07-25-2008, 07:34 AM
Which armeguard is apropriate depends on the period you want to display.
Scale or mail manicae are more appropriate for the early 4th century AD, while quilted linen, segmented leather or rarely segmented metal manicae can be found in earlier periods of gladitorial iconography.
So you will want to match your helmet type with the manica you are wearing.
Concerning availability, you can get quilted/padded linen as well as segmented leather or metal from Deepeeka resellers.
Both paddel linen and segmented leather are easy to build yourself however, and though my first try on a padded manica is a littele bit on the large side, I am very happy with the look and feel of it.
Some of my colleagues use the Deepeeka metal segmented manica on a padded backing and are also very comfortable with it.
I dont think there are any scale or mail manicae availabe as such, but at least in mail you can get mail arm pieces from different sources.
Concerning scale you can get the individual scales and leather backing also, but you will have to build the final manica yourself I guess.
Scale or mail manicae are more appropriate for the early 4th century AD, while quilted linen, segmented leather or rarely segmented metal manicae can be found in earlier periods of gladitorial iconography.
So you will want to match your helmet type with the manica you are wearing.
Concerning availability, you can get quilted/padded linen as well as segmented leather or metal from Deepeeka resellers.
Both paddel linen and segmented leather are easy to build yourself however, and though my first try on a padded manica is a littele bit on the large side, I am very happy with the look and feel of it.
Some of my colleagues use the Deepeeka metal segmented manica on a padded backing and are also very comfortable with it.
I dont think there are any scale or mail manicae availabe as such, but at least in mail you can get mail arm pieces from different sources.
Concerning scale you can get the individual scales and leather backing also, but you will have to build the final manica yourself I guess.
Olaf Küppers - Histotainment, Event und Promotion - Germany
