03-01-2006, 02:35 PM
Quote:Travis,
As a suggestion to add to your design, based on my experience of wearing armour for prolonged periods, I would recommend including extra padding on the shoulders, as this is where most of the weight of the armour will rest. I would also recommend adding a similar amount of extra padding to the upper chest, as armour will tend to rest on the chest as well as the shoulders. Whilst marching Hadrian's wall I found that my chest was sorer than my shoulders. I had sewn in extra padding for the shoulders but I had not thought to do the same for the chest.
Crispvs
Thanks! will do.
A question. My gut reaction here, is that the subarmalia (at least as it works with the musculata - not certain about other armor types) is that is based on a linothorax. If that's the case, the shoulders should be a separate yoke, more like this.
Do you think it would make more sense to add the shoulder padding and pieces as a separate piece?
Travis
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