The finished costume!

We'll i should really cover his sword with foil but as he under strict instruction to not take it out of his scabbard I probably don't have to. The Dress up day (For national book day) (Seth was Mark Anthony, his school limited it to Shakespeare costumes) was a big success and both Seth and molly (Who went as Ophilela) went down a storm.   

The belt and "Skirt" are probably the bit that is the closest to being real armor, using the brass discs gave it a  nice weight.

The Scabbard was made from card covered in more sofa remnants.  

Only one post to go. 

 Seth's Roman Helmet, a combination of fomex card and body filler. Amazingly he kept this on pretty much all day. (the blood washed off in the rain :-))

 The Bristles are obviously a cheap broom cut into pieces and glued into the channel across the top.

 All of the straps are from our ever giving sofa! and the studs are upholstery nails. 

There is a little bit of black and green paint to age the "metal" slightly. 

Roman costume part 2 (or three, possibly)

As its march and pretty cold, sandals were felt to be out of the question so I decided to make some roman feet. complete with sandals. A large lump of foam rescued from an old sofa was carved and sanded to shape before being painted, having toenails stuck on and a nice brown leather shoe made (More sofa scraps!)

These are currently Seth's least favorite bit of the costume :-)
karl