Personalizing a Linothorax

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Hello Matt.
First thing to do to that lino is to stitch together the right side of the joint between the front and back plate.If i remember corrsctly they are attached by backles on both sides. Then on the left side better to replace the backles with thongs.
There are literally thousands of representations of the tube and yoke cuirass on vases and the best suggestion i have it to base your decoration on those. Avoid copying other re-enactors' decoration, the bads of "reenactorism" are well known!
If you want to add some more intricate designs, better base them on the few surviving colours on buildings. The motifs are repeated in all greek art, and the best samples come from architecture. Also, i would suggest to use colours and shades only shown in greek art, namely red, blue, black, some yellow and traces of dark green, the latter two being very rare.
Khaire
Giannis