Low Cost Scale Armor By Imperator-Zor Watch

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This is a suit of low cost scale armor and associated helmet, issued to peasant levies and militia by a lord who understands that armored troops tend to last a fair bit longer than unarmored ones and have better morale, but did not want to pay a lot of money for it at a time when there was not much surplus stuff lying around. Mail required the forging of thousands of individual links and took a long time to yield even a single vest, plate required skilled armorers who charged a fortune. This design could be made by a simple village smith and a weaver and her son. The vest was constructed as such: A fairly large number of crude steel plates were beaten out on an anvil, had holes punched into their corners with a spike and then were sewn onto a cloth vest padded with straw. The helmet had a main form made of steel, though some cloth and steel plate neck guard was added to the back. In general this armor is effective, if not exemplary and it's gaps are weak points. Still, to a peasant halberdier or handgonner going up against heavy cavalry its much better than nothing.



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