08-28-2012, 04:26 PM | #61 |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia
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Re: Ceramic Low-Tech Armour
There are plenty of examples of rigid cloth armour. Take a look at modern kendo armour. It all depends on the number of layers and how it is quilted.
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08-28-2012, 04:31 PM | #62 | |
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Location: Oregon
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Re: Ceramic Low-Tech Armour
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This is of course ignoring the Fantasy Tech or Rule-of-Cool angle, which could let you arbitrarily add effectiveness until you reach a balance you like. |
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08-28-2012, 04:33 PM | #63 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Ceramic Low-Tech Armour
Bear in mind that lack of metal armor may also indicate lack of metal weapons, and things like sharp shards of glass do a pretty good job of going through cloth; you want an armor material hard enough to blunt or break glass points, and I don't think either cloth or leather will do the job. That doesn't require more than a thin layer of hard material, though -- something like thin tiles layered on armor that is mostly cloth or leather.
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08-28-2012, 04:49 PM | #64 | |
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Location: Oregon
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08-28-2012, 05:57 PM | #66 | |
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They tested it with arrows, swords and a flintlock pistol that I'd rate at 1D+1. It failed to stop a ,45 Long Colt (not the full cavalry barrel so I'd only pout that at 2D+1). That's why I rate its' DR at more thna 4 but lss than 8. DR5 seems likely and it did degrade under multiple hits. Many types of real armor do.
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