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So...as I've read in the past and recently, the Corrazina in the MET with the faulds is a fake; what should a corrazina have below the waist? I've done tassets because it was an easy/ simple solution, but with no documentation. What should be there?

Probably more something like this

From Doug Talbots page.

I think M has it. We see in the 2nd half of the 14th faulds appear both alone riveted to each other and the pair of plate style faulds.

In a recent post I gave some period art to look at for ideas. We see a number of interesting combos. Solid breastplate with COP style faulds, Konrad von Seinsheim. There is one at Hohenberg as well but I cannot remember the name of the man. You can see the covered pair of plates with fauls with Randolphus de Knevynton c. 1370. There are some covered split breastplate type of the fit COPs in the Pistoia alter as well.

Good luck!

RPM

At least three examples in this fresco alone.

http://www.wga.hu/art/a/altichie/beheadin.jpg

Whoa that guy in the blue must have 10 rows of horizontal bands below the waist... crazy.

RPM

Holy crap, Dale! Where have you been? You haven't posted in years! Glad to see your back.

RandallMoffett wrote:Whoa that guy in the blue must have 10 rows of horizontal bands below the waist... crazy.

RPM

There could be more then 1 row of rivets per plate but yes these are ways to use many small plates to build armor rather then one large piece.

To the original post: I don't know of any artwork showing tassets, only faulds and bands of small plates making up faulds.

Sean

Ty guys, I'll have to make some faulds for my corrazina.
Garreth: SCA politics + wife with full time school + child with special needs made me have to take some time off; me keeping my nose out of SCA politics +wife out of school + child doing well in school gives me time to work on armor again. I really missed it, TY for the welcome back.

A good repro here http://silverwolf.lviv.ua/forum/viewtop ... 2&start=24 The back is well done.

RandallMoffett wrote:Whoa that guy in the blue must have 10 rows of horizontal bands below the waist... crazy.

RPM

Randall,

Ten lames is a lot, but I don't think it is out of line with what they were doing then. Not only to contemporary artists frequently show what looks like a lot of skinny lames, but the surviving material bears that out as well.

While 10 may be getting on toward the extreme number you would want to give it, I would not use fewer than 5 or 6, and 7 or 8 would look nicer.

Mac