MANICA Reconstruction

[Tarbicus]

Nice stuff. I remember talking with Mike B about this and instead of the centre line of the manica being outside of the arm, I depicted it on the inside (on the other side of the elbow, if that makes sense?). The lames that protect the hand actually covered the upper thumb was the thinking. If you stab with the gladius, the thumb (where it joins the wrist) is extremely vulnerable as is the bone running up the lower arm (radius or ulna?). Anyway, I've also seen other versions that also protect the top of the hand and are worn to protect the outside of the elbow. When I wear mine as I describe I can still bend my arm to touch my shoulder with my fingertips which is far more than 45 degrees. This explains it better, if you look at where the hand lames actually sit over the thumb.
http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/ ... _small.jpg

Looks great though.