04-09-2013, 04:48 PM
Quote:- About subarmalis, I've tought to a padded subarmalis with with pteruges of linen, I tought: 'if this man has also a mail armour, he doesn't need pteryges on the sleeves....'I can follow your reasoning, but it's just that prior to Medieval times, padded sleeves are so far unproven for Roman subarmales. I would drop the sleeves, which are not looking very practical.
Quote:- About Leather musculata: this is a precise voluntary choice, nobody can exclude the use of cheap leather musculatae, but I wasn't able to imagine them, and because I make my drawing to help to see an imagine the past, I told myself: 'If you aren't able to imagine the look of a Later Roman Legionary with Musculata, draw it!' So this is what I did, and now I can see... I can imagine, and IMHO it works!Keep the musculata, by all means. Only.. if you colour it, I would suggest a metallic colour, the shape is OK!
Really Honoured by your comments Robert, ans happy to read your post! I'll try to follow your suggestions, but let me dream my musculatae! :cheer:
No one can exclude a leather musculata... no, we can't see any use for it! A leather musculata as a form of armour is as useful as rubber for a rollover bar! Leather as a cover (eg on a shield) has it's use, but as armour.. this has been discussed heavily on this forum.
So by all means keep the musculata, but I suggest a metallic one.
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)