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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
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Not sure it's ease of use though, and it would require magic at the lower tech levels. |
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03-26-2019, 02:29 AM | #12 |
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
The very best might count as DR 0 or 1 (cut)/0 Ordinary Clothing or DR 1* Padded Cloth. Most would count as Cheap and have several quirks and flaws which historical clothing did not: the ones for combat sports tend to be too bulky for plate armour to fit properly above them, its common for them to have a gap at the armpit or be too tight about the hips and thighs so they gap between the legs when the wearer walks ...
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03-26-2019, 08:24 AM | #13 |
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
Arming garments are not much use unless they are custom-tailored to properly fit the wearer. You can't get one "off the shelf". The whole point of underpadding was to stop chafing, to improve the fit of the armour, and to provide a foundation to which the armour can be attached. They were never intended to provide additional protection.
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
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Definitely flexible, unless it's one of those made stiff enough to be solid, and that would generally be determined by whether you have many quilted layers or stuffed quilting. Think of making armour out of sail canvas rather than clothing linen, and rather rougher on sword edges. And if you have dwarves you've either got magic or sufficient tech.
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03-26-2019, 02:33 PM | #15 |
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
Depends what 'dwarves' means in context. Doesn't take magic or advanced tech to have short people about, or even to have a separate related species (it's just ahistorical).
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Stereotype fantasy/fantasy-style gearhead dwarves. 'Just short people' would mean less cloth required. But you can make basalt cloth with early-Victorian-era technology, if you know how.
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03-26-2019, 03:30 PM | #17 |
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
According to wiki, "The manufacture of basalt fiber requires the melting of the crushed and washed basalt rock at about 1,500 °C (2,730 °F). The molten rock is then extruded through small nozzles to produce continuous filaments of basalt fiber." That is not Victorian-era tech, it's not really practical much before when it was actually first attempted (1923).
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03-26-2019, 03:59 PM | #18 | |
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Practical=/=possible. Victorians could get to 1,500 C. If you've got the oxygen for a Bessemer Furnace you can do it. It's what you would see in a Steampunk or Steampunk/Fantasy game, not a historical one.
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03-26-2019, 04:11 PM | #19 |
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03-26-2019, 04:12 PM | #20 |
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Re: [LT] Padded/Layered Cloth weight
10 - 20 micron extrusion of material at 1500C?
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