How do you inspired your self doing period pieces?

[Nyogtha408]

Wanted to know how some of you inspire your selves when doing period pieces. I do a lot of Civil War related work and I know if I work while watching Gettysburg or Gods and Generals or listening to period style music helps me. How about you guys? Interested to hear the responses.

[Pigeonkill]

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=179540&highlight=Inspiration+comes+from+doing.

This might help a bit.

[Kraus]

I'm actually working on a little sociology project for my gf, sort of a short graphic novel set in the medieval era Hamlet style, i inspire myself by the fact i have full stylistic freedom because the point of it would be the story and not the way it's presented, which allows me to go as insane as i want. I'm gonna give it a thetrical feel with the setting not matching the society.

Gonna be fun as hell costume design wise.