Military History | Rise of Rome
Painting Guides for the Macedonian and Punic Wars

Updated 17 Mar 2009

My offering isn't a comprehensive guide but it does cover:

Carthaginians

Including Carthaginians and Libyans

Spanish

Including Iberians, Celtiberians, Lusitanian, Balearics

Gauls

Both cavalry and infantry.

Romans

Macedonians

Macedonians

Including Macedonians and Successor States such as Seleucid.

Numidian

Numidians

Cavalry and infantry

Ligurians

Italians

The Colour of Bronze

Ancient Bronze resembled our modern Brass.

References

Head, D. (1982). Armies of the Macedonian and Punic wars 359 BC to 146 BC. Wargames Research Group.

The definitive source. My painting guide does not replace Head (1982) as I make no attempt to duplicate his illustrations. All I do is list the colours to use. Where I mention "illustrations" I mean illustrations from Head's book.