Early Thracian Greek helmet

[Anonymous]

So where were they at Watford? They were invited. Perhaps they were ashamed of their fibre-glass shields.

I think that fibre-glass shields if look as accurate like those, its a great option for battle reenactment!... instead of damaging your own good acccurate made shield by the sword or spears!.

Why I saw Athanasios using a difererent shield instead of its own?... for the same reason? :lol:


It was sad that they too didnt make it.... let me include them in S. your G kit.

I hope they make it to 2008 at Nashville along with Atha/Philip! :wink:

Who knows if a mavros Alexander would appear with a rented horse! 8)

Paul one of them is a Rat member or some are.

Atha didn't use his own shield because of problems in transporting it. He actually makes fibre-glass shields and tests their battle-worthiness by throwing a mallet at them. I take your point about not wanting to spoil an enormously expensive shield ( 6 or seven times the cost of a Viking one; nearly 3 times the cost of a scutum), but I think, when you're filming, you should use parade kit. Fibre-glass never quite looks right, especially when worn alongside the real thing! To be honest, I'm a little envious of Legio X1111 getting the film contract despite not having proper kit ( except in a few, very obvious, cases) but, then, I don't think the Hoplite Association had enough fully-equipped warriors to do the shoot, when those videos were made.

I'm against fibre-glass in re-enactment for the reason given above and I wouldn't want to rely on it in combat (pace, Atha). I'm much more inclined to use RLQM's aluminium shields for combat, along with spears with fake heads ( and sauroters, come to think of it!). Mind you, some people would say my kit isn't up to standard because I bought the shield-fittings ready-made. My reply would be, when I can buy bronze fittings at £2:50 each, I'll upgrade!