Real Deal Spolas

[Feinman]

Been scrutinizing the armour to be made, and I see a tooled hide edging sandwiching the three hide layers of the front together.  It has an "egg and dart" pattern like architectural moulding.  the bottom of the breastplate also has the edging.  Typically on these spolioi, you can see a near-medial strip, near the yoke fastening hardware.  This strip, I very strongly suspect incorporates stitching, that further holds the layers together, and prevents warping.  I will make the strip depicted in tooled hide, and incorporate the stitching.



Neato thing, get spattered with blood? just wipe off and repaint area! armour gets damaged? Just undo edging and insert new plate!