Greetings, all! I have recently volunteered to help with a production of Macbeth, and am to make armor for the production. We will be trying to be as period as possible, and I have been having difficulty finding descriptions or pictures of period armor. I have had mild success with I will have a dec...

Making mail is actually fine. I've got all of those soldiers I'd mentioned to cut and bend the rings, and 3/8" 17 ga. will go very quickly. What about ring mail? Boiled leather? A COP?I have experience with most everything but plate (and that's not an issue, given the period), and have the resources...

The setting will be period rather than the slightly skewed Shakespearean setting, but slight anachronisims and a historical leeway of a century or so is permissible-- the costumer is considering (non-clan related) tartans and quasi-kilts. I've also got access to a personal mail hauberk, so if that a...

Greetings, all! I have recently volunteered to help with a production of Macbeth, and am to make armor for the production. We will be trying to be as period as possible, and I have been having difficulty finding descriptions or pictures of period armor. I have had mild success with I will have a dec...