Dyeing my subarmalis!

[Virilis]

Howdy rangers!

Just got my padded cotton subarmalis from ARMAE:

http://www.armae.fr/Photos/Armures_et_c ... _AM911.jpg

I am planning of dyeing it because it will get rusty with my lamellar armour etc.. Do you perhaps have suggestions for the colour, please? My favourite so far would be the navy blue from this colour chart:

http://www.transmeri.fi/files/1087/Dylo ... ivarit.pdf

Thanks in advance!

[M. Demetrius]

The rusty rings will stain the subarmalis dark grey in spots. Why not just dye it dark grey?

[Virilis]

The rusty rings will stain the subarmalis dark grey in spots. Why not just dye it dark grey?

Thanks David! Wouldn`t some kind of red-brownish colour be an option then? I mean rust stains are like that colour usually...

[M. Demetrius]

Pure rust is reddish brown, of course. But for some reason, the color that transfers to cloth from hamata seems more blackish or dark grey. Sometimes it washes out, sometimes it doesn't. Hopefully, you'll not let your metal get rusty enough to be brown...or your centurio will give you a good caning!

[Peroni]

If you had spoken with me Jyrki..... :wink:

[Virilis]

If you had spoken with me Jyrki, we can get them made in any colur (tailored to measure too!)

Hi Ade! I checked your web site and didn`t find any subarmalis there :oops: . Anyway, would a "purplish" colour be good I wonder?
David, my lamellar armour is very difficult to keep comppletely out of rust in "field conditions" :wink: !

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Yeah Ade!! Wheres the pics dude..... :o o

[Graham Sumner]

Anyway, would a "purplish" colour be good I wonder?

Hi

Well I certainly know of some medieval examples of padded garments which are red but a number just look off white.

Graham.

[Virilis]

Anyway, would a "purplish" colour be good I wonder?

Hi

Well I certainly know of some medieval examples of padded garments which are red but a number just look off white.

Graham.

Thanks Graham, I thought so too, at least based on the pictorial evidence we have. My subarmalis is very bright white, perhaps I should then "tone" it down to a more off-white colour?

[Peroni]

I have two of these (with different layers of pteruges), and believe me, the white ones soon 'dull down!' My first one is filthy with dirt from my hands, fire ash, food etc etc.
A colleague has a natural un-bleached linen version which looks very nice. Our version does not have the modern lace and eye holes, but three wooden toggles for fastening the closure.

But subjectively, even though mine is really quite dirty, at a distance it still looks white compared to the other soldier's kit!