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Thanks Edge Like I say, i'm terrible at distinguishing helmets and the likes!
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Oh, me too, Brother.
That's why I'm on here with you!
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Hehe, I think I need to bury my head in some textbooks for a few weeks and not surface until i've absorbed every scrap of infomation that I can :lol:
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Ave, comilitones!
Well, I finally have gotten my Centurio impression put together to the point where I'm ready to post a picture, and finally got a shot I'm fairly pleased with (thanks to Jared Fleury, aka Florentius):
The pic was taken at this year's Old Fort MacArthur Days event in San Pedro, CA. There's still some "tweaking" and improving to do, but after nearly two decades at this, I'm nearly there.
Also, note Legio VI's new leather contuburnium tent in the background!
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Looking great! I love your Phalera
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Looking very, very good so far frater Crispe. When are you coming over to England next by the way? It would be nice to meet up at last.
Edge,
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Are you sure? It looks like a Coolus type 'D' to me.
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Paul,
I think it's a Coolus C. :oops: But, I could be wrong. It's an earlier one from DPKa that a friend "accurized" for me, so it does not look like the newer DPKa models.
Either way, I wanted an earlier Coolus version for this impression.
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Looks good!
Question: did an early 2nd century AD centurio wear a balteus with apron? I think 1st century ones didn't have the apron...
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Edge and Falvius!
Both you kit look great! The centurio impression outsatnding!
What did you do with the Seg you used to wear Edge!
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Hey Byron,
Uh.... :oops: :oops: :oops: ...that was a borrowed seg from my first event. So, I don't wear it.
Matt Lukes is making me one I'll be proud to own...hopefully I'll have it soon. I KNOW it will be accurate. :wink:
Guess I need to update my avatar! :lol:
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Hmmm, I was wondering who was going to be the next lucky recipient of his production line....! :lol: Lucky dog! 8)
Is that the Ashock rai hamata or is it another manufacturer?
I am planning on getting a hamata and the odds and ends for a republican impression. They are more affordable now than befrre, thanks to a lot of effort from people on here! D ? ? ? lol:
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Quote:Question: did an early 2nd century AD centurio wear a balteus with apron? I think 1st century ones didn't have the apron...
Not a lot of evidence either way. The Ludovisi Sarcophagus (Antonine?) seems to show a centurion in a lorica segmentata wearing an aproned belt, but the artistic treatment of the "apron" is vague. A couple of might-be centurions on the Antonine column are wearing short aprons, but again it's unclear whether these are in fact centurions or some other class of officer. Alas, in the later first and second century, centurions developed the habit of showing themselves in their civvies (tunic, toga) on their grave stelae, usually reclining for dinner. Very inconsiderate of them for us reenactors!
In any case, I'm currently making a replacement belt, sans apron, using openwork plates with the hound-chasing-hare motif which seems to originate in the Antonine period.
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Thanks for the explanation. So instead of an apron you need a dinner couch. I'm glad I'm not doing 2nd century at the moment :lol:
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Quote:Thanks for the explanation. So instead of an apron you need a dinner couch. I'm glad I'm not doing 2nd century at the moment :lol:
What's latin for 'couch potatoes'?
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Thanks, Byron.
Matt tells me that he's got a good bit of the seg done, but he's mainly working a set of greaves for me for a centurio impression. The seg will come after the greaves are done. I hope to have both soon.
The hamata was from Find-It Armory, and I replaced the leather myself, and the buttons/hooks are (again) from Matt Lukes. :lol:
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