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title: "Tiberius Tunica: Designer Notes"
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Lunetius, Tiberius and Walburga really come as a set. Not only were they born at the same time, they are designed to work together to form a full outfit. Not that this means that they can't be made separately ;):::

Tiberius was the first of the bunch, and also the simplest: a simple, nice *tunica*, inspired by the ones worn by Romans in the late republic, early empire (I can tell you that I read quite a lot of references and looked at pictures of statues and reliefs to figure out the "how long should it be?" question).
This was a garment I wanted to make as part of a costume for my TTRPG (table-top roleplaying game) character, who is kind of a fantasy Roman. While writing down my measurements to make the *tunica*, I realised that this was such a simple parametric design that it could be a way for me to dip my toes into the coding part of Freesewing. And so I did.
Even though it's "only" a rectangle, I tried to put some things into it behind the scenes (seams?), some failchecks to ensure that it results in a wearable garment. Since it's only a rectangle, there is not much wriggle room (pun intended) for fit, making it nice and easy but also challenging when you want to achieve a certain look (the length of the apparent "sleeves", for example).
One slightly hidden feature is the possibility to add positional markers for *clavi*, strips of colour on the *tunica* to denote rank and/or class. Quite fascinating,

The name is taken from James T. Kirk, by the way, who luckily had parents who seemingly liked some debatable Roman emperors.

Rika

<Related compact>Also see [Lunetius Designer Notes](/docs/designs/lunetius/notes) and [Walburga Designer Notes](/docs/designs/walburga/notes).</Related>
