10-09-2014, 11:19 AM
Just a few observations...
As has been said its not unusual for a metal thorax to be laced...
Moulding in a soft flexible material would be a problem unless it was hardened as part of the process otherwise it wouldn't hold the shape...
Hinges are unnecessary on flexible material.....
A folded or rolled/rouletted edge at the joins etc could indicate a metal thorax...
White can represent silver or any "white" metal or silvered finish....
So if its moulded and has hinges etc the logical conclusion is its made from an inflexible material...
I think though you could make a Heroic parade armour from several layers of fine linen glued together moulded and stiffened except for the shoulders which remains flexible, the external surface could be covered with fine white aluta using a flexible glue, finely the decorations could be added from say embossed metal or leather..... :grin:
As has been said its not unusual for a metal thorax to be laced...
Moulding in a soft flexible material would be a problem unless it was hardened as part of the process otherwise it wouldn't hold the shape...
Hinges are unnecessary on flexible material.....
A folded or rolled/rouletted edge at the joins etc could indicate a metal thorax...
White can represent silver or any "white" metal or silvered finish....
So if its moulded and has hinges etc the logical conclusion is its made from an inflexible material...
I think though you could make a Heroic parade armour from several layers of fine linen glued together moulded and stiffened except for the shoulders which remains flexible, the external surface could be covered with fine white aluta using a flexible glue, finely the decorations could be added from say embossed metal or leather..... :grin:
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
