Musculata Images

[Alexand96]

I have handled cuirasses made for TV and film productions that have been made out of leather, the majority featured in 1950's/60's 'Sword & Sandal' epics. Not only do they look good, they were in turn stiff around the chest but flexible around the arms and waist area where they were cut into the classic strip petruges.

I would not discount a proportion of cuirasses made out of leather on the basis of there is no evidence either for or against at this moment in time.

This thread keeps getting more interesting with each new post! Now, not to hijack this thread at all, because Sulla was the first to start it as a place to collect images that we have of musculata...but would anyone care to post pictures of musculata recreations, if they have any? Perhaps to serve as a contrast to what is depicted on monuments and in art? If we'd like to keep the images strictly historical, please just ignore me and move along with more of the historical images that we've been collecting.