Armored surcoats

[PhotoJoe]

While these apparently were historically used as armor I think it may be wise to ask here if such a garment would pass as armor under our rules.

http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/armoured_surcoat/

[Isk]

3.7.2. Composite Armor must be identifiable as Armor by appearance.

Typically these won't look like armor unless you use a bunch of contrasting, visible rivets or something.

[Cade]

But they will pass without any trouble at all.

Just rivet the leather or metal to the cloth so you can see the rivets on the outside and no checker will give you trouble for it. Most places will just glance at it, say, Yep its leather, and keep checking. I doubt you will ever get a second look.

I see a lot of these in Ohio and they pass just fine.

[Richard le Gris]

http://whitemountainarmoury.com/magdale ... Plates.php

Even if you use cloth instead of leather they're still pretty obviously armor.

Check out the 2nd one down from the top. Though I'd use rivets with better contrast for clarity.

http://www.hoashantverk.se/hantverk/hoa ... index.html

[Fitz Caliston]

Or just put the plates on the outside if your worried about it not looking like armor:

[The Great Gigsby]

I really like that pattern. Thanks for the link.

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