Lost_Warrior

I really do have to find time to get to see these places

How did I miss all of these gorgeous images? Somehow I missed this one too...

I can't believe I'm only just seeing this now! It's beautiful!

Oh, bamboo is nasty ::grins:: it's also used for some staves. It's light weight (compared to most woods) and extremely durable. (My staff is hardwood of some variety, and very heavy.) The broken knuckles usually happen in TKD because of punching improperly (you punch someone's hogu (body armor) the wrong way and you can break your hand). The bruises still happen, especially since for some reason someone's pointy elbow always manages to find its way to your foot tendons (that really hurts). I haven't had any particularly nasty injuries myself, only bruises and bruised tendons or muscles. I did break a guy's jaw though.

I don't think I could stand that, I can't handle having my face covered by something like that. The simple chin-strap on my TKD helmet drove me nuts, I gagged a couple times because of it.

I would think the cheekbones wouldn't be as much of a problem as the nose and chin

It looks uncomfortable. TKD helmets were just thick foam, with holes in them. Most of them left the face open.

Luke...I am your father...ahem...sorry Was the helmet full metal, or was the back fabric or something? TKD sparring gear has a habit of making you look like an overstuffed turtle.

Great shot Pertinax! He's pretty scary alright. But he doesn't look as mean as This guy.

ah, I was looking at the nearby thing. Maybe those are the pillars of a pier or something. In black and white its actually hard to tell the difference between grass and water

You're probably right, I didn't think of that.

I see. I had read of helmets and armor going through family lines (wearing your dad's helmet for instance) but I didn't know where exactly the line was drawn. What about shields? Thanks for the info btw

It looks like ruins of something.

Capricorn. Of course. lol I sort of guessed that after reading your comment on the legion's capricorn standard. I had figured that might be an auxiliary, were there any restrictions about the armor a soldier could wear? I mean, I know there was often alot of variation, some prefered hamata to segmentata or what have you, but what were the limits?

What is this a photograph of, really?

What are those animals on his sheild, do you know? I presume they are some sort of mythical beast, but from here they look like shrimp (and why would he have shrimp on his sheild? ) What rank is the man beside him with the lavishly decorated oval sheild? His armor itself does not suggest anything other than a "regular" legionary, however the sheild decoration does.