08-01-2013, 02:39 PM
To Appius:
Well, that was harsh...
I told that I made this costume not for reenactment, but for a convention, I had very limited budget (200 €), and only two weeks time. What could have you came up with that? Also ordering things online to Finland would have taken too long, so I made everything myself. I won the second place in costume competition but of course that doesn't count anything, just mentioning...
Anyway, I am quite pleased of the tunic, it is made with authentic pattern, it is about 1 meter wide, made of white linen. Not off-white, but couldn't the high ranking officers wear white? Not hand stiched, because that would have taken too much time.
Also the subarmalis is not bad, made of linen and the pteryges have felt padding inside them. I have two linen subarmales and one made of brown leather.
The caligae are usable too, made of leather, missing hobnails though.
The scabbard is made with authentic way, from wood, leather and metal sheets, with a leather balteus fastened to suspender rings. Only the metal here is copper and not bronze, but bronze seems impossible to find.
The same goes for the cuirass, where can I buy bronze plates? And is it astronomically expensive like I guess it will be?
I wondered should I post the pictures of my costume here or not. It seems that I should have not, since "serious reenactors" can't appreciate anything which isn't 100% authentic. I'm only starting, every piece of equipment I make will be better than the last one. My goal here is to develop to a better craftsman and to make good props.
I admit that I may be over-ambitious when choosing a high-ranking officer to recreate (previously I made a centurio costume), but goals have to be high in order to achieve something.
I am making a lorica hamata at the same time, but it takes lots of time. I've already made a lorica segmentata, but I won't show it here, since it's made of steel and aluminium, so not authentic enough for you.
And furthermore there is no Roman reenactment groups in Finland, none, zero, nihil. I don't claim to be a historical reenactor myself, so why should I even make anything? Because I want to. Someday I will have a completely authentic Roman costume, I can only hope that someday there would be also more people interested in the subject, so a Roman reenactment group could be started. We'll see...
Well, that was harsh...
I told that I made this costume not for reenactment, but for a convention, I had very limited budget (200 €), and only two weeks time. What could have you came up with that? Also ordering things online to Finland would have taken too long, so I made everything myself. I won the second place in costume competition but of course that doesn't count anything, just mentioning...
Anyway, I am quite pleased of the tunic, it is made with authentic pattern, it is about 1 meter wide, made of white linen. Not off-white, but couldn't the high ranking officers wear white? Not hand stiched, because that would have taken too much time.
Also the subarmalis is not bad, made of linen and the pteryges have felt padding inside them. I have two linen subarmales and one made of brown leather.
The caligae are usable too, made of leather, missing hobnails though.
The scabbard is made with authentic way, from wood, leather and metal sheets, with a leather balteus fastened to suspender rings. Only the metal here is copper and not bronze, but bronze seems impossible to find.
The same goes for the cuirass, where can I buy bronze plates? And is it astronomically expensive like I guess it will be?
I wondered should I post the pictures of my costume here or not. It seems that I should have not, since "serious reenactors" can't appreciate anything which isn't 100% authentic. I'm only starting, every piece of equipment I make will be better than the last one. My goal here is to develop to a better craftsman and to make good props.
I admit that I may be over-ambitious when choosing a high-ranking officer to recreate (previously I made a centurio costume), but goals have to be high in order to achieve something.
I am making a lorica hamata at the same time, but it takes lots of time. I've already made a lorica segmentata, but I won't show it here, since it's made of steel and aluminium, so not authentic enough for you.
And furthermore there is no Roman reenactment groups in Finland, none, zero, nihil. I don't claim to be a historical reenactor myself, so why should I even make anything? Because I want to. Someday I will have a completely authentic Roman costume, I can only hope that someday there would be also more people interested in the subject, so a Roman reenactment group could be started. We'll see...
Antonius Insulae (Sakari)