Mens Roman Centurion Fancy Dress Costume

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I seem to remember Romans having some sort of skirt. I could be wrong. I'm too lazy to look up the real information on the net. I wanted to make it look robust, and I needed the surface area to make a strong bond with the glue. Our “Cassius” collection embodies everything we love about Roman armor and clothing - it is basic, functional, but still beautiful. The sheer amount of technology that the Romans developed is awe-inspiring, which makes it easy to fall in love with such an amazing time period and the artifacts that go with it. Roman clothing and armor is handsome, practical, and also amazingly well documented, which makes our job easier! The Romans had an astute commitment to recording their military tactics, regalia, and life. Since the shield was recessed, I mounted some cardboard to the interior of the shield. I used wood glue - which doesn't work well on plastic - use hot glue to begin with and you're fine and dandy. Real roman armor was usually made out of iron and bronze. Given that we live in the modern world, making armor out of these materials it’s not really practical anymore, which is why we decided to make it from stainless steel with brass accents. These materials are more durable, more readily available, and still, look just as good! Roman armor at a discount

No matter what kind of medieval subculture you are in, you can’t deny that real armor always looks better! Just because you are going to a LARP and using foam swords doesn’t mean that you have to settle for foam armor as well. Wear the real deal and feel amazing under the weight of your fantastic metal armor! How much did roman armor weigh? Roman legionary armor was easy to construct and provided the most vital amount of protection without weighing down the wearer too much. It was designed to be easily transported and standardized to almost any size so that it could be used again by future soldiers. This same concept applied to a lot of Roman clothing. This approach didn’t by any means make any of their fashion or armor ill-fitting or less attractive, though - the Romans were still undeniably stylish! Enhance your authenticity with our range of accessories, from laurel wreaths to prop weapons. These details will transport you to a world where gods and mortals coexist, creating an unforgettable experience. Rediscover History I got the buttons from a bag of buttons my girlfriend got from her friend. Silver, big and shiny were perfect!

Using the scrap triangles, I hot-glued them just above the point on the bottom. This added some features to an otherwise boring skirt. I got the belt from the dollar store - It had a decorative embossing on it that I liked and would go well with the decorative armor of the Roman-esque cardboard legion. No, it's not leather. A brush (image 9)I made a brush from the cut off ends from my broom - a little duct tape and you have a perfect swirling brush. The tape should be fairly close to the end of the bristle, when i tried to use it on the other end, the bristles started breaking. The crest holderI traced the curve of the helmet on a piece of cardboard to make a template (images 4,5,6). I then used the template to create curved sections on larger pieces of cardboard. I oversized the rough curve so I could incorporate flaps on the bottom to attach to the helmet.

The BROOM!!! (images 1-4)I cut apart 2 brooms since I found that one didn't cover the area that I wanted. I ended up using 1.5 brooms. The brooms I found were a bit expensive in the dollar store - around 2 dollars. I cut them apart and saved the pieces. This can be used for a variety of different things - not just this costume, I started getting some awesome ideas for what i could do with this technique, but alas, I get distracted too easily, so those were put to rest. Get started, get gluingAfter I knew what shape I wanted to create, I curved a piece of cardboard so it fit most of the way around the circumference of the helmet. (images 4-8) Polybius describes the army units of the mid-2nd century BCE where there were 4,000 men to a legion that now included light skirmishers. The legion in this period was divided into 30 manipuli with a total of 60 centuriae units each commanded by a centurion who appointed his own junior officer ( optio). Two centuriae made up a maniple and the most experienced centurion took the right wing. Of all these centurions, the most senior was the primus pilus, who also had a seat on the military council. Following Marius' reforms in 107-104 BCE, the centurion given command of the right centuria of the maniple was known as the prior centurio, whilst he on the left wing was called the posterior. Centurions usually took position in the front rank of their troops during battle, which resulted in their disproportionate fatality rate in battle.

Add Silver (images 5-7) Go sparingly on the silver. you don't need much, and in fact, the less the better. It makes the metallic color darker, like steel. also, if you can, try to paint the silver downwards, this will give the texture more depth since the top surface will be brighter and the bottom surface will be darker. Rough it out (images 1-3)I sketched out a few ideas of what I wanted the helmet to look like (I should have looked at some real images on the web) and cut out a few pieces of cardboard. I taped these in place to get a feel of what the sizes would be like.