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Use of Leather as armor
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06-08-2013, 10:32 PM
Quote:I am not upset with anyone else's view about re-enacting, I'm just trying to explain why most of the movies are not 100% accurate....Antonia and I hoot and holler about similar problems in Medieval Movies with regards to that armor.
Nobody expects an actor to wear proper armour on the set all day. What is infuriating is that it doesn't even LOOK like real armour. Instead of covering the latex with stupid-looking leather it would have been easier and cheaper to spray it with a metallic paint. The costume armour in Lord of the Rings (a fantasy movie) looked more realistic than the armour in many of Scott's "historical" movies. For example, the PVC mail they used looked wonderful on camera. One should also expect latex armour to ACT like real armour. A hollywood arrow can be repelled by a hollywood breastplate just as easily as a real one.

And if Ridley Scott was interested in recreating the Roman movies from his childhood then he shouldn't have pretended that the movie was "historically accurate" and made all the fuss about the historical advisors that he had on site, whose advice he ended up completely ignoring.
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Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 05:04 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 09:06 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 12:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-06-2013, 01:39 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-06-2013, 02:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-06-2013, 10:31 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 12:43 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 01:50 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by richard robinson - 06-07-2013, 05:53 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Graham Sumner - 06-07-2013, 12:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 01:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-07-2013, 02:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 04:20 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-07-2013, 05:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:09 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 06:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-07-2013, 06:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-07-2013, 07:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-07-2013, 08:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-07-2013, 10:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-08-2013, 03:15 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-08-2013, 04:03 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-08-2013, 05:35 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-08-2013, 05:37 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:32 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-08-2013, 10:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Tim - 06-09-2013, 12:38 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:24 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 01:35 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 04:26 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 01:11 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 01:25 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Robert - 06-09-2013, 01:41 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 02:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 05:40 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-09-2013, 06:00 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-09-2013, 06:10 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-09-2013, 06:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-09-2013, 06:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-09-2013, 09:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:04 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-09-2013, 10:16 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dain II. - 06-09-2013, 11:36 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 12:29 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 01:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 02:16 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 03:51 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by M. Demetrius - 06-10-2013, 04:48 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-10-2013, 02:05 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Virilis - 06-10-2013, 02:24 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Diocle - 06-10-2013, 03:49 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Alexand96 - 06-10-2013, 05:59 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:43 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-10-2013, 08:55 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 12:27 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-11-2013, 04:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 09:44 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-11-2013, 09:54 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-11-2013, 10:38 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-11-2013, 11:19 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-12-2013, 12:13 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by william gannon - 06-12-2013, 11:58 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 08:19 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 10:49 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by Flavivs Aetivs - 06-13-2013, 11:10 AM
Use of Leather as armor - by caiusbeerquitius - 06-13-2013, 12:42 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by PhilusEstilius - 06-13-2013, 12:56 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-13-2013, 02:12 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Doc - 06-13-2013, 04:23 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:33 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Sean Manning - 06-13-2013, 05:46 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Dan Howard - 06-13-2013, 10:07 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:48 PM
Use of Leather as armor - by Vitruvius - 06-14-2013, 11:49 PM

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