What brass type for making my own squamata?

[brennivs - tony drake]

First of all how thick is the scale going to be? Or if you are going use a find thickness. Roman scale tend to be made of thin plate even big scales,  so the thinner the plate a harder brass can be used or thicker plate softer. Just look up roman scale armour finds/ images this will give you a idea of thickness of scale and how flimsy they are compared to what reanactors use. Hope that goes some way to answer you query.
Regards Brennivs