Legions X Fret and XIII showed up to dominate this year's Texas RenFair at Plantersville, Texas. As usual, we led the parade on November 5th and 6th. Pictured here are Terry Nix as Legate and John McDermott as Centurio (no I did not steal my kit from "Ancient Warfare"); and Keegan Chytwynd. Not pictured are about 30 more Romans from both legions, plus a near naked Celtic princess who on all likelihood was a Playboy playmate at some point. Legion XIII camped out and partook of some of the more extreme celebrations that cannot be further mentioned here. By the way Romans do very, very well.
"In war as in loving, you must always keep shoving." George S. Patton, Jr.
Looks like great fun, I wish both of us in Legion X from Nevada could have made it. John are you going to post more pics? or do you know if Terry is going to send some out?
Mike Young <Always remember that there is always someone with a
bigger and better army who wants to be Emperor>
Wasn't she the one we saw going on the roof of the carriage house with that Legate right after Dr. Willis' history lecture, John? I almost got to meet the Dr. personally. I've been getting his mail for years...
There are about a dozen pix on the chat room website.
The esteemed Dr. Willis was on hand but declined to make comments. The Celtic princess left shortly after the parade, with our hearts dragging behind her in the dust.
"In war as in loving, you must always keep shoving." George S. Patton, Jr.
I have been looking at the pictures you have shown and at the end in your more relaxed mode, there is one soldier at the left end of the pic' who appears to have something over his left hand that looks like a piece of leather. what is this ??
PS. I have to say I do like that colour Aquamarine sets off your other gear fantastic.
John's right. Because the grip balance and size of the hand hole on many scuta, including the Deepeeka ones, puts severe pressure against the metacarpals, many people resort to making fleece pads, wearing reinforced sport gloves, or these padded-back semi-gloves, or other means. Being more of a pragmatist, I just make the boss hole fit my hand, which of course causes the boss to be larger than the "standard" bosses.
When people say, "That's not authentic", I just look at their gloves and smile. But that's just me. :wink:
The Romans used these shields a lot. Daily, perhaps. And they carried them for long distances. They did something to make them comfortable enough to carry. I suspect that many of the scuta made by people today don't have that in mind at all--they're following some rote dimensions with no regard for the size of the person's hand that is to grasp the handle.
