05-11-2007, 09:22 AM
That will look great!
Post pics when it's completed.
(Yes, I cheat and use acrylic water-based paint)
Post pics when it's completed.
(Yes, I cheat and use acrylic water-based paint)
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05-11-2007, 09:22 AM
That will look great!
Post pics when it's completed. (Yes, I cheat and use acrylic water-based paint)
08-08-2007, 03:26 PM
Here is picture of my unfinished parma. It will be done soon...What do you think?
Martin
08-08-2007, 03:42 PM
Looks great Martin! I hope my parma will look as good when I make it!
08-08-2007, 05:53 PM
Ave,
Although I'm not sure of where this example comes from, below Germanicus is addressing Emperor Tiberius and holding a small round shield. Does anyone know what type of shield is he carrying? It has a vertical grip offset to one side and appears to have first vertical bar that the arm goes through. I’ve never seen this type of shield used in Recreation of the early Emperor period. Also, does anyone know if this image is from antiquity? Or was it perhaps created and overly embellished in the 1800’s or something?
Vale!
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08-08-2007, 07:37 PM
Here's the parma (one of 4) I recently completed. Not exactly hasta pura material :wink: but rough, strong and simple.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
08-08-2007, 08:04 PM
Quote:Ave, To me it seems to be a greek shield. An apsis? Goes with the rest of his hellenistic kit. Vale,
08-08-2007, 11:23 PM
Quote:Here's the parma (one of 4) I recently completed. Not exactly hasta pura material :wink: but rough, strong and simple.U already have a vexillarius Robert? Ivan Perelló [size=150:iu1l6t4o]Credo in Spatham, Corvus sum bellorum[/size]
08-09-2007, 01:30 AM
... a little late, I know, but your Parmae are beautiful,and display superb artistic skill ( even to reproducing Roman'style' which is hard to do, as I know from personal experience !! ).
They have also obviously inspired others, so well-deserved laudes for you, Peroni D
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
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08-09-2007, 02:55 AM
Those parma are all terribly ugly.
Better send them to me. PM me for my mailing address. Great work guys! :wink:
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08-09-2007, 03:49 AM
Most of the parmae I've seen are edged with plain leather. Would it be appropriate to use copper alloy edging instead?
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills) Saepe veritas est dura.
08-09-2007, 08:36 AM
Quote:Those parma are all terribly ugly.Of course they're not art, they're for war. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
08-09-2007, 08:37 AM
Quote:Hi Ivan,Vortigern Studies:1vqcwg1o Wrote:Here's the parma (one of 4) I recently completed. Not exactly hasta pura material :wink: but rough, strong and simple.U already have a vexillarius Robert? No, we don't. We're waiting for the draco to be finished. With only two members, another pole to carry around would be a bit much.. But in future we'll certainly look into it. Why? Do you know someone who can make us one?
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
08-09-2007, 10:25 AM
Quote:FAVENTIANVS:3mu2uqe7 Wrote:Hi Ivan,Vortigern Studies:3mu2uqe7 Wrote:Here's the parma (one of 4) I recently completed. Not exactly hasta pura material :wink: but rough, strong and simple.U already have a vexillarius Robert? How do you make a vexillarius :lol: ?
08-09-2007, 12:13 PM
Well, you get a mommy vexelaria and a daddy vexelarius, a moonlit night with a nice breeze, some soft music, a beach blanket and ----
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills) Saepe veritas est dura.
08-09-2007, 04:51 PM
I think copper-alloy would definitely be a possibility. Personally I doubt that leather (as opposed to rawhide) would ever have been used for shield edgings. Its just not tough enough to stop a blade splitting the wood.
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