well, aisde from the on little art project you so gracious picked up for me, perhaps you'd consider giving a shot at making an Illyrian warrior?
rather intriging people; closelly related to the Northern and Central Italian peoples- so much so that even ina ncient times, Illyrian names for peoples on the east coast of Italy wasnt uncommon, and culturally, they were more or less a cross between Roman and Celtic; after they're conqoured, they remanined quite important; mant people blame teutoburg forest for stopping Roman expansion; in reality, whil eit was a major even, it wasnt what stopped Roman expension; the Illyrian rebellion was a far more serious manner; it took years to settle, and, no one really knows why but its the
only war in Romes Imperial history were several Roman legions joined the rebellion! (thier is one other event that is similer, where a Roman commander, fed up with the curruption in the republic, took his troops to what is now portugal, trianed them, trained local peoples in wars of Rome, combined with the natrual spanish cavalrymen, he had an army that beat every thing that was sent against it; it was only internal betrayal that stopped him) after that, the Illyrians become Romanized, and after native Itallians stop joining the legions in large numbers, its thier Itallian brethren who pick up the clack in the second and third centures, and thsi led directlly to many of the emperors of that period being Illyrians- of course, after Illyrians, (and spainards) for what ever reason stopped joining
en masse, the western empire was fooked.
heres a helmet; apperentlly, resources that were once on the net that were fine sources to put together an illyrian arnt thier anymore; so I'll have to draw a base picture (assuming your interested)
