How to Not Look Like a Cutout Milite

[Folkert van Wijk]

To my opinion one of the things that does make you look like a "Cutout Milite" -if you also mean trying to avoid looking like a obvious newbie-, Is your soft-kit together with poorly fitted helmets, caligae and armor (whatever you shoos)...

I would start with buying the right fabrics, make your tunic the right way (preferably with clavii) , find yourself a good and functional cloak or paenula, start with trying and then buying caligae that fit you. And first try the helmets that others have, in order to find something that not only fits the period, but also fit's your head.

In my opinion one can have al the right and authentic things for the period, location, and according to your rank and status.
But if it does not suit the person and his body, you still end up looking as if you borrowed the stuff (and thus as a newbie) instead of a authentic Milite with his personal things...