Mirificatio
Apprentice
Having recently junked an old stainless steel stove, I still need to get rid of the oven door and vent hood. Stainless sheet is pricey right now, but I'd just LOVE to make some armor out of it. I have absolutely no practical experience with working steel, other than welding it, and no tools specific to metalworking, so my first though was of Lorica Segmentata. Seems doable, since I wouldn't have to "dish" or fold the metal, and I haven't any spare money to spring for specialized tools.
It's Roman, though; 3rd or 4th Century at the latest. Not so very European medieval, I know. Just how much of a problem is that, considering Euro-medieval fantasy is a pretty broad genre? What else could I do with this steel that would be more in-genre? There's lemelar, but cutting up such huge pieces of steel seems like a waste. I've already got small scales in the works for armor (which would be better for those bits of the body that need to be flexible, but will be heavier per square foot than plate).
Now, what do you all think of mixing and matching armor styles for locations? Long lames (strips of steel only a couple inches wide) like the lorica segmentata for the torso bits, plate tassets and greaves for the legs, and scales for the shoulders and waist? I think maybe the shoulders of the lorica segmentata are the most Roman parts of them, and moving away from that style of shoulders will make the whole armor look less Roman. What do you all think?
It's Roman, though; 3rd or 4th Century at the latest. Not so very European medieval, I know. Just how much of a problem is that, considering Euro-medieval fantasy is a pretty broad genre? What else could I do with this steel that would be more in-genre? There's lemelar, but cutting up such huge pieces of steel seems like a waste. I've already got small scales in the works for armor (which would be better for those bits of the body that need to be flexible, but will be heavier per square foot than plate).
Now, what do you all think of mixing and matching armor styles for locations? Long lames (strips of steel only a couple inches wide) like the lorica segmentata for the torso bits, plate tassets and greaves for the legs, and scales for the shoulders and waist? I think maybe the shoulders of the lorica segmentata are the most Roman parts of them, and moving away from that style of shoulders will make the whole armor look less Roman. What do you all think?
