Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25356210-20150729015648/@comment-26116279-20150731210333

Draugluin the werewolf wrote: Thorin Stonehelm wrote: that refers to earth's medieval times, not middle earth itself, i personally when i read descriptions of armies in ME think of armor closer to a hoplite or perhaps a knight wearing both plate and chain mail armor (not talking about the places where it specifically calls it chain mail) (Thorin you can't wear both XD the weight would be far to much ( I know I have worn both. I tried to wear both at the same time I fell over!) usually one would wear a leather coif or bib to protect from chafing and provide shock absorbtion but chain is too heavy. One armour type that neaver seems to be mentioned when discusing this topic is leaf mail

Leaf mail is comprised of small shards of metal (not like composite armour though) fitted together and attached to a tunic (it was used in the late roman empire and dark ages it however was not as advanced as Norman chainmail. it's possible if you are strong enough but it would still be a lot of weight and there is also partial plater armour like mostly chainmail but also having a chestplate (also remember in ME the elves were quite strong and so were many men. and the dwarves at the battle of five armies (book version) were carrying packs of supplies as big as they were)