October sketches of the day #2-3
In case you didn’t see them on Twitter…
The Felix is based on a Saga cover. Not quite finished. I’ll fuss with it a little more. Click image to see marginally larger.
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Terrific stuff. Consul Bear can caucus with Consul Incitatus when the need arises…
Just a note, tho, that the lorica hamata should come lower on Felix’s torso. Good on you, though, for NOT putting him in the “typical Roman” lorica segmentata. My understanding is that the Eastern legions were never issued that kit; it was a Western and Italian thing.
Here’s another case where I intentionally tried something (trying to match the weird foreshortening on the Saga cover) and it looks like an error. If it makes me uneasy, I need to change it before I post it, or I’m just going to look silly later. Like now 🙂
Here’s Felix in chapter II–how are these?
I probably messed up with the Segmentata at some point.
Still looks a trifle skimpy. The Wiki page has a couple of pictures of modern re-enactors that show the length of the hamata pretty well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorica_hamata
When you think about it, a goods mail-shirt should come down to just about the top of your thighs. That protects those important (and soft) bits like gut and liver while being above the legs so it doesn’t bind and chafe when you move. So, for example, in the right hand picture the lorica should come down to about the horizontal crease-line on the back of the left-hand-guy’s tunic.
And don’t get me wrong; 1) I love the pose; we don’t often get to see Felix doing business – especially lately as Iusta has brought out the lover in him – and get reminded that he really is a pretty badass guy. How badass we may get to see if the Flavii decide he’s a genuine danger. And 2) I’m nitpicking on military history, a personal hobbyhorse. I’ll bet 99.9% of your audience neither knows nor cares…
But they’ll never know if I don’t do it right–or trust that the rest of the clothing, tools, architecture, customs, etc. are correct. Details details details…