11-28-2012, 11:56 AM
Robert.
The scales were mounted to the canvas in both the Dura and Carpow examples. The one segment of backing in the Dura example that had the leather triangular edging was simply that, an edging, and was not over the whole armor backing. So mounting to the canvas sounds like a great idea.
I slightly bent the last two rows of scales (at the top of the shoulder) to make sure they touched the row below. I'm not sure it would have been necessary, however it works.
[attachment=5948]shoulderarea2.jpg[/attachment]
The scales were mounted to the canvas in both the Dura and Carpow examples. The one segment of backing in the Dura example that had the leather triangular edging was simply that, an edging, and was not over the whole armor backing. So mounting to the canvas sounds like a great idea.
I slightly bent the last two rows of scales (at the top of the shoulder) to make sure they touched the row below. I'm not sure it would have been necessary, however it works.
[attachment=5948]shoulderarea2.jpg[/attachment]