So what! We are all working toward something better than this. What you describe were just stages along the way not archeological evidence providing dome sort of proof.
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> Time to delurk...
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> 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:
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> > Perhaps so, but why the sudden emphasis on the bronze age
> > specifically?
> >
> > Mark Mohrfield
> >
> > --- 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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