The following is a guest piece by Andrea Carloni from the group Compagnia del Leone, Italy. To our knowledge, this is the first English article covering this exceptional garment.
Good clothing are fundamental in living-history. Unlike other items of equipment, no one can make do without clothing – it is the minimum requirement. Before buying shining armor, one needs to have something to wear underneath... and live, walk, work, fight in it. Basically it doesn't serve the same purpose as theater or cinema costumes, it must be worn and used like everyday clothing and feel like one, and therefore it should be made like usual clothing.
Christian asked me to put something together on the release of my box of Mercenaries, European Infantry 1450-1500. They are 28mm plastic multi-part wargames figures made to complement the first box of Wars of the Roses Infantry I produced last year for Perry Miniatures.
A selection of painted figures of the new miniatures box (Photo by Michael Perry)
