Hello Braden,
I am going to let the proverbial cat out of the bag a bit! I am currently working on a twined linen armour, actually using thick hemp cords, covered in linen and then whitewashed with white casein / linseed emulsion and (whitening) to make it water resistant. It is a tube and yoke armour with ptyreges, and I believe this armour will be an accurate reconstruction of the linen armour used by the Greeks. I am also slowly working on a twined Egyptian linen armour. The Greek linen armour is about halfway done and should exactly resemble some depictions. The armour will be double-breasted, having two layers in the front. It is a tremendous amount of work, but it should be a first, and hopefully will answer many questions... Stay tuned.
I'll post some teaser pics pretty soon.
I am going to let the proverbial cat out of the bag a bit! I am currently working on a twined linen armour, actually using thick hemp cords, covered in linen and then whitewashed with white casein / linseed emulsion and (whitening) to make it water resistant. It is a tube and yoke armour with ptyreges, and I believe this armour will be an accurate reconstruction of the linen armour used by the Greeks. I am also slowly working on a twined Egyptian linen armour. The Greek linen armour is about halfway done and should exactly resemble some depictions. The armour will be double-breasted, having two layers in the front. It is a tremendous amount of work, but it should be a first, and hopefully will answer many questions... Stay tuned.
I'll post some teaser pics pretty soon.
