05-04-2014, 10:12 PM
Your armour certainly looks interesting.
I can't speak to the actual plate size and hole layout, but the shoulders do not look right (and more importantly, do not look like they would articulate at all very well). An easier way to do it is do dish the leather backing for the scale upper arm defenses and have that protect the shoulder. Alternatively, you can weave your lamellar loosely vertically which is extremely flexible.
I've attached photos of how I did my scale shoulders - overlapping plates at the ends of each row and using a stitch to hold it down. This creates a shape that is curved in two directions.
I can't speak to the actual plate size and hole layout, but the shoulders do not look right (and more importantly, do not look like they would articulate at all very well). An easier way to do it is do dish the leather backing for the scale upper arm defenses and have that protect the shoulder. Alternatively, you can weave your lamellar loosely vertically which is extremely flexible.
I've attached photos of how I did my scale shoulders - overlapping plates at the ends of each row and using a stitch to hold it down. This creates a shape that is curved in two directions.
Nadeem Ahmad
Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
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Eran ud Turan - reconstructing the Iranian and Indian world between Alexander and Islam
https://www.facebook.com/eranudturan
