The Legions

**the_handsome_viking** · 10-18-2005, 12:19

Originally Posted by Wardo

That Legionarie looks ALOT better than any chainmail (replace with roman name) I've EVER seen, if I were a Roman Emperor, or even an influencial member of the Senate, I would dedicate my life to implement the segmentata as the standard armor of the Roman Legions out of sheer beauty!!!

Seriously, what is more important than the way your Army looks?! Especially if you are a Xenophobe and consider your enemies "inferior", you don't want to dress like them do you?! Every bastard in this land has a friggin chain-mail, for the glory of Rome, let us get rid of this pathetic imported piece of junk and become UNIQUE!

Ok, sorry about that, back to the real world, but the point remains, show me a soldier that looks as good as that but with a chainmail instead...

Actually interestingly enough, putting a really good looking army into battle could be an effective psychological warfare tactic.

imagine being some scabby looking guy with a wicker sheild and fur pants, looking at this highly organized mass of armor clad dudes with flowing red capes and big red mohawk things on their helmets, that would be pretty intimidating.

warfare is bascially just a big excuse to wear fancy clothes.

think waffen ss or the wehrmacht.

**Forgus** · 10-18-2005, 12:50

Originally Posted by the_handsome_viking

Actually interestingly enough, putting a really good looking army into battle could be an effective psychological warfare tactic.

imagine being some scabby looking guy with a wicker sheild and fur pants, looking at this highly organized mass of armor clad dudes with flowing red capes and big red mohawk things on their helmets, that would be pretty intimidating.

warfare is bascially just a big excuse to wear fancy clothes.

think waffen ss or the wehrmacht.

Laibach comes into my mind: "...we are not nazis or anything... they have done horrible things and brought misery for the whole of Europe... But honestly who can say that an SS officers' uniform is not a beautiful outfit from a merely esthetical point of view?"