Note that not all elements of the "Lunar Army" wear red. The Empire encompasses many different nationalities, and similar troops between nations may wear quite dissimilar armor, weapons, and clothes. Units who retain the "old style" of their nationality will wear their traditional clothes, while only a few units are really "Imperial Lunar" who would go for the Red-and-White or Red-and- Black look. "Uniforms" would tend more towards the same color but in different shades than regimented "All troops will wear 'Napa Red' tunics".
My own troops vary from regimented, all-one-color-pot tunics, to "well, this green is close to blue, I'll use that". Of course, I've got at least three lunar armies (Late Roman Empire, Greek/Macedonian, and Middle East Fantasy) plus some special units that don't fit any of those categories (Feathered Lancers from Rinliddi based on Polish Winged Hussars), so I've had plenty of opportunity to paint uniforms or not :-).
The Tarsh War peltasts are modled on late Imperial Roman (ca. 300-500 AD), while Thracians (picking up the Foundry deal?) are much earlier - (400-200 BC). So calling both "Peltasts" means that they fight in the same manner, but equipment-wise they have entirely different looks.
As far as clothing, you can do what you like! Dress them in brown, grey and green tartan for the camouflage look, or drab clothes with subtle colors picked out for trim, or "Imperial" colors (in suitable muted tones); put them in uniform, or not. Foundry has pictures of Thracian peltasts in their "Shop" section - check under "Thracian Collection".
Roderick
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