The production design crew should do Arthur
Most accurate Dark Age costumes I've seen so far.
shareI seem to remember that everything in this movie, whether you were taken by the action or not, was quite flawless: setting, costume, props... and yes, even the horses! ;)
I have no idea though whether the costumes can be deemed accurate: there is so little source material for the Dark Ages... at least they were believable, insofar as they avoided anything that was too definitely late-medieval.
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AS a costume designer, I can't really say that Queen Wealtheow's scoop neckline gown and cinched in waist was all that authentic--what I've seen from research of Norse and Viking clothing in that period, tends to be more simple and loose fitting for women, but it worked in the context of the film-- she was a rather attractive older sexy looking woman, who you felt the king no longer paid attention to due to his depressed state, but once had, and had picked her for her beauty. Also, her show of wealth made you feel that a big effort had been made to acquire that for her in such a remote place.
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Actually, there was some ''skimpy'' Northern Germanic attire but mainly in summer.
I agree that, if they can replicate the look of the Romano-British as well as they did the Germanic culture at the time of this movie, they should do the costuming for a King Arthur film; I would love to see believeable Britons and English clash. I would love to see Arthur look like a true British cavalry man and not an earlier Roman tribune!
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I would love to see Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian trilogy made into a movie... Could very well be the best arthurian movie ever, if they stay true to the novels.
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I would love to see Arthur look like a true British cavalry man and not an earlier Roman tribune!
Amen!
A more 'realistic' Artaios should wield a footman's lance (spear) primarily, resorting to Calaburnius later rather than fighting with it exclusively. While I think they overplayed the Sarmatian angle in the 2004 King Arthur (let alone the fact that the soldiery mostly looked Principate instead of Late Roman), there probably were some artefacts of the Iazyges left by the time Artaios came along. The Scytho-Sarmatian bow (aka Hunnic bow), 2-handed Contarius (pike-sized horseman's lance), Spanghelms, dagged-pattern maille corselets and so on and so forth should be the the basic costuming.