DEVA 2012

[Magnus]

Awesome pictures. I do notice that the UK-made seggies fit WAAAAAY better than ours in my group. I'll have to chalk that up to my shit-skills lol.

Graham, I really enjoyed your pictures. I also liked the one of the officers in the tent. It helps me with my own centurion impression. I need to re-do my pteryges I think. Maybe add some more layers and increase the circumference...and maybe adjust my phalerae harness (you guys will recognize who made them). Do you think it is sitting too low?



Sorry to see this thread sullied by one person's garbage attitude. Everyone here likely knows my perspective on stitch you-know-whats and I have zero tolerance for them. In the 11 years doing Roman, I have noticed that there will always be anachronisms with people's kit. But as one of the Brits posted, it's the overall impression and spectacle that the public are showing up to see, not the minute details. They don't care. But for some odd reason, some reenactors take it to the extreme for no good reason.

And while it is important to be as authentic as possible, I would rather see 50% more people show up in 50% less authentic kit, than have 5 guys standing around pretending to be actual Romans in what they consider 100% authentic gear (which they are usually just as wrong about anyway).

Oh, and a slightly OT point...but we had an event at the Royal Ontario Museum this week-end (hence the mosaic I am standing in front of), and it was a very surreal experience having my Roman kit on, amongst so many Roman artifacts. I can't imagine what it is like to be at an actual site in gear.

Great job everyone at Deva, looks like it was a good event.