011, 18:00:07 »
LOVE IT! :wow:
That is amazing Cheng, much cooler looking them my axes.
(And I wouldn't have shaved off the spike either... ;) )
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #26 on: October 07, 2011, 00:41:38 »
thanks everyone!
and WoT, any advice AGAINST making a horned helmet for my Gauls?
I have searched and looked up some pics but other than those with fat metal horns, those using natural/real-looking horns might be just fantasy again (like vikings)
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #27 on: October 07, 2011, 00:53:06 »
I'm definitely not WoT, so I shouldn't be jumping into a question that he should be answering, but, if you're going for a historically accurate look, do not have the horned helmets for the Gauls. Actually, IMO, you should just leave them helmet-less - most Gauls couldn't afford metal armor.
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #28 on: October 07, 2011, 01:15:30 »
Quote from: PlaymoMan on October 07, 2011, 00:53:06
I'm definitely not WoT, so I shouldn't be jumping into a question that he should be answering, but, if you're going for a historically accurate look, do not have the horned helmets for the Gauls. Actually, IMO, you should just leave them helmet-less - most Gauls couldn't afford metal armor.

I'm happy to ask the world at large and anyone for help ;)
and thanks for your tongue-in-cheek(?) answer....yes, I do want to stick as close to historical correctness as possible (and look as un-playmo-vikings as possible)
..so youve saved me from wasting time customising a horned helmet and an even bigger heartbreak if you advise me so after making one  :P

and what about the use of PM viking legs (with strapped/wrapped boots) on my Gauls? (again, I dont see them, in drawings, wearing them except by DC's Mighty Thor :P )

what's your opinion about those DS Gaul shields? why is it that the Gaul shields I see on the internet are usually these metal ones (which I was painting during my scale-model making days)

I would be glad if anyone can give me some opinion on my Gaul shields and boots, thank you!
« Last Edit: October 07, 2011, 01:23:08 by cheng »
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Re: Gauls or Celts
« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2011, 14:05:12 »
Quote from: PlaymoMan on October 07, 2011, 00:53:06
... Actually, IMO, you should just leave them helmet-less - most Gauls couldn't afford metal armor.

Ditto. :)
But if you do give them helmets they should probably be the Roman helms, not even the viking ones.
In reality, rich Gauls would have a helmet that combined the two
(the viking helm (without horns ;)) and the cheek flaps from the Roman helm).
I tried making one once... And at first I really liked it, but I tried painting it....
And it fell apart and the paint got way to thick... :hissyfit:

As for shoes...
It would depend where you lived whether you wore shoes or boots.
But I haven't seen pictures of Gauls with boots that have been tied to their legs... ???
AH-HA!
I know what Playmobil was doing (or at least what we can make of their tied up boots).
In some barbarian cultures, they had extra fabric that made ties they would wrap around the lower parts of their legs.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=gaul+warrior&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1680&bih=892&tbm=isch&tbnid=hFJGe2J4iScodM:&imgrefurl=http://marikaintegratedproject09.wikispaces.com/The%2BRise&docid=TkLZ4PImAgdmgM&w=337&h=480&ei=5P-OTpONIpCztwf_xsmrDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=325&page=1&tbnh=157&tbnw=110&start=0&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=34&ty=100
(Here is an example, it also shows the type of helmet I was talking about.)
But as far as I know, they usually only used this in Britain and Northern Germany. ???
So I doubt you would use them for your Gauls.

Gaul shields would not have been metal, :no: they would have been made of wood.
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