For several years Dick Bryant has been after me to do an article about painting the skin colors of ancient armies. just to show Bryant that I can get around to doing an occasional article here it is. I do, however, agree with Dick that there is a critical need for an authoritative answer to the question of the skin tone difference of a Meshwesh and a Weshwesh. No expense has been spared in the attempt to put together this information. Why, I must have spent at least 45 minutes researching the topic.
The colors you need to paint all ancient mercenaries are brown, yellow and especially red. The following is a chart listing ancient tribes and nations that are known to be mercenaries complete with color ratios.
| TRIBE | BROWN | WHITE | RED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedouin | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Hebrews | 8.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Hittites | 8.35 | 1.65 | 0 |
| Canaanites | 8.41 | 1.59 | 0 |
| Sherden | 8.61 | 1.39 | 0 |
| Pelest | 8.52 | 1.48 | 0 |
| Weshwesh | 8.53 | 1.47 | 0 |
| Tyresenoi | 8.628 | 1.372 | 0 |
| Denyen | 8.777 | 1.223 | 0 |
| Thekel | 8.812 | 1.188 | 0 |
| Yam | 8.741 | 1.259 | 0 |
| Irthet | 8.561 | 1.433 | 0 |
| Wawat | 8.266 | 1.743 | 0 |
| Tehenu | 8.399 | 1.601 | 0 |
| Temehu | 8.756 | 1.244 | 0 |
| Kehek | 8.181 | 1.819 | 0 |
| Meshwesh | 8.235 | 1.765 | 0 |
| Medes | 8.315 | 1.685 | 0 |
| Scythians | 8.449 | 1.551 | 0 |
| Uratians | 8.598 | 1.411 | 0 |
| Babylonians | 8.4162 | 1.5838 | 0 |
| Arameans | 8.9123 | 1.0877 | 0 |
| Mitanni | 8.9236 | 1.0764 | 0 |
| Hatti | 8.1697 | 1.8303 | 0 |
| Philistines | 8.2667 | 1.7333 | 0 |
| Persians | 8.4777 | 1.5223 | 0 |
| Elamites | 8.9925 | 1.0075 | 0 |
| Matieni | 1.5223 | 8.4777 | 0 |
| Ligyes | WHO CARES? | ||
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