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Ah yes and tha'ts the other one. Bet they didn't all this posting lark trouble 2000 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cheers meum commes. Comments welcome - preferably good but i'll gird my loins anyway!
*Edited your post Mark. There can be no spaces in or around your URL. JO*
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Just about to give up now!!
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No I'm not last try!!
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I don't think it is wrong an auxiliary with pilum, nor a legionary with hasta, I think they would have been mixed equipped depending in what units they where... or the mission they had...
It looks really good Ferox!
It would look better with the mail ungalvanized (10 lt. white vinegar, 8 hours) and without the arm guards.
Just my humble opinion... :roll:
Have more pics of your comrades?
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Salve Faventianvs
Thankyou for your comments. I shall try the vinegar treatment. Will it affect the leather? Should I give it a good dose of neatsfoot oil first? Interested in your comment about the vambraces. Would they not have been used?
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Vinegar can affect the leather depending the tanning procedure it have been made. But i think not too seriously. If you put some neatsfoot oil or better wax, vinegar don't affect at all, because a thin protector film is created by that substance.
But remember to make the procedure in a well ventiled area, and IMMEDIATELY after the desgalvanization put some oil (machine oil, gun oil or so) or you can see in a few minutes how your hamata change to a brown colour. (by the oxid). Before putting the oil you can get out the vinegar remains with a soaking of water or water with bicarbonate.
The final appereance will be a lot better.
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Yes, AVI is right...
About the armguards... I don't deny they could have been used... but not as much as movies show!
We know about the gladiatorial - though Dacian wars - right arm guard (or left for the retiarii) and the one used by the 8th or 7th century b.C. early hoplite, but I think it as an exception to the norm, you gotta have your right arm with a good and free movement.
There were the archers left one too...
Mail gloves could have been used too... battle re-enactors use'em succesfully...
More opinions wanted on the subject!
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Guys, we're still in the 'show your Roman impression' thread here.
I'd love to hear more about the use of the manicae, but can we move it to a seperate thread please? 8)
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Here's an updated picture of me...manica and all, from Roman Days 2005.
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Well, I guess it's time to promise to include a gallery of Roman military impressions on RA.com 'New Design'.
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Avete.... just editing the post I'd previously worded beginning with 'cor, boys....' followed by a double entendre about equipment. Decided this isn't the appropriate place to be drooling over hunky sword-wielding blokes....
Now you're wondering, just WHOSE pictures did I have in mind?javascript:emoticon(':twisted:')
... now before maritus meus delectus me necabit, honey, you'd look great in a tunic *hint*
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This is my Auxillia impression the idea is tha I'm a Briton that has seen the light of rome so I've a few "native" bits and bobs as part of my kit.
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Ok given the lack of image can any one help? what have I managed to do wrong?
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Needs to be in JPG format.
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