My new musculata

[Tita Iuventia Martia]

Salvete,

I'm putting together my military tribune impression, so I'd like to show off my new lorica musculata. The photos are not of best quality - they are the first quick ones taken so I'd have something to send to others in my group.

The lorica was made by a local craftman from 1,5 mm sheet brass. It is intended for a Flavian period impression, so it is based mostly on iconography (statues etc.), and I chose the plain look with almost no musculature so its style would loosely resemble the style of a republican era example I liked. Oh, and I'm trying to portray a sensible officer who wants his armor to be, well, armor, not a costume. I'm still thinking about adding some features to it, maybe a medusa on the chest or something like that, but I'd like it to remain relatively plain and simple.

So, here goes:







Any comments will be welcome.