03-11-2012, 12:41 AM
Being in the process of making some scale armor, it dawned on me that almost all the other Re-enactment scale armor being sold commercially or made otherwise doesn't seem to follow the style of any of the originals. Why is that? Are the reproductions simply following a later(medieval) style of scale armor in error? Or following iconographic images only? Or referring to examples that a museum has simply strung together in error?
The originals all have the scales staggered/overlapped only enough to hide the thread attachment holes and NOT the side connecting rings.
Most reconstructions cover both the thread holes and side rings (generalizing)
[attachment=3336]example.jpg[/attachment]
one reproduction with the rings showing
[attachment=3342]repo1.jpg[/attachment]
Originals still preserved with the backing, the side rings are all showing.
[attachment=3337]Vindonissa.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3338]MuseumCarnuntinumAustria.JPG[/attachment]
[attachment=3339]museumofstremi2.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3340]Durascale.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3341]Strasbourg.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3343]carpow.jpg[/attachment]
The originals all have the scales staggered/overlapped only enough to hide the thread attachment holes and NOT the side connecting rings.
Most reconstructions cover both the thread holes and side rings (generalizing)
[attachment=3336]example.jpg[/attachment]
one reproduction with the rings showing
[attachment=3342]repo1.jpg[/attachment]
Originals still preserved with the backing, the side rings are all showing.
[attachment=3337]Vindonissa.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3338]MuseumCarnuntinumAustria.JPG[/attachment]
[attachment=3339]museumofstremi2.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3340]Durascale.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3341]Strasbourg.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3343]carpow.jpg[/attachment]