I am amused by the people asking for real authentic clothing... and then citing some incredibly bad movie or Hollywood costume catalog as a reference source. Using Cleopatra and Gladiator as references isn't going to make a model look realistically dressed. BTW, I knew that the Costner movie would be difficult when the opening sequence was a lovely closeup pan of the Bayeaux Tapestry. What does the Norman Conquest of 1066 have to do with the Crusades a couple hundred years later? Absolutely nothing. There are very good costume books available which show clothing from various ages and regions. The images are taken from statues and paintings and sometimes from the carefully-preserved actual garments. Occasionally fantasy artists have dipped into these books before producing their own images... and occasionally the real clothing has been so extreme and unbelievable that no fantasy artist will touch it. (I don't think much of those uncreative artists who put aliens into jeans, either.) Carolly