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Confusion arises because of the wide variety of terms by which similar armours are known. Banded mail has been described as "a form of mail reinforced with bands of leather", as "overlapping horizontal strips of laminated metal sewn over a backing of normal chain mail [sic] and soft leather backing" and as "many thin sheets of metal are hammered or riveted together".
Coat covered with gold-decorated scales of the pangolin. India, Rajasthan, early 19th century. Dacian scale armour on Trajan's column.. Scale armour is an early form of armour consisting of many individual small armour scales (plates) of various shapes attached to each other and to a backing of cloth or leather in overlapping rows. [1]
Shadow Scale starts about three months after the events of Seraphina.A war between rebel dragons and those dragons loyal to the peace treaty with humans has begun. Seraphina sets out to search for other half-human/half-dragons like herself in travels that take her away from Goredd to the states of Samsam, Ninys and Porphyry, in the hopes that the other half-dragons will be able to protect ...
The armor was covered by 20 to 30,000 very small scales that were unlike any Roman scales. [3] [8] Each scale was folded to leave a 90° angle at the top. [3] Four small holes can be found in the ledge formed by the angle. [3] Some scales were superimposed downwards and arranged vertically. [3] The scales had a rib down the center. [4]
Lamellar armour is a type of body armour made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron, steel, leather , bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia , Eastern Asia (especially in China , Japan , Korea , Mongolia , and Tibet ), Western Asia , and Eastern ...
Laminar armor proved to be inexpensive and easier to construct, although was often made to look like simulated lamellar plates. This is known as Kiritsuke iyozane . Kiritsuke iyozane is a form of laminar armor constructed from long strips of leather and or iron which were perforated, laced, and notched and made to replicate the look of real ...
Despite the armor being commonly associated with the Romans, the technology behind the lorica segmentata was old by the time it was introduced into the Roman infantry. The Dendra panoply is an example from the 15th century BC of articulated plate defense using a similar technique of overlapping curved plates.
Axis & Allies Miniatures is a miniature wargaming system including both a rule set and a line of 1/100 scale miniature armor (15 mm figure scale) collectible miniatures.The game is set in the World War II era with units representing individual vehicles and artillery or squads of infantry.