Jeff,
Despite your assertion that Genertelan dress is not analogous to comparable earthly cultures, you have a hell of a lot to do to disprove this. I refer you to RQ supplement box 8, Glorantha: GCotHW, booklet 2, Genertela Book. Greg and Sandy are listed as authors, and because its Glorantha, I have to assume that Greg had oversight on approving the art work.
p.11 Fronela -- This is clearly a Western European knight from the High Medieval/Early Renaissance period.
pp.22 & 23 Kralorela -- The two Martial Artist shown are clearly East Asian in appearance and dress. In fact the gis look very Japanese or Korean.
p.29 Lunar Empire -- A hellenistic member of a Phalanx.
... and we have a Germanic/Nordic warrior from Maniria, a Hunnic or Mongol warrior (you could argue a Scyth) from Pent, an Italian City State warrior/soldier from Ralios, a Byzantine Imperial Cataphractos from Seshnela and a Anatolian Turk from Teshnos. The only ones that don't look like they are earthly analogs are the Zebra rider and the Dragonewt. Thumbing through Pavis, Big Rubble, and Borderlands gives the same impressions.
Now I know that this may have not been Greg's intention, it has certainly tuned into the result.
SDLeary
All of this gives the impression that not only the dress, but the
Cultures are similar to those depicted.
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:10 PM, markmohrfield wrote:
> Perhaps so, but why the sudden emphasis on the bronze age
> specifically?
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> Mark Mohrfield
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "jeffrichard68"
> <richaje_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > The gloranthan West is NOT the medieval West of Europe and their
> costumes should not be based on that. I agree fully with ian's points.
> >
> > Jeff
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