10-22-2011, 02:45 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia
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Re: [Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2
If it consists of narrow plates joined together so that they can flex a little then it is segmented plate. Most foot armour would be segmented rather than solid plate. Same with abdomen armour. Gauntlets could be either: GURPS doesn't separate out fingers and hands. With a gauntlet the fingers were segmented but the hand itself was often solid but some examples are segmented all the way to the wrist.
Lorica segmentata is a crude verson of segmented plate for the torso. Late medieval "anima" armour is a more advanced version. http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=17839 There is no "chain" armour in Low-Tech Last edited by DanHoward; 10-22-2011 at 02:57 PM. |
10-22-2011, 03:42 PM | #12 | |
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Location: Caxias do Sul, Brazil
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Re: [Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2
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In my games, I changed to Early Plate and Plate, so, Plate made at TL3- is early plate, and plate made at TL4+ is plate. This way, a player can have Anima armor if he wants, the weight and cost is the same. |
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10-22-2011, 03:58 PM | #13 |
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: [Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2
Remember that Lorica Segmentata is cheap segmented plate.
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10-22-2011, 04:32 PM | #14 |
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10-22-2011, 05:34 PM | #15 |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia
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Re: [Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2
They could but it doesn't seem like they did. There isn't a single depiction anywhere of a Roman officer wearing segmentata. If they had the means then they wear mail or scale or a breastplate.
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10-22-2011, 06:01 PM | #16 |
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Caxias do Sul, Brazil
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Re: [Low-Tech] Armor Suits v2
Probably because hamata is best than segmentata, the advantage of segmentata is how easy it is to produce.
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