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Viking Costume Ideas At Halloween - Who Else Wants To Be Eric The Red This Halloween Party ?
So with Halloween a hop, skip and a jump away, many people will be scratching their heads looking for an original costume for the big party. Many people go for the old favorites like Witch, pirate or ghoul costumes but others like to look at something a little different. One costume that may fill this role is the Viking costume. So detailed here are a few Viking costumes ideas and what you need in such a costume.
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To begin, viking costumes are probably not high on the list of things to wear at at Halloween. They are more interested in obvious costumes or things that will make people laugh or scare them. That's the general idea of Halloween and few people wnat to deviate from those themes. With this said, you can have a lot of fun with the viking theme.
Top of the list for most people when it comes to vikings is their head wear. You know what I mean, the round helmet with the pointy cow horns on each side. It's in every old movie on the topic. Even the lovable cartoon character Hagar the Horrible wears the iconic helmet – so it must be factual, right ?
Well, research suggests that this was not a genuine feature of real vikings dress. They just wore simple, no frills helmets. Maybe some jazzed them up with ornate patterning, and maybe one of two bright sparks stuck some horns on them. But the overwhelming majority had plain helmets and didn't see their identity defined by a unique looking helmet.
In fact, most vikings looked like any other marauder of the middle ages. They would possibly wear some chain mail in battle. They would wear arm and leg gauntlets for protection. They would carry a shield, sword and battle axe. On top of the chainmail they would wear some sort of tunic that may even have their colors on it. Given that the lived in cold climates some form of animal fur garment might be worn too. Their shields and tunics might have their coat of arms or some other iconography to distinguish them from others.
The horned helmet was probably an interpretation of viking times made by later generations, in particular the Victorian period, where there was a huge resurgence of interest in that time. And this stereotype has pretty much held sway to this day, so much so that no self respecting viking costume worth it's salts will be without a cow horned helmet.
Viking costumes follow the basic idea laid out above. Costumes can be found for big and small, men and women, even children, in a variety of styles.
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question regarding chainmail gauntlets/mittens?
I have many pieces of armour, and recently purchased a pair of chainmail mittens. The thing is, when I wear them with a Gambeson, I have to fold the bottom of the Gambeson's sleeves over and tuck them into the bottom of the chainmail mittens, is there any way I can get these to fit without me having to fold over the bottom of the sleeves, or is this okay, and should I leave this?
They are meant to be tucked into the bottom of the chainmail mittens.
You know, there is two types gambeson, those designed to be worn beneath chainmail, and those designed to be worn as independent armour.
The latter tend to be thicker and higher in the collar --- and will fit differently.
Maybe your gambeson is too thick and doesn't fit properly like it should.
The person who made it might have made it too thick, too long..... a custom made gambeson would, pardon the pun, fit you like a glove.
Just a thought.
punch for punch with sap gloves and chain mail
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