Recent content by ross42002

could you be alittle more discriptive Rufus, here is one with kilt added again as the scots regements all wore kilts so its not that far fetched also strac's one would need more deatil on the jacket as the nopoleonic era had a flamboyance about it, evryone tried to out do eacch other on how...

nice work, added nopoloeonic styles to it, how about this one then, with previous ones as comparsion

now this is one with out armour at all........and others for comparsion i still like mumber 2 the best looks wise lol

you are right about the cavalry, i was thinking of planning a roman dragoon or something or another with brestplate etc i wish zen was here he would help somewhat if not give the finial word on the subject lol ok we can at least aggree on the armoured helmet......lol

ok here is 3rd attempt with reduced armour.......trying to comprimise lol

hmmmm though saying that, i once saw a program how they tested chainmail with a leather tunic underneath and it would stop a "armour peicing" english longbow arrow......but i suppose its not the same as a bullet.... dom pedro is there anyway you can see this working, keeping the armour...

ahhh but they protected against enemy fire.....and there rifiled bullets, not lead round balls o and the chainmail idea might be a great idea...what does everyone think

here we go armoured brestplated german wwI stormtrooper, and i know for a fact that they did very well, and were the last great push the germans made.....look up the kiser offensive

Dom Pedro i was talking about german ww1 stormtroopers who did have armour vests.....it did a great deal for them, im not talking about the regular infantry, have you not ever seen these armoured vests, i can gladly find pics for you if you so wish.... and its not the fact that im annoyed about...

for your infomation an imperial romans kit weighed about 60lbs a british royal marine in the falklands war carried 120lbs so the weight is a silly argument, the kit your american soliders carry in afgan is far heavier than any roman or even a medieval knight goldflash, silly comment.......if...

ok some changes

im gonna fight for the armour lol......listen a round lead musket ball would not penetrate iron plate armour at 300 yards surly, the lead would either bounce off or flatten itself, fine i can go for trousers i will try put something together soon its easy enough in paint, o and i stole the crest...

but why what good are pants, this is italy we are talking about you try going to italy and wearing trousers, your legs would drop off or melt, i remember when i went to sicily i made the mistake of going out in my jeans one day, my god that was bad, shorts for the rest of the holliday i told...

how bout this then just nocked it together Roman Legionary 1805

well im glad cus im in the UK and its fast aproaching 2moro i may at some point consider sleep and never find out till the morning lol