Roman-esque soldier uniform - from cardboard!

Step 7 The man-skirt; no, not a kilt.

I seem to remember Romans having some sort of skirt. I could be wrong. I'm too lazy to look up the real information on the net.

The Slats (image 1)

First, I cut slats out from the boxes I had. I cut them length-wise because they were the longest in that direction. I used the inside of the box for the visible side because of aforementioned labels and such.

I cut out a lot of them, but I made 4 that were wider than the others. (all cut with eyeball precision) The 4 that were wider would be the two center slats that go in the front and back.

Get a belt (images 1-2)

I got a belt from the dollar store. It barely fits on the last hole.(image 5)

I need to go on a diet.

Attach to belt (images 3-4)

I guessed a total of 12 slats in all. 4 for the center, and 8 for the left and right sides. I rotated the belt to my hip so that center slats wouldn't be on the buckle. This worked out well because i was then able to attach the sword sheath to my belt quickly and off to the side. (images 4-5)

I marked the location of each slat, as well as it's number (the slats are all different sizes from my guesstimations) I used duct tape and folded it over once on top of the belt.

if you leave 1cm (or 1/4 inch) between the cardboard and the belt, the slats hang more freely and act less like cardboard. (image 3)

By using the inside, I was happy that that turned the creases outward to allow for more flexibility in the outfit. That was a lucky find.

Add second row of slats(image 7)

The previous version had only one row of slats. I remarked to myself that it would be better if it had 2 rows to add some depth. So I cut some of the left over slats in half and taped them to the top, offset from the large row.

Cut points at the bottom (image 7) =

I eyeballed the same distance on each piece and cut a point on them. I figured I could re-use the scrap triangles that came from cutting each piece. This gave me something to decorate my skirt with.

Using the scrap triangles, I hot-glued them just above the point on the bottom. This added some features to an otherwise boring skirt.

You can make the skirt in about 1 hour.

Comments

[red-king]

the "skirt" is called a Tasset (i had to look it up...). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassets

[house]

Thank you for this info.