SNAPPY SOLDIER TUNIC PLEAT

[Tarbicus]

Great stuff! That earned you a karma!

Cheers mate.

Yes! This seems right on. What material did you use?

John, it's a very plain square weave 100% wool fabric, but a lot thinner than the usual wool tunic fabric, which is what I was looking for after you mentioned that Roman wool fabrics were of very high quality (thanks for that John

What dimensions did you use?

Hi Graham, it's 60" wide, by 50" tall. I was looking at the Puteoli guardsman's tunic posted earlier, and decided for the tunic to gather and drape so much, as well as where the 'sleeves' end, his tunic must have been massive. Your own painting of the legionary under punishment inspired the size, cheers

You could also try a belt which crosses over the left shoulder and under the right arm as seen in the Hadrianic Chatsworth sculpture.

I'll have to hunt down an image of that. Thanks for the tip.

It's by no means finished.

On the down side, and a lot of you ain't gonna like this, it's yellow hock: Ahem. Sorry, but I'm toying with the old colour thing, but let's not go there here .... The material was from a batch from Spain (cost only £2 per metre so I couldn't resist), and unfortunately the red was sold to a museum. The vendor will notify me if he gets any more red, but it's unlikely.

I'll take and post better pictures when it's finished, and if anyone's eyes are offended by the colour I'll Photoshop it red for you :wink: