06-09-2008, 11:45 PM
I just finished a full coverage manica for a customer. It is for a very large fellow so I won't model the armor as it looks ridiculously large on me. For the technical specs, it is 18 gauge mild steel. Full coverage plates overlap up from the wrist, seams run along the inner arm out of sight when worn. Rolled edges at wrist and upper lamination with one inch of exposure per lame. I stopped the plates from gapping by using 4 suspension leathers but only fastening 3 per lame and alternating the pattern in a rather ingenious fashion of which I am very proud. 
Much more flexible than I thought it would be ( I took this commission with more than a few reservations. I thought the plates would gap terribly and that the armor would be stiff.) The customer wanted a shoulder cop and some more laminations extending down to the first set of knuckles on his hand so I took a few pictures before attaching those other parts that really don't belong on a Roman armor.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzewgo2k/uplo ... anica1.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzewgo2k/uplo ... anica2.jpg
Much more flexible than I thought it would be ( I took this commission with more than a few reservations. I thought the plates would gap terribly and that the armor would be stiff.) The customer wanted a shoulder cop and some more laminations extending down to the first set of knuckles on his hand so I took a few pictures before attaching those other parts that really don't belong on a Roman armor.http://mysite.verizon.net/vzewgo2k/uplo ... anica1.jpg
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzewgo2k/uplo ... anica2.jpg
Juan Santell, no Roman name yet. Picking a name is very important and something that should not be done hastily or without much thought.
