What do you think of this Hoplite armour pattern

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Vladimir
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What do you think of this Hoplite armour pattern

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Look what I stumbled across. Its intended as costume armour.

Its simple, but is it correct?

http://chuck-does-art.blogspot.com/2011 ... ke_21.html
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Yikes, definitely not correct. Should look like this.

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And for an SCA version I rather fancy, check out the thread below.

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Re: What do you think of this Hoplite armour pattern

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He invented the Graeco-Wisby!
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Oh, I knew about that one. I was just wondering if he happened to stumble upon something else.

Its just for halloween or a play anyway, I'm sure.
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