05-10-2012, 11:56 PM
Clothing is a really difficult thing. I agree with a tunic like the Vacheres statue. It looks similar to the thorsberg tunic but i won`t do it completly like it. The tunic of the statue looks like wrapped around under the end of the chainmal, so maybe the tunic is wider and dagged/slitted in the middle.
The trousers are a bigger problem. I won`t use the horsberg trousers. Better you look for a wider bracae like the vacheres warrior wearing. But be carefull with pattern. Maybe a panama weaving for late latene (there are some finds)
Helmet: Helmets are not common also in rich graves. If you are looking at south west germany near the belgium border you can take a mannheim coolus. This type of helmet was found in celtic graves in your time frame (there was a topic here in this forum with some good articles).
Sword: Type Ludwigshafen or maybe a simpler iron late latene type.
Footwear: there is not much evidence for celtic shoes of the late latene period. But theres is a shoe pendant from wederath in south west germany. This shoe seems to be closed and a bit like a roman calceus.
Belt: If you wear a sword take the belt construction which was suggested by andre rapin.
For Belgium maybe you take a look at the works of Anne Cahen-Delhaye.
If you need pictures or titles of books for further reading contact me per PM.
Regards Patrick
The trousers are a bigger problem. I won`t use the horsberg trousers. Better you look for a wider bracae like the vacheres warrior wearing. But be carefull with pattern. Maybe a panama weaving for late latene (there are some finds)
Helmet: Helmets are not common also in rich graves. If you are looking at south west germany near the belgium border you can take a mannheim coolus. This type of helmet was found in celtic graves in your time frame (there was a topic here in this forum with some good articles).
Sword: Type Ludwigshafen or maybe a simpler iron late latene type.
Footwear: there is not much evidence for celtic shoes of the late latene period. But theres is a shoe pendant from wederath in south west germany. This shoe seems to be closed and a bit like a roman calceus.
Belt: If you wear a sword take the belt construction which was suggested by andre rapin.
For Belgium maybe you take a look at the works of Anne Cahen-Delhaye.
If you need pictures or titles of books for further reading contact me per PM.
Regards Patrick
