10-09-2009, 09:42 AM
Hailog, Lord_Kalen
Good work. I know how difficult it is to find or make clothes and weapons that are correct in ethnic detail. That wicked-big knife looks like a seaxe of seaxes!
In my case, it's trying to be as Sarmatian as possible; not easy because no-one makes Sarmat-Alanic clothing. Recently, I bought a medieval-era chainmail shirt, then shortened the sleeves and widened the neck. Then I took those brass "stud things" that the regular legionaries have hanging in front of their crotch and peened them around the neck and sleeve-ends of the chainmail. It turned out pretty cool!-- and exactly what a Sarmatian would do.
Keep up the effort.
Good work. I know how difficult it is to find or make clothes and weapons that are correct in ethnic detail. That wicked-big knife looks like a seaxe of seaxes!
In my case, it's trying to be as Sarmatian as possible; not easy because no-one makes Sarmat-Alanic clothing. Recently, I bought a medieval-era chainmail shirt, then shortened the sleeves and widened the neck. Then I took those brass "stud things" that the regular legionaries have hanging in front of their crotch and peened them around the neck and sleeve-ends of the chainmail. It turned out pretty cool!-- and exactly what a Sarmatian would do.
Keep up the effort.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb