Hail Caeser Or In This Case, Hail Alexander & Philip!
March 29, 2013 by brennon
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Above you can see both Alexander the Great, one of the most successful conqueror of the Ancient World and Philip I of Macedon his father. These really are some great looking heroes that would be legendary to field.
Of the two I would say that I like the older Macedonian king who has a bit more of an epic stance than the rearing horse of Alexander.
Will you be using them in your battles?
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You can’t sculpt Bucephalus just chillin’. A legendarily wild and hard-to-tame horse has to be rearing. However, I must say that either they accidentally photoshopped out one of his rear legs or the two rear legs are sculpted awfully close together in a way that’s not really how horses work. The leopard skin saddle blanket is nice touch though.
Philip has a nice pose but his face kind of reminds me of Wilford Brimley.
They are too close together, because the reverse angle shows the left leg, but you then can’t see the right
The hind legs are too straight for a rearing horse. They should be angled at the hocks.
The hooves are too far forward and at least one should be set further back under the rump
http://www.deviantart.com/download/102152617/Horse_Rearing_by_Mnm25796.jpg
Good point, they got the feel just right with the horse. As for the legs, its just the angle on the photos that makes it look like a 3 legged horse.
Don’t think it is the camera angle. if you check the link you can see that the legs are widely spread and form a triangle, with one hoof forward, one back. you should be able to see both legs in both photos.
Alexander and Philip are rather nicely sculpted but that horse looks very small like. Size wise its more like pony than horse compared to rider.
Interesting point. Not sure about the history of horses but it may be possible that Macedonian horses were not that big. It may be historically correct.
Bucephalus wasn’t a Macedonian horse. He was sold to Alexander (technically his father) by a Thessalian horse trader. Supposedly, the horse was a massive and imposing beast. The sculptor here probably sized it down to fit the base or decided to make Alexander larger than life (or this isn’t Bucephalus (though it is painted to make one assume so) or they just got it wrong).
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-thessalian-rare-horse-breed-antiquity-6237910.html “The legendary stallion of Alexander the Great, Bucephalus, was thought to be a Thessalian. According to Bonnie Hendricks’ International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds, there are those who think Bucephalus may have been another breed (such as the now extinct Turkmenian) captured in war and was only living with a herd of 20,000 Thessalian horses when he was bought by Alexander’s father Philip from Philonicus the Thessalian. General Appearance Thessalians (also called Thessalys) are small, strong horses that used to be pony sized, but now often grow to be over 14.3 hands high. Their heads have a straight profile with… Read more »
Well, all I know is that he was sold by a Thessalian, and he was supposedly huge. So either he wasn’t a Thessalian horse (or he was a mutant), or he wasn’t actually that large. The legend of Alexander is so blown out of proportion that the history is kind of hard to find sometimes, so either could be the case. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the story of him taming the horse were complete nonsense as well.
Regardless, it’s a good story.
Quite so
I think that sums it up nicely mpoke!