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Infamy Roman Cart colours

Doug Melville All Messages By This Member #200529 Slightly offbeat one, I am looking for any suggestions on colours for the Roman passenger cart. I haven't come across any original depictions and wondered what they might have been painted. Many thanks Doug
Robert Sulentic All Messages By This Member #200530 ?Google "painted carts of sicily".? While They probably weren't as intricate as those, I'll bet they were brightly painted if used by civilians. Military ones were probably painted just to deter weathering. You can never go wrong?with red! -RNS toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3:37 AM Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote: Slightly offbeat one, I am looking for any suggestions on colours for the Roman passenger cart. I haven't come across any original depictions and wondered what they might have been painted. Many thanks Doug
Doug Melville All Messages By This Member #200531 开云体育 Thanks Robert, ? I was going to go with a dull red, possibly with yellow framing. I just wondered if paint samples or mosaics gave any indications. Reproduction ones tend to be left bare wood, which seems unlikely if you didn’t want them rotting away. ? All the best ? Doug ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sulentic Sent: 12 November 2020 02:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Infamy Roman Cart colours ? ?Google "painted carts of sicily".? While They probably weren't as intricate as those, I'll bet they were brightly painted if used by civilians. Military ones were probably painted just to deter weathering. You can never go wrong?with red! ? -RNS ? On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 3:37 AM Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote: Slightly offbeat one, I am looking for any suggestions on colours for the Roman passenger cart. I haven't come across any original depictions and wondered what they might have been painted. Many thanks Doug
Andrew Miller All Messages By This Member #200532 Doug, Googling found this wagon mosaic in various colours - wagon mosaic -? Googling chariot mosaics shows all sorts of colours and decoration - I suspect that, as others have said, you could colour it how you want - the more affluent the owner the more decorated it would probably be, Andy M

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