Show here your Roman soldier impression

[Hatzi]

really cool pictures guys

martin i like your scutum paintjob

[Titvs Statilivs Castvs]

Last weekend at Wervik, Belgium. Hamata is loaner gear (hopefully next year I'll have my own).

Auxiliary soldier third-fourth quarter 1st century AD.


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[Flavivs Aetivs]

Yeah I had to use Loaner Caligae and Loaner Sword because I forgot mine. The Hamata though is Rusty's old one, so its actually decent, 6mm ID and whatnot.

[Hatzi]

i just finished my new hand sewn tunic

i thought about dying it, but i looked up in my books and came to the conclusion that white was a perfectly approptiate color



(yes i am well aware i look like a corossover between bud spencer and jesus :mrgreen: )

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Looks good! What fabric is that, linen or wool?

[Hatzi]

Its made of linen

Took me about one and a half day to get it done

i used this pattern to make it, alltough its late roman i assume a pattern like this would have been around for some time, and the long sleeves are plausible, here in austria winters can be unpleasant, and summers sometimes too, and auxiliarys stationed on the noric/germanic limes would have had the need for a litte bit warmer clothing



next thing on the to do list is the subarmalis

i hope to be soon able to post some actual photos of my impression

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Yes, long sleeves are certainly possible, and that tunic could be a good model, as long as you don't use the decorations on it.

I look forward to seeing your impression!

[Hatzi]

Nope, no clavii on this one, i just fount the picture on mithras website and deemed it usefull

Thanks for the appretiation flavius :-)

[Crispvs]

Nice sewing job there. What period are you depicting though? If you are doing early third century or later then you are probably on safe(ish) grounds but any earlier would be a bit shaky in my opinion. Also, if you are concerned about the cold, multiple layers of wool are your best solution (and the authentic Roman one too).
http://www.romanarmy.net/coldweather.shtml

Crispvs

[Hatzi]

The target area would be a batavian auxiliary around the very late first and the early second century

[Robert Vermaat]

The target area would be a batavian auxiliary around the very late first and the early second century

This tunic is much too late for that. Narrow long sleeves are really a later fasion. Sure, winters can be cold and sleeves may be possible, but the narrow ones really seem to have arrived later.

[Hatzi]

as promised, some actual pictures showing the current state of things

[Densus]

Hi Thomas,

How did you decide on the shield design for the VIIII Batavians, Is it just a best guess or did you find a clue somewhere?

Thanks
Adam

[Hatzi]

i came up with it myself, since i found no source for the paintjob of the original shields this cohort used

[Trebski]

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