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DanHoward · 12-11-2019, 02:57 PM

Annealing softens the metal, it doesn't harden it. It is necessary to remove any work-hardening so that the smith can continue to work it. Iron is annealed by heating it up and allowing it to cool slowly. Bronze is annealed by heating it up and quenching it in water.

Bronze can be worked just as thinly as iron. The typical thickness of the plates in scale armour was around 0.5mm. Greek bronze greaves were typically less than 1mm thick.

In any case, the CF is based purely on the material. Bronze costs four times more than iron. Any differences in construction have their own separate CFs.

12-11-2019, 02:57 PM	#16
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: [LT Armor Loadouts] Expensive Greaves Annealing softens the metal, it doesn't harden it. It is necessary to remove any work-hardening so that the smith can continue to work it. Iron is annealed by heating it up and allowing it to cool slowly. Bronze is annealed by heating it up and quenching it in water. Bronze can be worked just as thinly as iron. The typical thickness of the plates in scale armour was around 0.5mm. Greek bronze greaves were typically less than 1mm thick. In any case, the CF is based purely on the material. Bronze costs four times more than iron. Any differences in construction have their own separate CFs. __________________ Compact Castles gives the gamer an instant portfolio of genuine, real-world castle floorplans to use in any historical, low-tech, or fantasy game setting. Last edited by DanHoward; 12-11-2019 at 03:04 PM.