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Oh! Let me get you all of the materials I use. I will link them all on Amazon.com below the explanations.

• Pens: I use Pilot Parallel Pens. I prefer the 3.8 mm nib size. The 2.4 mm will do too. 1.5 mm is too small to do anything but italics. The 6 mm pen is huge and you will need large paper to write anything meaningful.
  
  
• Paper: Smooth Bristol paper I've found so far to be the best. It's 100 lb weight and smooth. The pen doesn't catch so much on its surface.
  
  
• Books: Medieval Calligraphy, Its History and Technique and Calligraphy of the Middle Ages and How to Do It by Marc Drogin are what I use for reference.
  
  
• Miscellaneous items: A T-Square is almost essential for drawing guiding lines. Be careful which one you buy. If the arm is elevated too far off the table it will make it harder to draw lines. The cheap plastic ones have been been in this regard for me but they are fragile. I also have a Manuscript calligraphy ruler with the nib heights on them. Not all scripts are done at the same height. The ruler doesn't have the 6 mm nib on it but it does have the 3.8 mm. A hair dryer is also useful if you want to quicken the drying process so you can erases the guiding lines.
  
  Those two books will help you get started. I think it mentions in one of them that calligraphers practise their technique by writing, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," because it has all of the letters of the alphabet. That's why font previews have the font written out in that sentence.
  
  Here are all of the links to the ones on Amazon.com. You can also purchase the T-Square, paper, and calligraphy ruler at Hobby Lobby, if you have one near you. I have yet to find a store that carries Pilot Parallel Pens.
  
  Pens: http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Parallel-Calligraphy-Cartridges-90050/dp/B002RJNT46/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412449910&sr=8-2&keywords=pilot+parallel+pen
  
  Pen Cartridges:http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Parallel-Calligraphy-Cartridges-77313/dp/B0058NN55G/ref=pd_sbs_op_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CXYEPHFD9MM9MQA3K1M
  
  Books:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=marc+drogin
  
  T-Square:http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Art-18-Inch-Wood-T-Square/dp/B0027A7G8U/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1412450284&sr=8-5&keywords=T-Square
  
  Calligraphy Ruler:http://www.amazon.com/Manuscript-Calligraphy-Ruler/dp/B003D7EV7U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412450452&sr=8-1&keywords=manuscript+ruler
  
  EDIT 1: Pardon me, I forgot the paper.
  
  Paper:http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Art-Strathmore-Bristol-Smooth-12-Inch/dp/B00254AU8Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412451631&sr=8-2&keywords=bristol+paper
  
  EDIT 2: Pardon me again. Also, Hobby Lobby carries the Bristol paper in plenty of sizes.

I just do it for fun, I've got no real Latin qualifications. I've learned a lot from hanging around this subreddit and from the Lingua Latina per se Illustrata books, the Perseus Digital Library, and Wiktionary.