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Children\'s kit
#16
Very nice work!

Crispvs
Who is called \'\'Paul\'\' by no-one other than his wife, parents and brothers.  :!: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_exclaim.gif" alt=":!:" title="Exclamation" />:!:

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#17
Dear members,

A German webshop sells hamata for kids! The link is: http://www.aus-omas-truhe.de/aot2/actio ... hrige.html . Prices are from 50-77 euros.
They have them in 2 seizes for kids, and I have bought one for my son. To make it 'Roman", I have bought an extra shoulder guard ( http://www.aus-omas-truhe.de/aot2/actio ... niert.html ) for an additional 62 euros.
The shoulder guard has leather straps, to secure it on the hamata. Not the best way, I think the leather can't carry the weight for long (nor can the chain mail rings), but it's good to go.

My son (just turned 12 but is a shorty) wears this hamata, and the overall weight is good for him. The hamata and shoulder guards in total weigh around 14 kgs, so it isn't meant for 8 yr olds.

To get the idea, just look at the pic I posted in the Roman impression page.

The shield is the painted Racecraft plastic model, the gladius a Deepeeka, as is the pugio (not visible in the picture).

Before that, I have made some gladii and pugios out of alluminium strips, and they turned out quite well, but for one are NOT suitable for battle.

Paul, dad of Nick aka Nicus Maximus
Paul, dad of Nick aka Nicus Maximus
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#18
Dear members,

As of tomorrow, we will start on the earlier announced project: making a child seized lorica segmentata for my son.

I will post details here, including pics.

The goal is to make a Corbridge type A lorica from steel and brass.

Step 1: roam the internet to get a decent drawing plan for the lorica. I used this link to get it.
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/lorpat.html

Reading the dutch website of a man who made a lorica himself proved to be very usefull.
http://lorica-segmentata.mysites.nl/myp ... 43441.html

Step 2: scale it down to my childs seizes. I opted for 80% of the original. This means the body segmentata are 4.5 cm wide, and will be 45 cms for the left side, and 49 cms for the right side. The shoulder and back plates are scaled down the same way.


Step 3: make a card board version
It learned me I need an extra 0.5 cm for the lowest segmentata for the rim, plus an extra 0.5 cms for the rimming of the shoulder/neck plates.
I made the card board version fitting whilst my son wore a thick winter coat, and taped it together.

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Step 5 getting the hardware. I opted for 1 mm steel, and 0.5 mm brass for the loops. The shoulder hinges will be made of 0.8 mm brass.
In his seize, this means roughly 6 kgs in steel and brass.

I had a wholesale shop cut the metal into the desired strips of 1 metre each. Total costs of the metal and cutting was 80 euros.

We cut the strips into the desired plates for the segmentata, and shoulder guards.

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Step 6: the rivets. I opted for 3 mm by 16 mm copper rivets. They are hard to get and not cheap: about 20 euros for 100 pieces.

Step 7: getting to work. That will be tomorrow, so I will keep you all posted.
Paul, dad of Nick aka Nicus Maximus
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#19
Dear members,

I have enclosed some pictures in my original posting on this matter.

Coming Thursday, we will move on to the next step: making loops and hinges.
Paul, dad of Nick aka Nicus Maximus
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