Parthenon West Frieze Block I with Color

3D Model

“A marshal (1) is depicted standing frontally, his head turned toward the right (proper left). His weight is on his right leg, his left is free. Except for the upper right side, his body is concealed in his himation. His left arm is bent, his hand resting on his hip, and in his raised right hand he held a staff, once shown in paint.” -Acropolis Museum

The model was created first in Agrisoft Metashape by Betsey Robinson. It was then transferred into Zbrush as an .obj file. The face was reconstructed using the face of the rider from block II of the West Frieze, and the left foot was duplicated over to replace the right foot, which was missing. The colors for the marshal were taken from a fourth century BCE Macedonian tomb demonstrating polychromy in Agios Athanasios. The spear was painted on, as indicated the Acropolis Museum indicates, and was loosely based on depictions of hoplite spears on a terracotta volute-krater from 450 B.C.