10-09-2007, 01:36 AM
Have you checked on the Legion XX site under "cheap armor" or something like that? It's geared for theatre, which I gather you are working on.
How many of the soldiers in the play actually have to draw their swords? If not many, then just make them of soft wood, paint the scabbards and hilts, and trim them up like the real ones. Should be just a pound or so. Hide some lead weight in the tip of the scabbard to give them a convincing dangle.
One of the laws of theatre, applied here, is that if ONE sword is drawn, and the other props look the same, then in the mind of the audience, they all turn real. But you know that. And you also know it's not a good idea to give actors sharp things to handle. They bleed on your costumes.
Laud for your efforts, Bro.
How many of the soldiers in the play actually have to draw their swords? If not many, then just make them of soft wood, paint the scabbards and hilts, and trim them up like the real ones. Should be just a pound or so. Hide some lead weight in the tip of the scabbard to give them a convincing dangle.
One of the laws of theatre, applied here, is that if ONE sword is drawn, and the other props look the same, then in the mind of the audience, they all turn real. But you know that. And you also know it's not a good idea to give actors sharp things to handle. They bleed on your costumes.
Laud for your efforts, Bro.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
