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The target date for 2008 is on the end July or the first August weekend. I'll let you know when the date is fix.
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Splendit reconstructions Kurt.
A suggestion if you like.
Change a the helmet of the gent with the rectangular shield and you have a
"Thyreoforos". Add linothorax and you get a "Thorakites". Add chain mail and you get a "romanised" infantry man of the later periods.
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Yes Wolfgang,these "fake" sleeves I was talking about.It is the "new" cut from the late classical times.You'll agree with me that the traditional classical cut without armwholes is more delicate.But since you live in Germany,and you re-enact in the winter...
As for your number,I'd say even fewer than 9 would be ok,if you keep your high accuracy standards.This number is 0,00001125% of your population!What percentage do you think re-enacts German culture in Greece :lol:
I'm thinking of attending my first re-enactment event in August 2008 in Thermopylae.Nothing is certain so soon,but do you plan to come???
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What do you mean with late classical (I take c. 520 to 338 as the classical time)? I think the chiton with armholes was already in use about 400 BC. Is this wrong? And what did the people wear in real winter conditions? 8) Perhaps we should use PM or E-Mail or another thread, but I'm really interested in questions about civilian and military wear.
When in August will Thermopylae be? Is there a thread about it? I have no chance to have longer hollidays in the first half of August.
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Wolfgang most of your answers for winter clothing will we in the "barefoot in the snow" thread. Kind regards
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Congratulations, Wolfgang!
That Thracian Peltast impression is splendid !
But I see you are
Dory armed. Have you expended all your javelins, then?
( or is that a future project ? )
You should come here to Sunny Queensland, where the temperature is 20-30 degrees c. all year round - you could quickly throw aside your
zeira !
Lastly, I really like your pelte design ! What was the original inspiration for it ?
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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Paul,I think you passed Wolfgang for someone else.Why do you think he is a Thracian peltast?Geala is the one with the white felt pilos cup.
Hey,Wolfgang,maybe it's nice in Queensland,but Thermopylae is fine,too,especially in August! :wink: 8)
Paul,the comment applies to you,too-as to every one.If you don't have a chiton yet,then find one till summer.That's what I'll try to do,complete as much of the equipment I can and hope to go to Hotgates in summer.
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OOPS ! My mistake. :oops: :oops:
I got confused by the reference to 'Macedonian peltast' - all Alexander's peltasts were Thracian AFIK.
But my questions still stand, if someone in the group could respond......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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