Scale Armor & Accuracy

[gaiusseptimiuslucianus]

Ya I hear ya. My scale armor, although at the final completion stage, has taken over a year 1/2 of part time work(hobby). I have kept track of the time thus far (and I had pre-made scales) and its over 170 hours. That included making my own custom buckles, and silvering multiple rows of scales. Its definitely a long term project, but well worth it in the end. Scale IMO is the most elegant, detail oriented armor available for our period. I think it would have taken more time to make than mail did.

Get started and you'll be more motivated as things start to come together :-)

Markus,

Thanks for the encouragement! I just need to take the plunge. Hopefully around the holidays I'll have a little stretch of time to get started on it. I'm especially interested in the mid 3rd century and the Dura finds and have been soaking up all of that with the goal of eventually making a full set of kit based on finds from there.

Best,

Lucianus