06-09-2012, 03:21 AM | #11 | |
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06-09-2012, 03:23 AM | #12 |
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06-09-2012, 03:36 AM | #13 | |
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06-09-2012, 03:42 AM | #14 |
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Would you happen to know *when* it was found? If it was known of before the university tests, that's a...somewhat severe failure to research on their part. XD
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06-09-2012, 03:42 AM | #15 |
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Don't know whether it is going to a part of the Loadouts series or part of the Low-Tech series. It uses the Low-Tech stats so I'm guessing it will be part of that series.
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06-09-2012, 03:43 AM | #16 |
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06-09-2012, 03:44 AM | #17 |
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It hasn't been published yet. Doesn't matter. They should never have bothered with glue. They couldn't produce one line of text from a primary source anywhere in the world to suggest that glue was used to make armour. It would have been far more useful if they spent their resources experimenting with different ways to make quilted linen armour using different weaves of cloth.
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06-09-2012, 03:55 AM | #18 | |
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06-09-2012, 04:00 AM | #19 |
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Connolly came up with the theory first. They just parroted him without checking his research. Connolly couldn't think of any other way to get linen shoulder guards to stand up like they do in some illustrations without making them rigid with glue. That's it. There is nothing in the sources to support the theory. It has since been demonstrated that you can get the same effect with quilting. I hate picking on Connolly since he is one of my heroes but he was wrong on this one.
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06-09-2012, 04:04 AM | #20 | |
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Maybe someday somebody will do tests on a properly made quilted experimental suit. I'd love to find out how the glued samples skewed the results from what weapon impacts would do to a quilted one. |
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