> All that said, the major frustration at the moment is
> the helmets for the Roman soldiers. Currently they are
> using baseball batting helmets worn backwards with -
> get this - red feather boas glued across the top.
> There is nothing to be done about the helmets - they
> were donated and there is no money to replace them -
> but the feathers across the top seem to have molted
> terribly over the summer.
I was in a Roman reenactment group for a while. The crest on the
helmet is a brush made of horsehair, not feathers. If you're on a
budget and just giving the impression of the look, why not just make
the crest shape out of cardboard and paint it red?
There is a church near me that does a Bethlehem walk every other
year. They actually had the soldiers from the reenactment group
volunteer to participate and harass the populace. The only
difficulty is that hobnails are very slippery on linoleum.
-Carol
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