[Low-Tech Loadouts] Etruscan Warrior, 7th to 3rd century B.C.

DanHoward · 08-01-2017, 10:16 AM

You're right about the loadouts. They use +9CF for one-piece bronze helmets.

The Etruscan skirt consisted of long chains connected by a few cross-links hanging off the bottom of a cuirass. It isn't really mail because it doesn't form an interconnected mesh but Butted Light Mail seems a decent approximation for the type of protection it would afford. IMO it was an attempt to create pteryges out of metal.

Rasna · 08-01-2017, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

The skirt consisted of long chains connected by a few cross-links hanging off the bottom of a cuirass. It isn't really mail because it doesn't form an interconnected mesh. IMO it was an attempt to create ptyruges out of metal.

I know, I read your intervention some time ago. I've considered this as "Butted Light Mail" in GURPS terms because I don't know how to handle it. Surely it must have some protective value. Probably performs better than layered linen pteruges against cutting attacks, but it may be less protective than linen pteruges against crushing and impaling attacks.

DanHoward · 08-01-2017, 10:26 AM

Butted Light Mail seems a decent approximation.

Rasna · 08-01-2017, 10:38 AM

Thanks. I'm glad that my work appears to be decent!

I've also read about bronze shoulder guards and pteruges as shoulder guards, but I haven't found material evidence for the period, so I haven't included them in loadouts. I've seen a bas-relief from an Hellenistic period Etruscan grave which shows an Etruscan light cavalryman equipped with linothorax and short shoulder pteruges, but 1) IDK if they're ornamental like some Roman ones or actual armor 2) It may be an idealization rather than a genuine portrait.

Rasna · 08-01-2017, 11:32 AM

PS: It's possible that the "mail skirt" was worn with a sort of padding or together with lighter linen pteruges? The absence of any form of padding would rend them not very desirable over quilted linen ones.

DanHoward · 08-01-2017, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasna

PS: It's possible that the "mail skirt" was worn with a sort of padding or together with lighter linen pteruges? The absence of any form of padding would rend them not very desirable over quilted linen ones.

I think it was an experiment that never went anywhere. The development of mail makes this redundant.

08-01-2017, 10:16 AM	#1
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: [Low-Tech Loadouts] Etruscan Warrior, 7th to 3rd century B.C. You're right about the loadouts. They use +9CF for one-piece bronze helmets. The Etruscan skirt consisted of long chains connected by a few cross-links hanging off the bottom of a cuirass. It isn't really mail because it doesn't form an interconnected mesh but Butted Light Mail seems a decent approximation for the type of protection it would afford. IMO it was an attempt to create pteryges out of metal. __________________ 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; 08-01-2017 at 10:22 AM.

08-01-2017, 10:26 AM	#3
DanHoward Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia	Re: [Low-Tech Loadouts] Etruscan Warrior, 7th to 3rd century B.C. Butted Light Mail seems a decent approximation. __________________ 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.

08-01-2017, 10:38 AM	#4
Rasna Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Pisa, Tuscany, Italy	Re: [Low-Tech Loadouts] Etruscan Warrior, 7th to 3rd century B.C. Thanks. I'm glad that my work appears to be decent! I've also read about bronze shoulder guards and pteruges as shoulder guards, but I haven't found material evidence for the period, so I haven't included them in loadouts. I've seen a bas-relief from an Hellenistic period Etruscan grave which shows an Etruscan light cavalryman equipped with linothorax and short shoulder pteruges, but 1) IDK if they're ornamental like some Roman ones or actual armor 2) It may be an idealization rather than a genuine portrait.

08-01-2017, 11:32 AM	#5
Rasna Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Pisa, Tuscany, Italy	Re: [Low-Tech Loadouts] Etruscan Warrior, 7th to 3rd century B.C. PS: It's possible that the "mail skirt" was worn with a sort of padding or together with lighter linen pteruges? The absence of any form of padding would rend them not very desirable over quilted linen ones.