we witnessed couldn't even make a small cup turn in an hour.
it is my recolection/impression that they were converting goblets, and those can be quite sizable. Especially when you are talking something that started life as cast iron, and it is the volume of the material that is important.
Considering most Warders we've seen don't seem to even wear armor ... They seem to prefer mobility over the protection
You are correct, warders do prefer mobility over carying 200 pounds of armor around, but C armor wouldn't be 200lbs. One of the 2 key advantages of C as a armor material is that it is inherantly unbreakable. paper thin C has the same protective value as C 50 feet thick. Because of this fantastical feature, C armor would/should be incredibly light, Lighter even than the leather that most warders wear now because you do not need thickness for either protection of structural strength.
Why would an Aes Sedai even consider undertaking such a process?
Postponing the agonizing crippling sorrow and longing (from the severed bond) for a dead warder comes to mind.
I'm not saying it would be useless, but there clearly isn't need for such armor as it would only really be effective under certain circumstances.
Circumstances like any time blades are bared, situation warders tend to end up in fairly regularly, or better yet a once in an Age huge battle between good and evil... think we might see one of those?
And really how much more effective would cuendillar armor be compared to steel?
See below, it would be incredibly effective. Same mobility, massive increase in protection. It would be like going into battle bearing live steel, while all your opponents were using lathe practice wands.
Functional Cuendillar Armor: Possible or impossible?
10/02/2012 04:45:34 PM
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You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
10/02/2012 06:29:28 PM
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I suppose I am on a...
10/02/2012 11:00:47 PM
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Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
10/02/2012 11:04:33 PM
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Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
11/02/2012 01:37:27 PM
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My thought was always about weapons.
11/02/2012 06:31:45 AM
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Certainly possible, but given the effort most women have to put toward changing even a small item
12/02/2012 05:10:35 AM
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Ummm, Warders...
14/02/2012 01:39:23 PM
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How would Cuendillar armour help against channelers?
14/02/2012 07:58:58 PM
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It can not be directly effected by the OP
14/02/2012 09:08:57 PM
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some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such.
14/02/2012 09:52:41 PM
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Re: some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such.
14/02/2012 10:54:26 PM
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which way is it?
15/02/2012 04:14:41 AM
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Actually I'd call the Seanchan tactically inferior to the White Tower in using the power
15/02/2012 01:48:55 PM
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That's really not my point.
15/02/2012 03:21:15 PM
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I never said that they could not be stopped
15/02/2012 01:58:41 PM
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I really think you're over-estimating how difficult it would be.
15/02/2012 03:22:44 PM
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Not nesecarrily
15/02/2012 04:01:45 PM
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You just said that most of their tactics are indirect.
15/02/2012 05:44:22 PM
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..and you are creating new tactics
15/02/2012 06:32:02 PM
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*shrug* I don't see it as some world-shaking action
15/02/2012 08:47:40 PM
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But it is brand new, and if you're digging holes earth-shaking seems discriptive
15/02/2012 09:14:12 PM
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Not accurate
15/02/2012 03:54:00 PM
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You are thinking too far inside the box
15/02/2012 04:23:28 PM
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I disagree
15/02/2012 04:43:33 PM
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If armor is of no benefit...
15/02/2012 06:19:30 PM
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Missing my point ... Cuendillar armor is impractical not useless
15/02/2012 07:00:48 PM
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nope
15/02/2012 07:21:03 PM
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*Shrug*
15/02/2012 08:28:48 PM
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Re: *Shrug*
15/02/2012 09:07:24 PM
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No way they could pull off what you are talking about with current tech
16/02/2012 01:55:19 AM
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Re: No way they could pull off what you are talking about with current tech
16/02/2012 03:23:34 PM
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Re: It can not be directly effected by the OP
15/02/2012 02:37:40 AM
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Maybe, maybe not
15/02/2012 02:12:59 PM
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Re: Maybe, maybe not
15/02/2012 06:11:42 PM
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I'll happily amend my initial statement to "maybe even challeling ones"
15/02/2012 07:03:48 PM
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what a lot of people are forgetting with their suggestions of plate armor...
13/02/2012 02:36:50 PM
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Your understanding of how plate armor functions is in error
14/02/2012 01:45:37 PM
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I believe AND I was hoping you would go into the physics of it :p
14/02/2012 11:01:18 PM
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