The Hegemony look and feel

Examples of kit inspiration can be seen here.

http://www.pinterest.com/jamesblackshaw/no-flag-no-country-hegemony/

This is a set of suggestions for things that would look very Hegemony.

Overall aesthetic

• Practical. If you don’t have an immediate use for it you probably aren’t wearing it.
• Colours should be muted, earthy tones, browns, olive greens, rust, grubby greys
• Slightly shabby, make do and mend
• Fabrics should ideally be rough.
• Very much along the lines of standard mediaeval peasant.

Base kit:

• Tunics
• Loose trousers, drawstring are great for this
• Jerkins, open jacket/waistcoat/doublet things rather than robes.
• Rough cotton neck scarves to keep out the chill worn round the neck (dull coloured woollen scarves also great)
• Long plain skirts
• Long plain dresses
• Peasant blouses in muted colours
• Sensible shoes/boots

Armour:

• Plainish leathers, scrappy or battered is particularly good
• Chainmail.
• Arming jacks and other quilted fabric armour

Weapons:

• Axes
• Polearms
• Anything that looks like it belongs to an angry peasant mob
• Simple-looking shields.

Accessories:

• Hats: soft fabric caps, wide brimmed hats (straw good, usually battered and frayed round the edges), something to keep the chill out or keep the sun out of your eyes, not decorative.
• Jewellery: Minimal, where worn it is more than likely plain and passed down through generations. Wooden beads, stone beads, dull, earth colours. That stone with a hole in you found in your field and shoved a cord through.
• Bits and bobs: Pouches, tankards on belts, boring bags that hold things you need or are salvaging.

Generally accessories should be minimal and have an obvious, immediate use.

• Smallish regimental type badges, typically worn on a sash or or hat
• Coloured cross-body sashes or belt tabs to show membership

Fictional inspirations:

Baldrick (The Black Adder and Blackadder the second) Pretty much every mediaeval peasant in any film ever

Things to generally avoid:

• Bright colours, black, white.
• High contrasts
• Glittery ornamentation
• Shiny Plate armour.
• Decorative looking shields
• Rich and lustrous fabrics