Colorfull Gods

**Foot** · 10-11-2008, 16:13

Why are you applying modern aesthetics to ancient mentality? We know that helmets were painted, we have evidence for this (frescoes that still hold their colour). However there is no evidence that the majority of helmets were painted, and we have to follow the evidence not join the dots with modern understandings of aesthetics. Case in point is the painted statues. They are ugly when painted, but look sombrely austere and attractive in their original stone colour. For the ancients of Rome painted statues were a sign of wealth of beauty.

Foot

**Elthore** · 10-12-2008, 09:59

so they will be painted then?

**Megas Methuselah** · 10-12-2008, 10:13

I'm not exactly sure what noble Foot's response was, but even if it was a "yes," I'm sure it would be a very low-priority obective in the mod.

**Foot** · 10-12-2008, 12:36

So what will be painted? Statues, its possible that some would. But thats far away in the future. Helmets? A couple might be, but thats because we have actual evidence not conjecture.

Foot

**Tartaros** · 10-12-2008, 16:08

true,
it´s a (very very) small detail in the game and more a marginal note and only usefull to create an historical backround for this wonderfull mod!