09-25-2006, 06:37 PM
Hi Jo, welcome,
When wanting to make things yourself, I have found the site of legio XX in the US to be most helpfull. The legionary handbook tells you a lot!! It's important to pick a period for your re-enactment, use uniforms/equipment progress over time and you don't want to become the scrapyard/fleemarket of Roman times. They also have a list of suppliers, there is one in France, Armae.com, which seems to give discounts to RAT members. I have recently ordered some samples staight from Deepeeka, check the thread on RAT. If any quantity is needed, we are thinking of doing so again and as you are in Belgium (and thus a neighbor), perhaps we could help. Air freight is pretty expensive!
When wanting to make things yourself, I have found the site of legio XX in the US to be most helpfull. The legionary handbook tells you a lot!! It's important to pick a period for your re-enactment, use uniforms/equipment progress over time and you don't want to become the scrapyard/fleemarket of Roman times. They also have a list of suppliers, there is one in France, Armae.com, which seems to give discounts to RAT members. I have recently ordered some samples staight from Deepeeka, check the thread on RAT. If any quantity is needed, we are thinking of doing so again and as you are in Belgium (and thus a neighbor), perhaps we could help. Air freight is pretty expensive!