The Spartan's ENEMY! (I actually completed a project!) :O

[Sean Anwalt]

Greetings my fellow infantrymen/noobs/honored elite members of the 405th. I want you all to know that I, the incredible Sean Anwalt, have actually completed a set of armor. What is it, you ask? Simply this: One of the enemies of a spartan!

A ROMAN LEGIONARY!!!

First, I worked my magic on some cardboard and made the suit of Lorica Segmentata out of the cardboard so I could check fittings and so forth:

Then, after that was finished, I bought the metal and some stuff for the Mk I Gladius:

Worked and worked with a friend:

Fitted the individual plates occasionally to make sure they wouldn't cut my head off. (or arms, etc...)

What do you guys think so far?

 

[Matt Wilburn]

...Sean?

Wrong kind of Spartan, bro.

Looks pretty sweet, though. I thought you mentioned that it was completed?

 

[Sean Anwalt]

The finished product. I had to cut my own ties for the leather straps to fit through and rivet them in place, crimp all the edges where skin or clothing would come in contact with the metal, and installed the appropriate joints at the shoulder locations, then added a little padding inside the shoulders to adjust the fitting, laced up the back of the lorica, and put it on:

The finished armor. Have a tunic, also, but didn't put it on. Makes me look like a girl without my pila or gladius.

 

[Mensrea Prod]

That looks real good. What other parts do you have?

 

[Sean Anwalt]

A Gladius that I accidentally left out of the picture, and a very quick version of a pila. working on a scutum shield.