05-18-2009, 08:23 PM
Greetings fellow Ancient Greece fans, historians, reenactors and what else you may prefer to call yourself! I was looking for a proper topic to introduce myself and I think this will do the job just fine! It might have been an accident that brought me to these forums, but by all means it was a lucky one, as I have yet to see a more friendly and informed community as one can find over here.
I am currently working hard to put together my "civil" and combat costume representing a corinthian navy hoplite from around 450-400 b.c. This will be a necessary part of a much larger, ambitious and challenging project that my group decided to start some time ago. We are currently building a fully functional direme (17m long, 3.5 tons) that will be capable of river and sea offshore travel and if Poseidon allows, will be finished sometimes this summer!
Here is a themed photo of my in my new helmet and himation (I know its a little bit off, I still have some more work to do to wear it properly, its sort of what Athena would look like if she was a man ). My dory, javelins and aspis are already finished, but I do not have them at home right now, I will make sure to upload more pics later on, as I will with a scaled thorax, chlamys and chiton, which are currently on a good way to completion.
I am currently working hard to put together my "civil" and combat costume representing a corinthian navy hoplite from around 450-400 b.c. This will be a necessary part of a much larger, ambitious and challenging project that my group decided to start some time ago. We are currently building a fully functional direme (17m long, 3.5 tons) that will be capable of river and sea offshore travel and if Poseidon allows, will be finished sometimes this summer!
Here is a themed photo of my in my new helmet and himation (I know its a little bit off, I still have some more work to do to wear it properly, its sort of what Athena would look like if she was a man ). My dory, javelins and aspis are already finished, but I do not have them at home right now, I will make sure to upload more pics later on, as I will with a scaled thorax, chlamys and chiton, which are currently on a good way to completion.
Juraj "Lýsandros" Skupy
Dierarchos
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In the old times, people were much closer to each other. The firing range of their weapons simply wasnt long enough
Dierarchos
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In the old times, people were much closer to each other. The firing range of their weapons simply wasnt long enough