02-20-2018, 05:41 AM
Hello all,
I'm hoping to get advice of construction of Roman Lorica. Any common mistakes made and general advice is also welcome. I'm a member of an SCA group here in Northern Ontario Canada, 4 of us are Roman. We made a test suit from 18g mild steel a long time ago, using cut plates from local sources and left over leather. We plan to make stainless steel 18g version so we don't have to worry about rust every battle or training session. I know it's not period.
Included is a photo of the test suit. The rib plates overlap alot, originally was designed too fit the largest person in the group. It's too big so I want cut the plates shorter, especially the two two and taper more towards my hips. Plus I want too do bronze fittings and rivets. We used speed rivets I think.
