Low-Tech Armor with the Strength of Ten Men

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Originally Posted by Tomsdad

Yeah I was thinking more you can't layer entire sets of plate layered over another entire set of plate even if you could in theory carry the weight. (Which is a point about articulation again)

I bet you could, it you made the layers for exactly that purpose. Possibly considering the whole thing a single set of armor made with multiple layers. the engineering behind such a thing may be a unique though, which would really raise the price of this already ridiculous getup.

And TBH I wasn't even thinking of mail. I think with mail in terms of thickness you have to layer that, as there's only so thick you make a single layer of mail (or there's only so thick you make the links and join them up) and maintain flexibility

What are the drawbacks of layering it though? I suppose density and thickness will eventually come into play, but you can get a few layers in the mean time.