Armor Detail Layers
Elrond's Elven Battle-Armor - Last
Alliance
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Layer 4a: Plate-armor- Front
Armor
- Each side of the chest-armor is made of six long metal plates. Three
are elongated and pass over the shoulder. The lower edge of each metal
strip is folded back on itself to get rid of the raw edge.
- [Guess] A leather strap joins the shoulder-guard to the nearest
over-the-shoulder chest plate strap.
- All are stamped (or embossed) with a flowing pattern (vine,
perhaps?).
- Design can be seen on the toy. The design seems to flow from
one piece to the next, so each pieces is not the same.
- On the extras' armor, leather strips can be seen holding the plates
in place; one strip of leather passing down each side of the chest. The
leather loops around each plate and is riveted in place.
Sash and belt
- A wide swath of soft green fabric (probably silk) is wrapped
around the waist. Looks like multiple times.
- Sash is kept there with a twice-wrapped leather belt.
- Swordsheath straps are attached to the belt on (his) left for
a right-hand draw. The sash obscures the top of the cuirass.
- The number of metal plates in the cuirass seven on each side.
- The metal strips for both the chest-armor and the cuirass are at
least 1 - 1 1/2 inches wide.
Bracers
The bracers consist of three layers of panels. The back panels are
longer than those of the front, and wrap around the back of the forearm to
slightly overlap the front panels.
The hands are gloved, presumably in a thin leather.
Layer 4b: Plate-armor- Back
The top piece of the shoulder/arm armor is molded to fit comfortably
over the rounded part of the shoulder. (1)
According to the back of the 6" Elrond doll, the (three)
over-the-shoulder chest-pieces are tied to the rest with one hole punched
through all three pieces (and probably grometted).
Each of the six metal strips of the chest-armor is joined ot the others
by a piece of metal folded over their raw edges at the back. Holed punched
in the folded piece of metal allow the whole thing to be laced together.
This lacing-up method is somewhat reminiscent of Roman charioteers'
leather chest-armor.
Shoulder detailing
(1) On the armor for the extras, this piece is not molded. Instead, the
top half is cut and overlapped, then riveted together. [See shoulder
diagram below]
The shoulder/arm armor is made of three plates on the outside of the
arm, with two (guess) going the rest of the way around the arm.
(A) Molded shoulder plate
(B) Strap for attaching it to third chest piece. (Closest)
The back panel of the hauberk is a guess. It is not present on the 6"
Elrond doll, which only has the back
of the cuirass (with no indication of how it is held in place or gotten
into) and the armor-skirt.
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References:
6" Elrond action figure; Art of FotR, hardcover, p.129; FotR Visual
Companion, hardcover, p.7; FotR Official Movie Guide, softcover, p. 87.
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