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Well, if one find of asian armor brought back to sweden as souvernir counts as quite a bit, well, yes. (and you have to search for lamellar armor, scale armor only exists in RQ, I think)<BR>
<A href="http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/lacing_directions.pdf">http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/lacing_directions.pdf</A><BR> <A href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/lamellar/lamellar.html">http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/lamellar/lamellar.html</A><BR>
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Here's a link to a picture of the viking-reenactors oh so frequent flirt with this one find of lamell in Scandinavia:<BR>
<A href="http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/uk0017.html">http://www.ask-vikingekampgruppe.dk/uk0017.html</A><BR>
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If you want to play historically correctly, I'd only put armor on the lifeguards of extremely wealthy men, and leave the rest with no armor (or throwing out the soft-leather and hard-leather sections, replacing them with "light-textile armor" and "heavy textile armor".)<BR>
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For those that want to play fantasy, well then, that's just fine, you can even ad horns on the helmets, and put plate-armor on your barbarians :)<BR>
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> I think there were more than one styles of chain mail and also didnt the<BR>> vikings use scale mail quite a bit?<BR>> <BR>> Good luck.<BR>> Tony<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> royce@efn.org wrote:<BR>> > Hi, All,<BR>> > I was wondering if others might share their practical experiences in<BR>> > using armor. My campaign is set in 12th century England (around 1140),<BR>> > so the armor of that setting is my focus -- in other words, before<BR>> > platemail.<BR>> > My understanding is that knights would wear a knee length chainmail<BR>> > hauberk, with a steel helmet. Were these usually the bucket-style<BR>> > helmets? Did the chainmail require straps to stay properly affixed, or<BR>> > did it wear well like clothes? Was padding the norm under chainmail?<BR>> > If so, then how practical was it to wear chainmail without a layer of<BR>> > padding? What other important details are there to consider?<BR>> > Who had chainmail, and who didn't? For soldiers without chain, what<BR>> > armor did they have?<BR>> > Any knowledge, corrections, or tips -- either on or off topic -- are<BR>> > warmly welcome. Many thanks ahead of time.<BR>> > Sincerely,<BR>> > Asher Royce<BR>> ><BR>> > P.S. Anything on Viking armor & shields would be interesting, as well.<BR>> > Their glory days were past by the 1130's, but I'm comfortable with<BR>> > anachronisms. :-)<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Runequest mailing list<BR>> > Runequest@rpgreview.net<BR>> > http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Runequest mailing list<BR>> Runequest@rpgreview.net<BR>> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<BR> </body>
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