New guy looking to build a Roman era kit.

[Crispvs]

If you are planning on depicting a Germanic warrior of the period of the Tuetoberg Forrest distaster, then despite the number of pretty metal object which are available from various vendors, the most likely weapon you would be carrying would be a good old fashioned wooden club, possibly accompanied with a simple shield. So your impression can be very simple and economical to produce - Thorsberg style clothing and a club you can make out of an oak tree branch. Most Germanic spears of the period were probably little more than sharply pointed poles too, probably with fire-hardened points. I think there were some shields found at Thorsberg too, which were just smallish wooden rectangles with wooden bosses. Again, such a shield would be cheap to make and would not even require much skill at woodworking. I think the trickiest thing would be getting the hairstyle right.

Incidentally this thread should have been posted in the Re-enactment and Reconstruction forum, rather than the Beginners section.

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