The eyelets act as rivets to keep the shoulder straps attached.
How to make roman armor out of sheet metal.
The two pieces are held together by duct tape and another 1 2 inch hole is drilled.
This is the finished product i had to put light artificially so you could see the textures i painted it black this is a full metal leg armor made out of tin sheet metal and recycles cans you just need a minimum of tools and pretty much anyone can make this i will upload the template when i fix my scanner i used as a reference guts armor from berserk picking another design would be.
The pieces of metal are then held together by another eyelet.
Cut out the armor to form the front and back of the armor.
This is done for both sides as is seen in the picture.
But if you have access to a workshop and the raw materials you can make a replica of classic roman armor the lorica segmentata.
Step 1 draw two identically shaped pieces of armor on two pieces of cardboard to act as the main piece of the armor running from the sternum to the knees.