Amice
New Member
Boop!
Posts: 3
|
Post by Amice on Jul 22, 2014 22:51:14 GMT -5
I'm in need of some real assistance in putting together SCA legal armor. The eras I'm looking at are between 11th and 13th centuries, or better yet, end of Heian to beginning of Kamakura eras. Which means something like an o-yori or a domaru. I love the look of these, but fear how much protection I could get from the chest. My current armor piece is an old one of my dad's which fits like a sardine can and closes on both sides, which has me looking at the ni-mai do (ryo-awase-do) I looked at the Effingham plates, and they look to be too small for the era I'm going for,and I feel the need to have something a little larger on my chest, so what size plates should I be looking at? I want to use the Effingham for the skirting, shoulders, and so on, just not the torso. I'm also looking at barrels, (I know, gasp) but I am a college student and it's kind of how I'd have to roll. I have the most general of ideas, but no idea how to apply them. Please help me!
|
|
|
Post by Torayoshi on Jul 23, 2014 7:50:22 GMT -5
Barrels can work well and don't have to look bad. You can pull off a nice early look with some work. If you make the band's out of black barrels and cut the top to look like scale and then full lace it no one would know.
Ultimatelunderlay protection is more important than period perfect. However you can get both with some work and fudging.
As for scale size it depends on you body size. I am guessing your not built like a Japanese man front the 12th century. So you need to scale it up so the end proportion works for you. At 6' tall 8 went with 3" tall bands. Plenty of underlap for protection.
Hope that helps.
Obata Torayoshi
|
|
|
Post by roninpenguin on Jul 25, 2014 22:41:32 GMT -5
If you are planning to us Kozane (individual scales) then the best way to determine the height is to measure from your waist to a line just above your nipples divide by 6 and add about 3/4(ish) an inch (for overlap) and that should give you the height you need per scale. That will give you 4 Nagagawa and two Tateage lames on the front, then just add one more Tateage on the back.
|
|
|
Post by yamashita on Aug 4, 2014 0:06:00 GMT -5
And keep in mind that the 2 1/2" plate height does not go well with kozane, let alone Momoyama-Jidai Kozane, where there may have only been a couple of tateage, and no more than 4 nakagawa.
|
|