Pangolin scale

VANDOO · 30th September 2008, 07:21 PM

VERY COOL , YOU THE MAN

FROM WHAT LITTLE I KNOW OF THIS TYPE OF ARMOR IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE NECK PROTECTION MAY BE A SERIES OF RING NECKLACES. THE BOTTOM ONE HAS SPIKES POINTING UPWARD WHICH WOULD KEEP THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER RINGS ON THAT NECK RING WHICH WOULD BE DESIGNED TO FIT SECURELY AND COMFORTABLY. THE OTHERS COULD BE SEPARATE RINGS STACKED UP OR FASTENED TOGETHER? THE TOP NECKLACES MIGHT HOOK INTO THE HELMET BUT THE MIDDLE ONES WOULD BE FREE SO AS NOT TO RESTRICT HEAD AND NECK MOVEMENT. THE ARM PIECES WOULD BE PANGOLIN AND THE WRISTS AND LOWER LEGS WERE PROTECTED WITH METAL BRACLETS & ANKLETS. THIS PARTICULAR FORM OF ARMOR WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE ELITE GAURD OF THE KINGS AND OTHER ROYALTY AS CAN BE SEEN IN MANY EXAMPLES OF THE CAST METAL ART. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH LOGICAL GUESSES WHICH MIGHT HELP YOU BUILD THE REST OF THE ARMOR I CAN'T GAURANTEE THE ACCURACY PERHAPS SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEGE ON THE SUBJECT CAN CORRECT ME WHERE I AM WRONG.
IN TRIBAL ARMOR OF THIS SORT THE MORE NOISE IT MADE WHEN CHARGEING THE BETTER AS IT WOULD TEND TO BE MORE TERRIFING WHEN FACEING THE CHARGE OF THE ELITE GAURD. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN AROUND THE KINGS HOME AND BY THE GAURD SURROUNDING THE KING AT BATTLES. THE GOLDEN PANGOLIN NEVER BEING TOO COMMON WOULD HAVE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SETS OF ARMOR BUT PERHAPS OTHER THINGS WERE USED AS YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARMOR. THE SKIN OFF THE CROCODILES BACK WOULD INDEED MAKE A GOOD HELMET, PERHAPS YOU CAN GET SOME AS THE BELLY SKIN IS ALL THAT GETS USED FOR PURSES AND SUCH THE BACK USUALLY BEING DISCARDED AT REPTILE FARMS. GOOD LUCK AND KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR PROGRESS.

30th September 2008, 07:21 PM	#8
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	VERY COOL , YOU THE MAN FROM WHAT LITTLE I KNOW OF THIS TYPE OF ARMOR IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE NECK PROTECTION MAY BE A SERIES OF RING NECKLACES. THE BOTTOM ONE HAS SPIKES POINTING UPWARD WHICH WOULD KEEP THE WEIGHT OF THE OTHER RINGS ON THAT NECK RING WHICH WOULD BE DESIGNED TO FIT SECURELY AND COMFORTABLY. THE OTHERS COULD BE SEPARATE RINGS STACKED UP OR FASTENED TOGETHER? THE TOP NECKLACES MIGHT HOOK INTO THE HELMET BUT THE MIDDLE ONES WOULD BE FREE SO AS NOT TO RESTRICT HEAD AND NECK MOVEMENT. THE ARM PIECES WOULD BE PANGOLIN AND THE WRISTS AND LOWER LEGS WERE PROTECTED WITH METAL BRACLETS & ANKLETS. THIS PARTICULAR FORM OF ARMOR WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE ELITE GAURD OF THE KINGS AND OTHER ROYALTY AS CAN BE SEEN IN MANY EXAMPLES OF THE CAST METAL ART. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH LOGICAL GUESSES WHICH MIGHT HELP YOU BUILD THE REST OF THE ARMOR I CAN'T GAURANTEE THE ACCURACY PERHAPS SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEGE ON THE SUBJECT CAN CORRECT ME WHERE I AM WRONG. IN TRIBAL ARMOR OF THIS SORT THE MORE NOISE IT MADE WHEN CHARGEING THE BETTER AS IT WOULD TEND TO BE MORE TERRIFING WHEN FACEING THE CHARGE OF THE ELITE GAURD. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN AROUND THE KINGS HOME AND BY THE GAURD SURROUNDING THE KING AT BATTLES. THE GOLDEN PANGOLIN NEVER BEING TOO COMMON WOULD HAVE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF SETS OF ARMOR BUT PERHAPS OTHER THINGS WERE USED AS YOU HAVE IN YOUR ARMOR. THE SKIN OFF THE CROCODILES BACK WOULD INDEED MAKE A GOOD HELMET, PERHAPS YOU CAN GET SOME AS THE BELLY SKIN IS ALL THAT GETS USED FOR PURSES AND SUCH THE BACK USUALLY BEING DISCARDED AT REPTILE FARMS. GOOD LUCK AND KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR PROGRESS.