EB - Countdown to Open Beta: Baktria

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I've never seen a boeotian helmet like that. Could you guys post an example?

It's a more conservative version of a strange "Boiotian" helmet (the normal type of which was very popular among Hellenic Baktrians) that is found here. Hard to see them, but there are four of them on both of the figures (only one shown on that link). The horse ears are traditonally found on most Boiotian and other type helmets of Baktrian kings and are found on the link above's helmet as well. But the "barnacles" on the helmet above puzzled us to no end. It was clear that they were painstakingly molded onto the figures and so we thought they should be included. We love the helmets! I'm still pushing for their inclusion in another Baktrian unit (unfortunately some of the other best ones weren't even included in this preview), but we'll just have to wait and see on that.

edit: *After* unit creation we found an artist's recreation of the unit in a book on the Baktrian military. They changed the helmet up more than we did, and didn't get a few details I think we got, but it wound up exceedingly similar to ours. ("Baktrian Royal Foot Bodyguard")