I'm doing some deep, DEEP research in DnD, and need specific weight ranges, in Lbs, to various parts of armor. Materials standard i am holding myself to is Cowhide, Steel, Oak, and limestone for stone if it applies. I will take any help, but these materials are my baseline. Above all, i need help finding further reading to weights, all this extra details is fluff that doesn't pertain to the question, but i still need to consider.
Any further reading would be greatly appreciated. Followng are the types of armor i would like help with. Near the top it is standard, near the bottom are unorthodox materials for magical armor composites.
Leather
Studded
Scaled
Gambeson
Fur
Hide
Splint
Chainmail
Scale
Lamellar
Wood/Haida (Not common at all, specifically Oak)
Partial Plate (Think standard Steel or Iron armor in Skyrim, lack of real joints)
Full Plate (Piece by piece weight please)
These are the materials that can be molded into armor, but have no historical evidence whatsoever to functionally exist IRL, if you want to help me get some functional weights, that would be nice, but i am mostly interested in the ones above. They are here cause, why not ask. Optional side question.
Limestone
Blue Ice (hardest ice in the world)
Ceramic
Glass/Crystal
Clay/Brick
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