07-08-2009, 02:20 PM
Hello again!
Here they are the hottest fashion items for roman legionaries in summer 2009 A.D. If you don't want to look like a total celt you'll wear these.
Seriously speaking these are the couple of beauties I made this spring at my school. As this was my last year, I decided to make myself a helmet and a body armour because at the school I had all the tools I needed to make them. After a long deliberation I decided to use a Montefortino C as the basis for my helmet. The helmet itself is made from an old swedish army helmet that cost only 5€. I burned the paint off and welded the neckguard and crest holder in place. After attaching the cheek plates I tinned the whole thing on the outside, so as to hide that it wasn't made from brass or bronze. And yes I know that during that period roman helmets were made from bronze, but safety comes first as it's going to go through rough times and getting a lot of bangs.
The body armour is the Kalkriese variant but as we know, I had to use the other models as a basis for this. This armour is actually my graduation work and I'm quite happy the way it turned out.
Here they are the hottest fashion items for roman legionaries in summer 2009 A.D. If you don't want to look like a total celt you'll wear these.
Seriously speaking these are the couple of beauties I made this spring at my school. As this was my last year, I decided to make myself a helmet and a body armour because at the school I had all the tools I needed to make them. After a long deliberation I decided to use a Montefortino C as the basis for my helmet. The helmet itself is made from an old swedish army helmet that cost only 5€. I burned the paint off and welded the neckguard and crest holder in place. After attaching the cheek plates I tinned the whole thing on the outside, so as to hide that it wasn't made from brass or bronze. And yes I know that during that period roman helmets were made from bronze, but safety comes first as it's going to go through rough times and getting a lot of bangs.
The body armour is the Kalkriese variant but as we know, I had to use the other models as a basis for this. This armour is actually my graduation work and I'm quite happy the way it turned out.
Jussi Moisio
