Panhellenic Games suggestions

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This is one of those areas of history that seems completely untouched as far as Poser and DAZ items go. There are many different objects associated with the ancient Panhellenic Games (the Olympics, the Nemean Games, etc), enough to make several product sets out of.

It might break down like so:

Track events - javelin, hysplex (starting gate), discus, halteres (long jump weights)

Combat events - himantes (ancient boxing gloves, which came in both "soft" and "sharp" varieties), pilidion (hair cap), injury morphs and materials

General - Champion wreaths (different for each of the Games), oily and sweaty skin materials, oil vessels

And each of these would have appropriate poses, too.

One of the big strengths of a product set like this would be the variety. Since obviously none of these items were mass-produced, it makes sense to have a few variants of each. For example, there are already at least 3 different types of halteres, and no two of them would be identical regardless of type. There are multiple designs of himantes, etc.

If someone wanted to get really wild, then the next step would be making the actual stadiums from these events. Highly accurate reconstructions of these locations would really be something.

I've already collected a lot of reference material about this subject, so if anyone is serious about taking such a project on, I'd be more than happy to share.