How to portray a Spartan king from the classical era?

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See the title,

I was thinking:

A Corinthian with a red transverse plume, with the sides of the plumes falling to the shoulders.
A argive shield with the Royal symbol on it.
A bronze muscled cuirrass.
Red cape.
Red underclothing under the cuirrass, going slightly over the shoulders and under the cuirrass(the small dress effect).
Bronze greaves.
And a Doru and a Spartan sword, or a Xiphos, I don't know which of the last two would be better.
And a pair of sandals I think.

(Though bronze would be brass if I would but it)

Also, I wish to have a full Hoplite armour, in the Spartan king style in the future so thats also a part of why I'm asking this. Also maybe joing a Hoplite group or starting one here in the Netherlands, but for now I must finish school first. :evil:

I already found good accurate looking shields at the Hoplitikon site, though it seems to be taken away.

And at the site of manningimperial I found a good Corinthian, and other brass armour.


Just a big fan of Sparta :twisted: ,