Scale Armor & Accuracy

[Kegluneq]

Then of course as you mention it is where the soldier would need some help in putting this armour on, however soldiers do tend to stick together and help one another a fine example look at the guys who yomped over the Falklands they had to help each other to get those back packs on.

That's a good point - presumably legionaries in segmented armour had the same problem!

The pose reminds me a bit of Michaelangelo's David, although presumably there's a closer classical parallel for this pose. It does look quite heroic, with the turned head and raised left shoulder.

Out of interest, do reenactors who wear scale ever overheat in the armour and open up the side to cool down a little? If that doesn't really happen fair enough, but it would be much harder with a rear closing lorica.