Numidian Cavalry

After busy 5 months I'm finally back to the brushes and painting ancients! But not just any ancients.

I decided to paint myself some numidian cavalry from HAT set. 

Numidians were arguably the best light cavalry in ancient Mediterranean world, with both Rome and Carthage using their service as mercenaries.

In my opinion the hardest part in painting native North Africans is getting the skin color right. I have seen countless examples of numidians, Egyptians and Libyans portrayed with dark, brown or black skin (which is a feature characteristic for sub-saharan peoples such as Nubians). In contrast numidians should be portrayed with skin closer to South European culture group (Spaniards or Italians).

Thanks for reading!

Cheers,

Jacob