I spent last Saturday making a gladiator fancy dress costume. It was not an easy fancy dress costume to make but I certainly enjoyed the challenge of making it. I had to spend quite a lof of money on buying the bits and pieces needed to make the costume. Money is a bit tight for me at the moment so it was not easy finding the spare cash for this.
In order to make it a good costume I first spent a bit of time researching how it should be made. I managed to find some good sites on the web with instructions on how to make a gladiator costume. These web sites seemed to be made by history enthusiasts. I was impressed by this because it means, I hope, that the costume will be historically accurate. The most expensive item that I bought was the leather for the costume.