>From: "pavis" <prax_at_chello.fr>
>About the lunar peltasts, I ve made the choice to use thracian tribal
>warriors, essentially because they got that first quarter moon shaped
>shield. For what i remember from thunder rebel, those troups are good at
>pursuit and ambushes and (here i m not sure) close to what miniatures
>wargamers call "irregular" troops. The question is do they wear an uniform
>like dress ? I wonder, because i do not figure thoses men dressed in red and
>preparing ambushes in the woods. Are they more like bush rangers in dressing
>principle ? (wearing disparate clothes and a red piece of tissue around the
>neck ?) dressed in green and brown ? are just the shields reds and other
>clothes in different colors ? any idea is welcome. Of course there s
>probably a lot of different peltasts units, but if you want to choose one as
>the "this is what the peltasts of the red army look like for me", please say
>it.
Tarsh War describes peltasts wearing armour and equipment so shabby and battered that it must be deliberate with what gear they haven't abandoned wrapped up in their cloaks. This may of course be a prejudiced observers opinion. There is no reason for red to be such a poor colour for ambushes when you consider that only modern dyes produce the brilliant reds we are used to. Given they are regular Imperial soldiers rather than militia I would expect them to have a fancy parade uniform but campaign dress being much more subdued and shabby.
>About Maran Gor and Babeester Gor : I m going to use viking shields maiden,
>replacing round shields by square ones and replacing swords by axes. Because
>i m not at home, i can t look in my books to answer to this question : what
>is the difference beetween maran and babeester. All i can remember is
>babeester got "axe maiden" cultists and for what i remember is more an
>esrolian cult, and that Maran cultists got maces and axes and that i m sure
>there s some in tarsh (shaker temple). so, second question is : what is the
>main difference between those two cults.
Maran Gor is the earthshaker whereas Babeester Gor is revenge, particularly against men.
>Also, what are the geographical "zone " where u find those, and which one is
>the more numerous (in cultists).
>
>I remember that maran high priestes are pretty fat, are the babeester ones
>fat too ?
As fighters I can't see them being as obese as the earthshaker cult but I do imagine them as powerfully built rather masculine figures - you don't wield a two handed axe without building up some impressive muscles and they do magically destroy their fertility.
>Last question is do you have an idea of those cults main color ? (like
>yellow for yelm, red for lunar and blue for orlanthi). I can t choose
>between blue (linked to orlanthi pantheon) and red (pretty bloody cult)...
>so far i was thinking for brown, but i m not very sure.
I would go for Green/Brown for Maran as she is primarily an earth goddess but black and red for Babeester.
>Oh, i forgot, which ones of maran's or babeester's cultists are red haired
>women ?
Do you mean Vinga? the Orlanth subcult.
>Thanks for any help.
>
>PS : just a question : if i see difference between glo digest and hw rules
>list, i don t know what is difference between hw list and glo digest.... if
>this post would fit better on HW list, please say it and explain why, thx.
Seems perfectly on topic to me. While the digest does get involved in some esoteric discussions it's really for Gloranthan background of all sorts. Off topic is game mechanics and rules discussions.
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