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Composite Armor w/out the Cheese

Postby Tiberius Claudius » Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:55 am

I bought a nice piece of torso armor from one of our realm members that's former SCA. It's made of 10 oz leather and has aluminum plates riveted in strategic areas.

The thing is obviously armor, it absorbs hits well enough, has good weight to it, and encumbers as armor should, but the leather is just shy of 3/16". I'm going to replace the aluminum plates with steel across the whole thing to meet the 1/2" gap rule, but what gauge does the metal need to be to make it legal without being cheesy?

Book of War wrote:
  • 3.7. Composite Armor
  • 3.7.1. Studded, scaled, or brigandine Armor can only be counted as Armor if 2/3 of the target area is covered by metal or leather, or the
    studs/rings/plates can not be no more than 1/2 inch apart.
  • 3.7.2. Composite Armor must be identifiable as Armor by appearance


Thanks.

***EDIT*** Appreciate the response Kage.
Last edited by Tiberius Claudius on Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:44 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Composite Armor w/out the Cheese

Postby Kage » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:31 am

BoW wrote:3.6. Metal Armor

3.6.1. Metal Armor must be made from period metals and alloys such as iron, bronze, brass, or copper. Modern steel alloys are also allowed.
3.6.2. Metal Armor must conform to both of the following:

3.6.2.1. Must not be easily deformable by hand or by weapon strikes.
3.6.2.2. Using a material with a thickness of at least 20 gauge.

3.6.3. Rigid Metal must conform to the Penny Round standard.


I believe this is what you're looking for Tiberius.
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