Dressing up as an EB unit.

[satalexton]

I'm invited to an upcoming costume party (roughly 50 USD, all u can drink).

I have roughly 10 days to prepare a costume.

I haven't decided on wt to dress up as yet, anything that's not a Roman will do. I'm a busy clerical slave with ridiculously long hours for ridiculously low pay, so I cannot afford the money/time for something awfully expensive/time-consuming. (so no maille-knitting or antique swords)

Any suggestions?

p.s. (how hard is it to glue cloth together to make a fake linothorax?)

[Cute Wolf]

Then try To get Iberi Caetrati, just need some plain white textile wrapped arround as Tunic, a plain white shorts (with a plain white skirt), a belt, and some red paint to get the colours. You can grab pig-slaughter knive, pretending it is falcata, and cut some thick cartoon to made the caetra shield. And as helmet, you can cut it from packaging cartoon too...

(If you are too lazy, just get some old blanket as cloak, and grab a stick with a point that sharpened and painted in silver, grab some cartoon shield, and wear nothing else, naked!!! And you are Uirodusios...

[Hotseat_User]

(If you are too lazy, just get some old blanket as cloak, and grab a stick with a point that sharpened and painted in silver, grab some cartoon shield, and wear nothing else, naked!!! And you are Uirodusios...)

That truly made my day! I'll remember for the next costume.

[Jebivjetar]

You can always be a slinger

[Skullheadhq]

Or Gaesatae, but then I'll doubt you'll evere get invited to a party again :)
Or go as a Drapanai, just a trouser and a bad ass knife
Anyway, here is a linothorax with instructions:
http://www.4hoplites.com/Linothorax.htm

[satalexton]

no nakkid units D: i;m horrible out of shape, and oversized lower parts shall put many to shame....

[Megas Methuselah]

You can always be a slinger

For some reason, this made me laugh.

[Skullheadhq]

Pezhetairos:

Needed:
A Huge Spear (just a big wooden stick of 8 feet)
A Small Shield with some paint...
And a Linothorax (go here how to make it:http://hetairoi.de/linothorax-eng.php)
And a Helmet (not hard to get or make)