>>> I've heard that Relic does some Thracians (for your characters), but I haven't dug deep enough on their site to find them.
Probably not on the Web site yet. A couple of greens on the facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/Relic-Miniatures-LTD/146735935944
>>> - Does every Thracian need to be wearing their "hoodie"?
No.
>>> - Would a more barbaric look in the units be appropriate?
Depends on what Thracians you're modelling. The Odrysian kingdom and the lowland tribes: perhaps not so much. The "highland" tribes: perhaps more so.
>>> - Would Warlord's Dacians be stretching it too far, even if they were mixed in?
Gah. Just... gah. Those are just the Warlord plastic Disco Celts with extra bits. So... Disco Dacians?
http://shop.warlordgames.co.uk/dacian-war-host-1826-p.asp
The metal bits generally look a little too late for Classical or Hellenistic era Thracians; they're distinctly from the Dacian wars with Rome, as they're based on Roman monuments.
There was cultural crossover between the Thracian tribes and Celts, especially when the Celts wandered through "Thracia" as well as Macedon and Greece; some then wandered firther to establish Galatia in Asia Minor. The kingdom of Tylis was a Celtic state for a short while:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/TribesinThrace.jpg
See also:
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/mellon/pubs/Theodossiev.pdf
So you can intermix Thracian and Celtic figures to a degree, depending on what you're modelling. But if I were starting with a baseline of Foundry Thracians (I think you said on the WAB Forum that's what you had?), I'd probably look to Renegade and A&A for comlementary Celts.
>>> - Would characters and unit leaders adorn themselves in stolen armor, helmets and other booty?
Yep. Sure do miss Christopher Webber's "Threshkurion" site; it's pretty much dead, and his "new" site is well broken:
http://home.exetel.com.au/thrace/pictures.htm
However, he's published some good stuff in "Ancient Warfare" magazine; good article in issue IV/6 on Thracian mercenaries.
>>> Any help, thoughts and skarky comments appreciated.
Sorry, I think I have failed in being especially snarky.
Allen
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