03-08-2007, 02:06 PM
Hi folks, working on trying to get a very well done kit put together for my 400AD persona in the SCA. Yeah I know, what does the SCA and historical accuracy have anything to do with each other. But well some of us, do try really hard to look our part.
But trying to decide and find out, what I would of been wearing on the battlefield.
Currently, I have a rivetted chain shirt, goes down to about 2 inches above my knees. I believe I have read and seen, that chain in later roman times, might of been more like this, than the lorica hamatas of earlier times. But have not read anything definitive on it.
But I am also dablling with the idea of making a lorica squamata.
My helm is based off of a romano-sassanid style ridge helm. But well certain things were done, to make it SCA legal.
Shield I am using is a curved oval shield, though currently, it is shorter than what would of been normal for back then, so I hear less whining on the tourney fields. But for wars, I am looking to make more of a traditional shield to use.
Any and all advise will be appreciated. I am working hard, for that look of someone who just stepped thru the mist of time, and maybe more of an inspiration to others in the SCA, to get their kits looking more realistic to what they would of been wearing.
Plus, will be honest, I am working also towards that hero look. So awe inspiring is something I am looking towards doing also.
Thanks
But trying to decide and find out, what I would of been wearing on the battlefield.
Currently, I have a rivetted chain shirt, goes down to about 2 inches above my knees. I believe I have read and seen, that chain in later roman times, might of been more like this, than the lorica hamatas of earlier times. But have not read anything definitive on it.
But I am also dablling with the idea of making a lorica squamata.
My helm is based off of a romano-sassanid style ridge helm. But well certain things were done, to make it SCA legal.
Shield I am using is a curved oval shield, though currently, it is shorter than what would of been normal for back then, so I hear less whining on the tourney fields. But for wars, I am looking to make more of a traditional shield to use.
Any and all advise will be appreciated. I am working hard, for that look of someone who just stepped thru the mist of time, and maybe more of an inspiration to others in the SCA, to get their kits looking more realistic to what they would of been wearing.
Plus, will be honest, I am working also towards that hero look. So awe inspiring is something I am looking towards doing also.
Thanks
John Tibbs