03-01-2013, 12:52 AM
Hello, Eduard
Yes, there's a great diversity in Sarmatian/steppe costume and armor. I wear a brick red tunic, long as mentioned, my armor is customized chainmail, and the helmet is straight from Trajan's column. The splint greaves got a bit of flack from some RAT members; but since the Scythians and Huns wore them, I believe the Sarmatians used them also... being sandwiched between both cultures.
Anyway, when I first started putting together a Roxolani impression, nobody else was attempting it. That has changed and the number of Sarmatian/Alanic and steppe impressions is growing. :cheer:
Yes, there's a great diversity in Sarmatian/steppe costume and armor. I wear a brick red tunic, long as mentioned, my armor is customized chainmail, and the helmet is straight from Trajan's column. The splint greaves got a bit of flack from some RAT members; but since the Scythians and Huns wore them, I believe the Sarmatians used them also... being sandwiched between both cultures.
Anyway, when I first started putting together a Roxolani impression, nobody else was attempting it. That has changed and the number of Sarmatian/Alanic and steppe impressions is growing. :cheer:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb