(10-11-2021, 08:21 AM)Crispianus Wrote:Yes! And today the 11 oz. white linen should arrive :-)(10-10-2021, 04:37 PM)Feinman Wrote: Here's where things are now; half of the tube portion twining is done (the back half), and I also have the second row of pteryges twined for this half too (not shown):
Looks like a lot of work! do you intend to cover the final result? This is indeed a ridiculous amount of work!
There appears to be a hem on some of the pteryges --and those also must be covered, as in the depictions --and that is also a hell of a lot of work!
But this pales in comparison to the Egyptian painted hide scale armour I am working on that is created with the same level of sophistication as the one found with Tut... That project is madness itself. Other crazy half-completed stuff is waiting for me on the to-do list, also.
(10-11-2021, 08:36 AM)Dan Howard Wrote: Matt posted this on the Historum forum. It is probably the closest contemporary representation of Todd's reconstruction. It appears to be twined textile armour with some kind of cover.You might be right Dan --some could have been covered with leather. Thanks for linking to that image --I can only see a thumbnail as I am no longer part of that forum. Twining tends to sag a bit, even if it is tightly twined. I think what we are seeing with the patterns on them --rectilinear in the Etruscan examples --is the quilting through the twining that secures the facing to a linen backing below the twining --this keeps things nicely tailored and in case a cord is cut by a sword or arrow, stops things from unraveling. In the Etruscan depictions, one can even see a wide belt that looks ideal for keeping things snug.
https://historum.com/attachments/twinedt...jpg.48538/
Medieval textile armour was often covered with fine leather.
Dan --or Matt, can you post Matt's pic of the wounded hoplite in the linothorax over here?
As usual you and Matt are spot-on in that thread.
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