These are the first two photos of my new exiting work, the fantastically sculpted by Andrea Jula Suebian Warrior from Pegaso.
Now I have to paint the brown fur and then the shield...

Photo 1

Photo 2

Very good painting Marco,fleshtones are really great!
What are you planning for the shield?
christos

That's the problem...searching on the web for some inspirations is been a failure, nothing that could be good for me also by an historical point opf view.
A friend of mine as a fan of roman history told me that this kind of warriors had on the shield only some geometric pattern and nothing else, and it will be almost surely the drawning that I will make on, but if someone has some good ideas and suggestions...I'm here!
Thanks.

Marco,
great work so far. Keep us posted!

Jay H.
OKC

Marco,
Great paintjob so far
Looking forward to see it completed.
Cheers,
A.

Marco,
Fantastic work mate!!! Keep us posted of the final piece!!!

hi Mack,
I wrote a review for this figure before and made a quite detailed search for Suebians when writing the review. I found that suebian shileds can be decorated with animal designs drawn in primitive style as in ancient Germanic shields. Eagle, bear, bull, boar,lynx or wolf symbols can be used.
best regards

Hey Mack looks great so far, I have this one, I'll be looking forward for the next step...
cheers
ER

Looking great so far Marco. I have this figure and have been accumulating different versions of it as I find them. I agree, not much on sheilds available.

Hi Graywolf,
can you give some drawnings to take inspiration? I've searched on the web for totemic animals but without a good result.
Thank you very much.
Marco

Marco,

This is a real great paintjob so far.
I've used this site for shieldpatterns and you find some patterns what are you looking for.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sarson/NotitiaPatterns.html

Marc

Sorry it's the second time that I reply without login myself...argh!!!!

Marco amico mio,
I made a search on my reference books+internet and i can say German tribes including Suebians have geometric designs on shields besides animal symbols.
Here is an example for geometric designs on german shields:


Some animal symbols for your inspiration




and some examples;



i wish those help...best regards

Thanks for the pics Engin...........very useful.

Dear Engin, first of all thank you a lot for the references that you gave me.In addiction I have found also these pictures that can fit on a germanic shield.
Take a look:







Regards.
Marco

Thanks for the additional pics Marco.

The work finished.







Thanks for your viewing.
Marco

Marco,
Really Beautiful, The sheild looks great. Superb painting
Cheers
John

Marco,

Congratulations. One of the best i've seen from this figure. Great work.
Marc