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    Is it realistic to see the post-marian legionaries with red tunics and red shields?
    sure that legionaires possessed a certain uniformity in equipment, but I am not sure that the simple soldiers dressed in red and had a well-decorated red shields(like EB1 post-marian legionary).
    so, can we expect radical changes in the skins of the Romans or not?
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    If you use the search function in the EB forums you'll know the awnser.

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    Will Romans in EBII have eyebrows?
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    Quote Originally Posted by antisocialmunky View Post
    Will Romans in EBII have eyebrows?
    Red ones, yes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    Red ones, yes.
    For the sake of historical accuracy, their eyebrows should be whatever colour each individual soldier is willing to pay for his respective eyebrows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    For the sake of historical accuracy, their eyebrows should be whatever colour each individual soldier is willing to pay for his respective eyebrows.
    Except after the Marian reforms, when those are provided by the employer instead.
    And will probably have been made by the lowest bidder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
    Except after the Marian reforms, when those are provided by the employer instead.
    And will probably have been made by the lowest bidder.
    They may then have no eyebrows (cheap ones at best).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    They may then have no eyebrows (cheap ones at best).
    With no eyebrows, it is logical to conclude that their face will be colder during the winter especially when invading the Sweboz in northern Europe. We need to give all Roman soldiers a penalty in snow to represent this.


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    With no eyebrows, it is logical to conclude that their face will be colder during the winter especially when invading the Sweboz in northern Europe. We need to give all Roman soldiers a penalty in snow to represent this.
    No kidding. And with the Sweboz warriors providing (for the most part) their own arms, I'm sure most of them will be wise enough to bring along suitable eyebrows.

    Blonde, for the most part. Big and Bushy. For obvious reasons, they should receive bonuses for fighting in the frigid north winters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    No kidding. And with the Sweboz warriors providing (for the most part) their own arms, I'm sure most of them will be wise enough to bring along suitable eyebrows.

    Blonde, for the most part. Big and Bushy. For obvious reasons, they should receive bonuses for fighting in the frigid north winters.
    I can only hope somebody on the EB team is writing this down. We wouldn't want eyebrow-less Roman's trampling all over the bushy Sweboz in the middle of January as if they were strolling on a Spanish beach in mid July!


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    I can only hope somebody on the EB team is writing this down. We wouldn't want eyebrow-less Roman's trampling all over the bushy Sweboz in the middle of January as if they were strolling on a Spanish beach in mid July!
    Yeah, no kidding. And, ye Gods, imagine the pubic hair!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    Yeah, no kidding. And, ye Gods, imagine the pubic hair!
    No thanks.


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    No thanks.
    Armpits, then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    Armpits, then?
    No thank you.


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    Who but Gaesatae and their clothing-lacking brethren would think of packing such gear? The heavy weight for only a little bit of extra protection is wasted on anything else.
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    I would be frightened of a gaesetae with a heavy bush. Wouldn't you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    I would be frightened of a gaesetae with a heavy bush. Wouldn't you?
    And there we have it people. In b4 teh lock.


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    Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
    And there we have it people. In b4 teh lock.
    Stop screwing around, ACIN, and stay on topic.

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    The first couple spams were actually kind of funny.
    Then it went to plain old spam that needs to be locked.


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    This is just a few people that if they were gone from here we would probably not be having these problems. I will bring this up on the internal forum - I'm sick and tired of this foolishness derailing multiple threads.

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