Spolas (...thorax ek dermatos...)

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Dithrambus,the whole point of this thread,appart from showing off something i have put a lot of work into,is to inspire and guide people on how to make it themselves! So,you have the option to save a lot of money and start working on your thorax yourself. I think i have illustrated the steps here very clearly and i'm willing to help you with any questions,and you don't really need to have such great leather working skills. This was my first big leather working project!

Lysandros,thanks for the comment. As i said,if i have inspired you,that you already have a nice spolas, this is my greatest joy!
from my experience in making it,i can say the measurement is everything! The execution is more time consuming perhaps, and creates some calluses on your hands,but without the necessary care on measurements,the final product won't be as it should,and the work will be in vain.
And of course,the base of everything is [img]research[/img]. Others in here must have done more research in literature,and the quest for the identification of the matterial, but i can say that i have been studying every single depiction of the t&y cuirass that i have found of some range if time for years, and i have tried to transfer some of the basic characteristics that are more or less common in the majority of them into my own reconstruction,even if i didn't strictly follow a specific depiction. After all,i think the purpose is to try to capture the feel of it. Especially since our actual artifacts of these cuirasses number to zero!
Khairete
Giannis