hidden armour

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 12:04 am

So, here is my situation, i've been doing weapons fightng for 8 years now, but only joined the sca this year, untillnow i have never worn armour, therefor i have a verry effective style that i find to be distinctly different to what tehy teach me here in An Tir, My persona is an iron age gaul, wich means i'd be useing scar tissue for armor in real life. What i'm after is close fitting armour, that limits movement as little as possible, and could be moulded to at least resemble human muscle ectera. anyone have any ideas how this could be done?

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Aelric · Post by **Aelric** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 12:10 am

I think youd be best off using leather inserts in a big tunic. I wouldnt try to make armour look like muscle, just try to make it as low profile as you can. I havnt researched it but I think an iron age gaul would wear some kind of armour. They did have iron after all.

Aelric

Hrodir · Post by **Hrodir** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 12:41 am

I recall a large belt of overlapping iron scales.

when roughly are you? if Rome is around in any capacity, you can research thru thier histories to find what the Gauls wore.

Ulrick

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Sun Feb 04, 2001 12:52 am

if i wanted to be a filthy rich gaul, or a chieftan, i'd have a chainmail shirt and thats about it. otherwise i'd have a large shield, a couple javelines, a sword/spear, and i'd be wearing a torque and warpaint. maybe pants if it was cold.
i re-red my post and realised that the way i put how i wanted to make it muscle-like came out wrong. i meant just dishing the chest plate a bit to get a bit of a more muscly loook, i've done that before, i'd use it, but it was a show piece, so only about 1 foot square. so i know i can do that, and as for the rest i was thinking just doing a bit of minor dishing and going with painted shaddows to add a more organic look to it.
all in all it's meant to be more of a long term project just adding a piece at a time till it's done. and using<shudder> plastic till i'm finished it

[This message has been edited by Tybolt (edited 02-03-2001).]