Where to buy armour?

[Tiberius-maximus 3rd]

Does anyone know a good place to buy armour. With a buget of $100-$200 dollar buget (leather is fine but prefriably Plate)

[Magnus]

What kind of armour?

[Aurelianus]

Take a look here: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=19879

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[Matthew Amt]

With that sort of budget, you'll either have to get really lucky on an ebay auction, or make your own armor. With some simple scrounging you can find old shelves and such in trash piles and dumpsters, so that all you need to buy is some brass, some rivets, and enough leather for the straps.

Note that armor-grade leather is generally a lot more expensive than steel, not to mention far less authentic.

But yes, a LOT depends on what kind of armor you want!

Vale,

Matthew

[Nerva]

I have to agree with Matthew. With that kind of budget you'd have to do-it-yourself. You could buy some split rings with that budget, but then you'd be into making the hamata yourself - not an easy job. You could try here though:

http://www.buycostumes.com/Category/0/P ... etail.aspx

:wink:

[Tiberius-maximus 3rd]

I have decided to go with any authentic roman armour. I am not very familiar with diffrent types of armour i am currently researching that but i was asking for any tips since most of you already have armour. I have increased my budget to 500$

[Magnus]

Considered making your own?

www.larp.com/legioxx/

Click on "Handbook" and enjoy!

[Peroni]

With an increased budget you can now buya reasonable mail shirt or a very decent Deepeeka Corbridge A pattern segmentata!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Well, I'm sure a second hand one could be sourced for less?

[Tiberius-maximus 3rd]

Thanks guys for all the feed back yes i will try makeing my own.

[jvrjenivs]

Thanks guys for all the feed back yes i will try makeing my own.

I found this website very interesting when I started with my Hamata.