Daniel Gorringe : Historically accurate Xena sketches (tumblr.com)
"Thracian-Peltast Xena. She's using a Sica, javelins, and pelte shield, and wears Thracian garb.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bec2e4a7ea4e765e71561a492705ec0c/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo1_1280.png)
In take two, Xena combines archaic-classical Greek , and Thracian equipment. She still has the lightweight wicker-and-goatskin pelte, but adds greaves and a slightly more Grecian Kopis sword.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e5e6b3a340f59ff50c1b168a49e16bbb/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo2_1280.png)
In this take, Xena is equipped as a Greek Hoplite from the murky boundary of the Archaic and Classical periods.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd8fae7e35ff266faa546eaf274b414c/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo3_1280.png)
Alternatively, Xena can use a Linothorax- a layered linen armour with bronze inserts and alot of style.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/bdce346c1cb3e14a1b4058d6cd009e65/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo4_1280.png)
In this version, Xena hails from the 12th c BC, and uses Mycenaean arms and armour. It has a certain Barbarian je n'ais se quoi.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/dba40b2e10525d0ea02581bc7f4dcb46/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo5_1280.png)
Gabrielle takes a level of badass with the Amazons; luckily for me, Scythian amazon get-up is extremely distinctive and fun to draw. A bow, lasso, and short Akinakes make her contrast well with Xena.
![[IMG]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e70a4ee2477c1fcd167f226cd90ae770/tumblr_otpvpvq8kL1tmed5eo6_1280.png)
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Daniel Gorringe : Historically Accurate Xena- now in full colour! (tumblr.com)
Hiccups and delays aside, here it is. Xena is equipped as an early hoplite; (my headcanon is that, owing to her immense, perhaps semi-divine strength, the bronze is between 4 and 8mm thick- too much for any muscle powered weapon to handle from any angle) packing an early Doru, a Boeotian shield, and a Makhaira sword.
Gabrielle’s Amazonian outfit is a composite of Scythian grave finds; she wields a composite bow and Akinakes sword, wears an elaborate phrygian cap, and the trousers and moccasins of a culture seriously weird to Greeks.
Other avenues are still waiting to be explored! Don’t forget to reblog, and tell me what you think.
I’m absolutely willing to defend my questionable use of snarling Gorgoneiona. Fight me.
"Thracian-Peltast Xena. She's using a Sica, javelins, and pelte shield, and wears Thracian garb.
In take two, Xena combines archaic-classical Greek , and Thracian equipment. She still has the lightweight wicker-and-goatskin pelte, but adds greaves and a slightly more Grecian Kopis sword.
In this take, Xena is equipped as a Greek Hoplite from the murky boundary of the Archaic and Classical periods.
Alternatively, Xena can use a Linothorax- a layered linen armour with bronze inserts and alot of style.
In this version, Xena hails from the 12th c BC, and uses Mycenaean arms and armour. It has a certain Barbarian je n'ais se quoi.
Gabrielle takes a level of badass with the Amazons; luckily for me, Scythian amazon get-up is extremely distinctive and fun to draw. A bow, lasso, and short Akinakes make her contrast well with Xena.
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Daniel Gorringe : Historically Accurate Xena- now in full colour! (tumblr.com)
Hiccups and delays aside, here it is. Xena is equipped as an early hoplite; (my headcanon is that, owing to her immense, perhaps semi-divine strength, the bronze is between 4 and 8mm thick- too much for any muscle powered weapon to handle from any angle) packing an early Doru, a Boeotian shield, and a Makhaira sword.
Gabrielle’s Amazonian outfit is a composite of Scythian grave finds; she wields a composite bow and Akinakes sword, wears an elaborate phrygian cap, and the trousers and moccasins of a culture seriously weird to Greeks.
Other avenues are still waiting to be explored! Don’t forget to reblog, and tell me what you think.
I’m absolutely willing to defend my questionable use of snarling Gorgoneiona. Fight me.
