My islamic armour. mughal&persian style.




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The last picture of the full kit is quite impressive. Very nice indeed.

Did you purchase all that or manufacture some it yourself ?

Nice looking kit but what with the mail covering your eyes?

That's pretty cool. :)

Is it based on an actual armour? BTW how's the mail over the eyes, can you see through it?

Hong-jin, that is very nicely done! I am not familiar with the style, but it looks good.

How long did you work to complete it?

The Chahar-ai-ne looks just impressive.
This is my first time seeing you posting your threads other than your own blog/egloo.

I like the armour, too. I'd almost forgotten that mail with inset plates was used in India, not just in Turkey.

That's a pretty impressive harness. I have only one real criticism; the rectangular plates are too flat. That makes it not 'read' right. As for the stainless colour, well, it was not uncommon for armour to be silvered, though due to galvanic corrosion very little has survived, as opposed to the gilt stuff. Of course, stainless can be heat coloured.

wow thats really cool. i like it.

Nice armour. :cool:

The maille in front of the eyes should be as easy to look through as the mesh of a fencing mask I assume !

Not to effective against a blunt impact or a thrust but maybe in part it was to hide the eyes and give a frightening visage i.e. psychological warfare as well as limiting some visual cues that might telegraph intent ?

Even a light draw cut on the eyes would hurt through the maille veil I think.

A very, very slight convex form to the small plates (do not overdo it!) would make all the difference in the world. Also, the greave plates could be made more cylindrical.