Let's play a game and make some costumes.

**Elthore** · 02-08-2007, 07:59

ill be the time traveller

**Geoffrey S** · 02-08-2007, 11:01

I could manage a Gaesatae.

**Watchman** · 02-08-2007, 11:04

...but are you a Bad Enough Dude(tm) for it ?

**Geoffrey S** · 02-08-2007, 13:43

Hey, all it requires is drugs and a saucepan on my head.

**Brightblade** · 02-08-2007, 13:49

Hehe, I live about an hour and a half away from Toledo, where they make all kinds of steel tempered swords, Roman Imperial lorica segmentatas, gladius hispaniensis (duh we invented it) and all kind of armour, shields, from Saracen to Christian to whatever you want, even LOTR stuff is there (a full suit of steel Elven armor from the first movie´s intro scene too with the curving blade)

it´s probably one of the few places left where there is a large amount of old fashioned smithies who produce all kinds of intricate and historical armour. FYI, the scutum imperatoria is heavy... after paying 200 euros and purchasing two broadswords, the guy let me wear the lorica segmentata, and the cool imperial hat with the long metal mullet... gotta love roman armor.

fyi you can order custom built armor from these people... just show them a picture and they pretty much make anything (our family shield was made by them, yes we do have a family shield)

**Eduorius** · 02-08-2007, 18:39

Originally Posted by Brightblade

Hehe, I live about an hour and a half away from Toledo, where they make all kinds of steel tempered swords, Roman Imperial lorica segmentatas, gladius hispaniensis (duh we invented it) and all kind of armour, shields, from Saracen to Christian to whatever you want, even LOTR stuff is there (a full suit of steel Elven armor from the first movie´s intro scene too with the curving blade)

it´s probably one of the few places left where there is a large amount of old fashioned smithies who produce all kinds of intricate and historical armour. FYI, the scutum imperatoria is heavy... after paying 200 euros and purchasing two broadswords, the guy let me wear the lorica segmentata, and the cool imperial hat with the long metal mullet... gotta love roman armor.

fyi you can order custom built armor from these people... just show them a picture and they pretty much make anything (our family shield was made by them, yes we do have a family shield)

That is not the site "Armas de Coleccion"?

He visitado el site en internet un par de veces.

**Brightblade** · 02-09-2007, 00:40

Naw, never heard of that, these are small shops mom an pop businesses, TONS of them in Toledo (which by the way is 1200 years old, and still has the old Roman walls around it and then the Christian walls above those..) also in Zaragoza there is a statue of Caesar Augustus (authentic and still standing, I was busy grabbing this Italian girls butt when staring at it though) with parts of the Roman wall there (this was an ancient Carthaginian colony taken by the Romans, just like Barcelona is named after a famous carthaginian family, (COUGH BARCA COUGH)) it takes a whole new meaning now that I discovered EB... :) Tarragona also is Carthaginian... history is alive even today!

as for the above, yes I live in Spain. Next trip I take to TOledo (its an hour away from Madrid), Í'll see if I can con one of the store owners to let me take pictures in a full suit of Roman lorica segmentata, with that damned heavy ass Scutum... and I'll post them. I'd make a good legionnaire. :) I dont think they like cameras though... and I´ll see if I can get website links for all you fans of real weaponry (the blades they sell are dulled, of course) but I broke a branch about 10 inches in diameter with a thrust... steel is steel after all.

ROMA INVICTA!

must brush up on Ciceronian

**silverster** · 02-08-2007, 14:59

Originally Posted by Geoffrey S

I could manage a Gaesatae.

I cant see that being hard...

just strip bare (not pretty i know), roll your self in blue chalk powder (you might want to cover your manly part... chalk stings... ), grab one of your girlfriend's very wide belt's wrap that around your waist (make sure she's not looking, those belts aint supposed to touch the skin.. down there...)

grab a sword and nail a doorhandle to a large piece of timber...

off you go....

**Wolfman** · 02-08-2007, 18:17

You live in spain? Awsome!

**Geoffrey S** · 02-10-2007, 07:37

Originally Posted by silverster

I cant see that being hard...

just strip bare (not pretty i know), roll your self in blue chalk powder (you might want to cover your manly part... chalk stings... ), grab one of your girlfriend's very wide belt's wrap that around your waist (make sure she's not looking, those belts aint supposed to touch the skin.. down there...)

grab a sword and nail a doorhandle to a large piece of timber...

off you go....

You've done this before, haven't you?