12-09-2003, 01:12 AM
Well I guess I will not really know till I get to go on my first march with my goatskin covered scutum, but the cover seems to be secured quite well using just the drawstring. Though the overlap on the back is only about one and half inches, the corners of the cover are drawn tight. As I said, I simply cut back the corners of the cover. Attempting to stitch all the way around did not work. Maybe the goat leather is a bit more flexible than cow leather and that's why the romans used it for their shield covers.<br>
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I'll have to ask Matt Lanteigne about the shield pattern. He picked it out and said "this is what we're going to use", and everyone in the legio went along. I think he took the pattern from Trajan's column. It looks good regardless.<br>
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Nice pictures Hibernicus! You guys got it made in sunny California. Oh well, the up side of being in winter quarters is that I find time to work on projects. On your loculus, how did you make the studded central ring? The originals were bronze castings. <p></p><i></i>
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I'll have to ask Matt Lanteigne about the shield pattern. He picked it out and said "this is what we're going to use", and everyone in the legio went along. I think he took the pattern from Trajan's column. It looks good regardless.<br>
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Nice pictures Hibernicus! You guys got it made in sunny California. Oh well, the up side of being in winter quarters is that I find time to work on projects. On your loculus, how did you make the studded central ring? The originals were bronze castings. <p></p><i></i>
