07-28-2006, 06:01 AM
Avete, distinguished list! My name is Jim Whitley (a.k.a. Gil), and I’m the Optio of Legio VI Victrix in Los Angeles. a 2nd Century CE unit.
For anyone interested in alternate impressions, I am as well (not all of the ancient), here's a few others:
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/Hoplite.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/JimonCoalatshoot.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/ThreaxHungarysummer05.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/Unioncavtrooper2Feb06-1.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/MarineHueCity.jpg[/url]
(I do WWII also, no good pics at hand, though.) My latest project involves portraying the junior Tribune Marcus Valerius, attached to the staff of Legio VI (for this particular show, I was under the guise of a Praetorian, since we were lucky enough to have an Emperor amongst our ranks!):
I still have a lot of work to do on the uniform before it's as accurate as it should be. (Incidentally, my decision to portray a Tribune has come after many years of portraying “rankersâ€
For anyone interested in alternate impressions, I am as well (not all of the ancient), here's a few others:
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/Hoplite.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/JimonCoalatshoot.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/ThreaxHungarysummer05.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/Unioncavtrooper2Feb06-1.jpg[/url]
[url:19z5zyet]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g74/jim_whitley/miscellaneous/MarineHueCity.jpg[/url]
(I do WWII also, no good pics at hand, though.) My latest project involves portraying the junior Tribune Marcus Valerius, attached to the staff of Legio VI (for this particular show, I was under the guise of a Praetorian, since we were lucky enough to have an Emperor amongst our ranks!):
I still have a lot of work to do on the uniform before it's as accurate as it should be. (Incidentally, my decision to portray a Tribune has come after many years of portraying “rankersâ€