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Shoulders
Once completed the two "belts" of pteruges it's time to start working on the shoulders and to create a subarmalis.
I have chosen to make pteruges as part of the subarmalis, in a way that they will be effectively useful to add thickness for the armour.
First step is to create a "gilet" made with the usual sandwich with the core made of felt 1 mm thick, and the linen on both sides. In this case I have chosen to sew felt just from the nipples to the belt because my intention was to use pteryges on the shoulders to protect them not only to the heavy armour, but also from the sun when the armour became very hot.
Once done the gilet pteryges must be done in the usual way, but with different sizes. My choice was to build also on the shoulders two different rows of them: the first more hidden counts 5 white ptryges, while the second above composed of 8 pteryges alternatively coloured of white and blue. Both rows with fringes.
The most difficult step is to attache them on the gilet. It is an hard work because it is requested strongness in the fingers while passing trough 2-3 centimeters of variuos material, but overall pteryges must be "in line"! And, pay attention to make the same and the right and on the left shoulders. It happened to me many many times to attach and remove them because sewn in the wrong position.
Pic.24-25. Left: while sewing the fist 5 white pteryges. On the right the very difficult sewing of the 8 white and blue pteryges.
Once finished it's time to work on the look. I decided to cover the shoulder by adding some more felt pieces and fixing them with a big blue piece of linen. Once done, I was really proud of the look and I was impressed about my theory about the epaulette (pic. 3d).
Pic.26-27. Two sights of the final result applying the additional felt to enlarge the shoulder covering.
At this time the most is done and we need some fantasy to complete some details as the blue border and the laces.
Pic.28-29. The final result. On the right completed with the two belts of pteryges.
Pic.30. With the lorica muscolata armour. Yes the impression is very close to an american football player, but that's it.
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