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	Scale armour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scale armour (sometimes erroneously called scale mail) consists of many small scales linked together (lamellar), riveted or sewn onto cloth or leather backing (brigandine).
		During Roman times scale armour (lorica squamata) was a very popular alternative to mail (lorica hamata) as it offered better protection, especially against blunt damage.
		Historically, scales for such armour have been made of leather, bronze, iron, or steel; the use of a given material influenced primarily by the time period, geography, and purpose of the armour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scale_mail (148 words)

	Ringmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is closely related to scale armour, but provides less protection and is more flexible.
		There are very few texts that correctly discuss ring armour since they all rely on outdated Victorian scholarship and many confuse ring armour (rings attached to a foundation) with mail (chain mail).
		It is generally acknowledged today that virtually all the armour on the Bayeux Tapestry is standard chain mail and not "ring mail" or "trellised mail" or "mascled mail" or any other Victorian construction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ringmail (324 words)

	The Dark·Sun Weapons and Equipment Guide - Armour Section
		This armour is made from small bone, chitin shaped into plates which are sewn or riveted onto a layer of canvas or leather and protected by an outer layer of cloth.
		Hide armour is often stiff and difficult to move in but the level of protection hide armour provides compensates for the loss of maneuverability wearers suffer.
		The armour is very protective but it is very uncomfortable to wear in the hot sun and when a giant patrol duty takes them to the near by salt flats extra water needs to be issued.
	www.geocities.com /danach.geo/guide_2.html (3997 words)

	Silk Road Designs Armoury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As a general term, "Armours of Scales" refers to armours constructed of a number of identical small plates (the largest I know of being approximately three by four inches, or seven by nine and a half centimeters) which are visible when the armour is worn (as distinguished from Brigandine, discussed at another page).
		While Scale Armour was used by Roman period Judeans, there is no evidence I know of for its use at this, much earlier period.
		European scale was generally a waist or hip length cuirass which seems to have been of poncho design, fastened at the sides, though there is some indication that longer ones were used, some with front opening.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/3505/page6.html (2808 words)

	Armours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Scale armour from the palace of Apries at Memphis
		Petrie 1909: 11: 'Probably of the Persian age is the large quantity of scale armour'.
		Scale armour is typical for Egypt and the Near East, while in Greek and Europe in general body armour was used (large plates of metal or one metal piece covering the whole chest).
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /memphis/armours.html (109 words)

	Fitz's Fantasy Campaign - Armour Types
		Scale armour is so-called because it is made up of rows of overlapping scales, normally of metal but sometimes of horn or rawhide, which are laced or riveted to a canvas or leather backing.
		Scale armour is cheap and easily made and maintained, requiring less skill in design than the more advanced lamellar styles.
		The finest armour available is exemplified by the harness worn by the knight in the centre of the picture to the right (German, c.1485).
	fitz.jsr.com /roleplay/hero/fantasy/armourtypes.html (844 words)

	Shan wen kia scale armour
		There may not be any surviving pieces of this armour, but it is known from paintings, sculptures, and burial statues found in China When worn, the armour appears to be composed of many interlocking hexagonal pieces.
		Panels of this armour are always surrounded by wide borders of leather or fabric, and so the construction details of this are not known to western armourers.
		Starting at the bottom with two rows of scales aligned on a leather or cloth backing as shown in Figure 3, the first row of scales is riveted down.
	www.flatbow.com /shanwenkia (713 words)

	Carnelian Coast (The Armoury) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Some well-made armours may increase the wearer's Defense by a small amount, due to its ability to enhance the deflection of incoming blows.
		Lamellar: A more advanced form of scale armour, in which the scales are longer, interlaced, and not sewn to a fabric.
		Scale: Armour made from overlapping scales sewn onto cloth or leather.
	ccoast.home.comcast.net /System/armoury.html (1243 words)

	ARMAMENTARIVM: Beginner's Guide - Body Armour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Scale armour was made of small plates of iron or copper alloy wired to their neighbours horizontally and sewn to a fabric or leather backing.
		In the 2nd century A.D., a new form of semi-rigid cuirass was introduced where each scale was wired to its vertical, as well as horizontal, neighbours.
		Segmental armour consisted of overlapping curved bands or iron fastened to internal leather straps.
	museums.ncl.ac.uk /archive/arma/welc/beginner/page03.htm (144 words)

	Thracian Body Armour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Body armour was limited in all cases to Thracian nobles and commanders, ie Thracian heavy cavalry, until the introduction of mail shirts for infantry with the Roman client-kingdom.
		Thracian armour was characterised by local alterations and conservatism, with some types of armour persisting long afer they ceased to be used elsewhere.
		Greek armour was imported into Thrace at least from the sixth century; "bell" corselets have been found, apparently still in use in Thrace in the fifth century when they were obsolete in Greece itself.
	www.thrace.0catch.com /bodya_main.htm (3213 words)

	LIBRARY
		Scale armour was composed of bone, leather or metal scales sewn on to a cloth or leather foundation.
		Lamellar is a form of scale armour in which the scales are first attached to cloth or leather strips.
		Unlike scale armour, to reduce the weight on the wearers shoulder each scale strip begining with the lower most one overlaps the strip immediately above it.
	intranet.dalton.org /ms/6th/archaeotype_library/bodyo.html (361 words)

	Scale degree - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Scale degree
		In music, the position of a note in a scale.
		Alternative terms for the seven degrees of a scale are, starting with the first degree: tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, and leading note.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Scale+degree (115 words)

	Armor and LOTR
		Comparing pictures of the LOTR film armour worn by the Numenorians and that of their descendants it is possible to make a case for the human designs actually having devolved, over the three millennium.
		Infantry armour worn in the ranks in the prologue consists of a what is meant to be a long sleeved mail hauberk, worn under a long surcoat with the White Tree of Gondor emblazoned on the chest.
		Elf infantry armour looks like it could conceivably be worn by a mounted trooper on horseback as well, since it divides in front and back to somewhere near the waist.
	www.alleycatscratch.com /lotr/Article/Armor.htm (5054 words)

	Review: Kyosho Pocket Armour Panther A radio controlled model tank
		Kyosho don't quote the scale of their Pocket Armour tanks on the Japanese-language page about them here (you can plug the URL into BabelFish for a somewhat hilarious translation), but just going by the measurements, this is about a 1/56th scale model.
		Model companies commonly take liberties with scale anyway (there is, for instance, "box scale", in which models are sized to fit in a standard cardboard box...), but given the great enthusiasm among military modellers for creating slice-of-life (or death, as the case may be) dioramas, it may matter to some people.
		There's a reason for the odd scale, of course; all of the Pocket Armour tanks use the same drivetrain package, so the models all have to be about the same size.
	www.dansdata.com /panther.htm (2446 words)

	myArmoury.com - Body armor types...?
		The biggest difference between scale and lamallar is that scale is attached to a backing material (cloth or leather usually), while lamellar, as I understand it, has the plates attached to one another.
		Brigandine is to a degree the inheiritior/descendant of the coat of plates (which in turn was decended from the armoured surcoat of the early 13th century).
		While both existed at the same time for a number of decades during the 14th century, as plate was becoming the norm for the upper(noble) classes and superceeded (sp) the coat of plates,brigandine(essentaily a small plate coat of plates) continued to be used by the average/liveried soldier into the 16th century.
	www.myarmoury.com /talk/viewtopic.php?t=2834 (3280 words)

	Building Roden's 1/72 SdKfz 231 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The bow armour is not unique to the SdKfz 232, however, and should be fitted to almost all SdKfz 231s in service from 1941 on (most early production vehicles had the shield retrofitted).
		Roden opted not to include the armour in this kit, but the slots in the front lower hull for locating the braces are still in this kit and must be filled and smoothed (this is also noted in the diagram above).
		Aside from filling the radio antenna holes and slots for the supplemental bow armour, I left off the rather clunky brush guards on the hull side and filled in their holes and removed the armoured lip from around the hatch on the front hull (both features were introduced later in the production run).
	ipmslondon.tripod.com /modelingarticles/id11.html (1651 words)

	Legio XX Valeria Victrix Ballistari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Legions typically had a mixture of forms of armour among those that had armour and were not nearly as homogenous as the reenactor groups are today with regard to the type of armour worn.
		Scales are stapled with pieces of wire to a horizontal strip of leather that is in turn sewn along the top edge to a leather jerkin.
		If a scale gets torn off and the leather strip is damaged as a result, the seam holding the strip can be cut and removed, and all the scales on that strip replaced onto a new strip with wire staples before the strip is re-sewn onto the jerkin.
	www.stormthewalls.dhs.org /Roman/Roman.htm (8873 words)

	Review: Tamiya 1/16th scale radio controlled M4 Sherman tank
		But their (perfectly scale) tracks were known for fragility, and their drive system was nothing special.
		The scale speed of the 1/16th scale Sherman - the speed it would travel, if it were full sized and covered a distance equal to its own length in the same time as the model does - is about 65km/h.
		The most recent release in the series is a 1/25th scale Panther tank, with 280 motors and a lower-power version of the DMD controller.
	www.dansdata.com /sherman.htm (4282 words)

	Legio XX Scale Armor
		Therefore each scale had from four to 12 holes: two or more at each side for wiring to the next in the row, one or two at the top for fastening to the backing, and sometimes one or two at the bottom to secure the scales to the backing or to each other.
		A large fragment of iron scale or locking scale armor, probably the collar cape from a lorica squamata, was found at Carlisle early in 2001.
		The longer the strip, the fewer "half scales" there will be, though a few may be needed anyway for edges, etc. Cut the sides of the scales first, shown here as the vertical lines, then do the 45 degree angle cuts, each of which will detach a scale from the strip.
	www.larp.com /legioxx/squamata.html (1178 words)

	handbook6f (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Scale armour is made of similar plates to those used in lamellar, but they are arranged differently.
		Also, the plates in one row are offset by half the width of the plate from the next row down.
		The Byzantines evidently continued to manufacture scale armour this fine, as can be seen in the background figure
	www.angelfire.com /empire/egfroth/HbkScale.html (161 words)

	Scale Armor
		'Scale armour can be leather, metal or a combination of both.
		Easy, but some what repetitive....You can cut the scales out of leather, dip them in hot wax (and be careful!), dry and sew to a leather base.
		If you don't harden the scales somehow, they will curl up like a pine cone--the voice of experience....And it makes a rattlely noise when you run about...
	www.alleycatscratch.com /lotr/Armor/ScaleArmor.htm (368 words)

	Chainmail, Mail and Scale Armour - By The Sword, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		To complete the entire mail armour, we are proud to bring you these mail chauses (chain mail leg defenses).
		Made from fluted aluminium scales that are very light, will not rust and each individual scale is hand-sewn onto the under fabric of heavy canvas.
		Please note: We are now able to offer our scale armour in Mild or Stainless steel!!!.
	www.by-the-sword.com /mail.html (1086 words)

	eBay Store - Friendship Models: Legend Productions, Armour Scale, Formations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Armour Scale 1/35th B35001 75mm KWK 42 L/70 Barrel
		Armour Scale 1/35th B35018 6pdr OQF MKIII Barrel
		Armour Scale 1/35th B35019 6pdr OQF MKV Barrel
	stores.ebay.com /Friendship-Models (375 words)

	Sword Forum International - Where To Buy Scale Maille?
		Regarding where to purchase scale armour some suppliers supply precut plates to assemble yourself but I can't think of anyone who supplies preassembled scale armour.
		Just to further confuse the issue there is a Roman type of scale armour in which the scales are attached to a mail (rather than a fabric) backing.
		The scales each have a single large hole, and so are topologically equivalent to mail rings.
	forums.swordforum.com /showthread.php?threadid=43566 (1138 words)

	PaggaWiki - Making Scale Armour
		Ideally, you'd rivet the scales onto leather, but this is armour on the cheap, so I was after some cheapo inflexible fabric instead.
		You can then hold the scale in place with your left hand by scrunching up the fabric which doesn't yet have scales on it, and you can sew by putting your right hand underneath the scales already sewn.
		Tessalating the scales at seams was really troublesome and required lots of extra trimming etc. I would probably leave the armour open at both sides, simply tying or belting it closed.
	www.pagga.net /wiki/index.php?pagename=MakingScaleArmour (1681 words)

	shadow scale armour??? - GameBanshee Forums
		Does anyone know why the shadow armour that you get from the dragon in the temple ruins can not be worn with other forms of magical protection?
		On the up side, I discovered that Valygar can wear the shadow armour, and it gives him an improved ac (Whereas Imoen is actually better off with the robe of vecna and bracers ac 3).
		why he cant use decent armour is beyond me - even if it were at the penalty of losing stealth it would be fine with me.
	www.gamebanshee.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2749 (854 words)

	Weathering Vehicles
		Any discussion of small scale armour weathering has to begin with an overview of scale effect.
		So what we want to do with the small armour model is finish it overall in a manner that suggests distance, in keeping with it's small size, and yet emphasise the details which will impart a jewel-like quality to the small piece.
		10-30% white added to your colours is the accepted rule for 1:72 scale effect, more or less white depending on the degree of weathering you wish to display.
	www.miniatures.de /html/esp/weathering.html (1535 words)

	eBay - mirage armour, Trading Cards, Collectibles items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Armour 5151 Armee de l'Air French MIRAGE III C Model
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