08-31-2011, 06:10 PM
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the praise! Please join us! We aim to create a bit more interest in the Later Roman period just by showing exiting how it can look.
Thanks for the praise! Please join us! We aim to create a bit more interest in the Later Roman period just by showing exiting how it can look.
Quote:That does look really nice, but just a suggestion, do you think the greaves would look nice silvered? Or tinned? I think it would suit it maybe a bit better than shiny brass. But your impression looks awesome. I am becoming more and more interested in the late Roman Empire because of guys like you :-)Like Paolo said - I wanted to create a bit more varied impression. I could have opted for a brass squamata of course, but I wanted variation in color when I chose my brass ocreae. My helmet btw shows both colors, and I also have a brass manica (not in this picture) to top off the impression. The red subarmalis (well, the pteryges, the rest is tan) also adds to the color-bomb, which I believe applied to the taste in color shown in mosaics from Late Antiquity.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)