09-13-2011, 12:01 AM
Looking at how it covers the shoulders and armpits Vs. the mail sleeves I would have guessed that it was fabric of some kind on top of a full mail shirt.
Unless there's some easy method of attaching mail sleeves all by themselves, it seems a bit redundant to wear a mail shirt under a metal breastplate... unless it's to provide additional protection against arrows?
An argument against it being fabric would be the detail on the horses - they appear to be wearing barding of some kind with different patterns, but no such patterns are evident on the men's chests - so either they are wearing plainer fabric than their horses or else it's not fabric.
Unless there's some easy method of attaching mail sleeves all by themselves, it seems a bit redundant to wear a mail shirt under a metal breastplate... unless it's to provide additional protection against arrows?
An argument against it being fabric would be the detail on the horses - they appear to be wearing barding of some kind with different patterns, but no such patterns are evident on the men's chests - so either they are wearing plainer fabric than their horses or else it's not fabric.
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Ross
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Ross
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