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Feminalia
#1
Hello all<br>
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I know that the basic shape and pattern of feminalia are fairly straight forward but does anyone:<br>
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I have found the one on the LEG XX website but can't quite figure out what is happening.<br>
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<img src="http://www.larp.com/legioxx/coldcloth.gif" style="border:0;"/><br>
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Know whether any have been foun and have apicture of them online?<br>
Have any patterns on how to make them to save me reinventing the wheel?<br>
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Thanks all<br>
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All the best <p>Graham Ashford
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#2
Hi again, Graham<br>
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Maybe better femenalia or bracae...<br>
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I've got nothing to say about the shorts but the Thorsberg trousers below are really Third century AD in date and correspond to the late Roma attire, borrowed from the Germans, probably.<br>
I've reconstructed one similar garment, coming from Damendorf, in Germany, but cannot post a photo here now. (send me an e-mail to [email protected] if you want a pic)<br>
This kind of trousers are completely different in cut to those we are now used to see!<br>
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Aitor<br>
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#3
I really ought to ask Matt about those drawings. Matt Amt (who did the drawings) is the first one to don ankle length pants and socks when it gets cold, but he's the only one in the group who does that. I have a pair of braccae which are full length wool from lawren's nest that I cut off below the knee.<br>
In short, none of us has tried to use Matt's pattern. <p>Legio XX<br>
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
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#4
Hi Rich<br>
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Tell him to stop making orc gear and get sorting his diagrams out<br>
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Thanks and have fun.<br>
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Graham <p>Graham Ashford
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#5
One of the very best books for this kind of thing is Margerethe Halds book on Ancient Danish clothing from bogs, which shows several dozen pairs of trosers and tunics from around the Danish iron age. I have it completely xeroxed (!)but lent it to John artist a while ago and havent got it back yet, so ask him. A lot of the material is 3rd century AD, but the forms often appear on first century cavalry gravestones, so is probably fine for our period.<br>
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In your quest for info on first century boots, i'll lend you my (xerox!) copy of Carol VDMs roman footwear in northwest europe, which is the most comprehensive approach i have yet seeen, detailing patterns, appropriate stitching etc.<br>
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Anyway, better dash before i'm incarcerated for gross copyright infringement.... <p></p><i></i>
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#6
That pattern is pretty simple and doesn't look that much different than modern trouser patterns. I'd suggest looking at a basic pattern or sloper for men's trousers and then taking a look at Matt's pattern again.<br>
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Another way to figure it out is to borrow a friendly male or a full tailor's dummy and drape the pattern yourself. The legs are basically tubes and the waist and hips are another big tube. Or look take apart an old pair of sweat pants and see how they are put together.<br>
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Deb <p></p><i></i>
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Sulpicia Lepdinia
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#7
I enclose a pair of photos of my reconstruction of the Damendorf trousers.<br>
[url=http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tribunus/pantsback.jpg" target="top]img36.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tribunus/pantsback.jpg[/url]<br>
[url=http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tribunus/pantsfront.jpg" target="top]img36.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tribunus/pantsfront.jpg[/url]<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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#8
Hello All<br>
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Aitor are those late Roman trousers, they are very snazzy<br>
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Tim, could you drop me a line at [email protected] <br>
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We are continuing to look at feminalia, if and when we make some I will post them here with patterns ...<br>
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All the best <p>Graham Ashford
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#9
And they are also comfortable, Graham!<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
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