Costume and Props Links

This page is full of links to help you put together awesome looking Heirs to Olympia costumes.

Comprehensive Sites: These contain both costume and prop items, plus often armor and weaponry as well.
By the Sword These guys have a little bit of everything.
Hightower Crafts Costume, bows, and leather goods.
Historic Enterprises Now carrying dark ages clothing, as well as riveted mail.
LRP Store A wide selection of Larp items.
Museum Replicas Historical clothing, armor, and weaponry.
The Jelling Dragon Jorvik/Viking costume and props.
The Renaissance Store They carry a few medieval costume pieces and swords.
Warrior Jewelry and Armor Good site for fantasy jewelry and custom helmets.
Jekyl the Hidesmith Leather clothing and accessories.
The Inner Bailey Excellent semi-historical leather products.
Badger's Den Latex weaponry and miscellaneous props.

Masks and Makeup:
Scream Team Lots of scary latex prosthetics.
Halloween Direct Masks and other horror props.
Monster Boutique Masks, prosthetics, makeup, and even Larp weapons!

Do-it-yourself Costume:
Dharma Trading Co. A good source for silks, cottons, and dyes.
Pick Hemp A source for hemp fabric.
Rawganique A source for hemp fabrics and cordage.
Sweetgrass Fibers Hemp and cotton fabric.
Big Horn Quilt Shop A few unfelted wool fabrics.
Denver Fabrics A small selection of wool coating.
Tandy Leather A great source of leatherworking supplies.
Simple Medieval Shoe Pattern and construction.
Basic Medieval Patterns For men's and women's clothing.
Dawn Pages Costume Patterns More basic clothing instructions.
T-tunic the Period Way How to make a basic tunic.
How to Make a Simple Medieval Dress Also applicable for male tunics.
Basic Dark Ages and Medieval Costume General costume info.

Armor:
Norton Armouries Realistic looking plastic armor. Pricey!
The Schmitthenner Armory They have some nice history-inspired leather armor.
Heavy Leather Lore Avoid their more fantastic armors.
The Griffin Works Leather armor and accessories.
Wolfgaard Armoury and Supply Leather and mail armor as well as horsebows.
Armadillo Armory A wide selection of mail armor.
The King's Lance Ebay store selling affordable mail armor.
Forth Armoury High quality mail armor, but often out of stock.
Valentine Armouries A small selection of early medieval armor.

Weapons:
Swords and Armor This site has some cool maces, plus a little bit of suitable armor.
Skian Mhor A good selection of latex weaponry.
Knighthawk Armoury More latex weapons.
Edhellen Armory Latex and padded weapons and shields.
The DIY Guide to LRP Make your own latex weapons.
ARMA Contact Weapon Construction Making a martial-arts style weapon.
Purpleheart Armory Wooden and padded swords.
Iron Liege These guys have a wide selection of Larp armor and weapons.
Eldritch More Larp weapons and armor.
Hollow Earth Swordworks Wooden swords and crossbows.

Other Props:
Heritage Ethnic Music A wide variety of historical musical instruments.
IOM Woodworking Wooden mugs, shields, swords, and staves.
Crystal Realm Leather journals.
Wassail Horns Jorvik-style drinking horns.