04-23-2013, 04:13 PM
Pointless sarcasm, Dan. It is not a "magical ability", it is an opinion based upon practical considerations of technological and ceremonial practices.
Edouard: The leather I referred to is the hardened form generally accepted as having been used to mould the ornate Roman heroic cuirasses. On one hand, that can easily be moulded with as much of a suggestion of a waist as these carving have, and on the other hand, leather treated in such ways does not end up rigid anyhow, so if a belt were put firmly around it, such a cuirass would give.
T.
Edouard: The leather I referred to is the hardened form generally accepted as having been used to mould the ornate Roman heroic cuirasses. On one hand, that can easily be moulded with as much of a suggestion of a waist as these carving have, and on the other hand, leather treated in such ways does not end up rigid anyhow, so if a belt were put firmly around it, such a cuirass would give.
T.
