http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/perfect_armor.html
I hope this helps those armor crafters.
Here is some bone armor-making methods. This applies to armor that utilizes small plates.
http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/lamellar_templarbob/
I'm not about to try posting all these pictures, but here are some exquisite examples of desert weaponry and some armor. I'd highly suggest using these pictures to write up some items for the game.
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/indianarms.htm
A Native American hide-scraper made of wood and stone. It's unlikely that Zalanthas' hidescrapers are much different. Making a good Zalanthan one should use just about this sort of process.
http://kathcole.sasktelwebsite.net/Larger%20Images/met.scraper.maul.lg.htm
Here are a couple of How-To-Do-Its for weapons. Virtually all of these are made from wood, stone, and leathers.
Clubs:
http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/field-expedient-weapons-tools-and-equipment_s1.htm
Edged Weapons:
http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/field-expedient-weapons-tools-and-equipment_s2.htm
Other Weapons:
http://www.survivaliq.com/survival/field-expedient-weapons-tools-and-equipment_s3.htm
Here's a Mexican Sword. It's constructed of wood and obsidian. Very cool-looking, if I say so myself.
http://retrovirus.com/brunch/2006/05/theres-a-lesson-in-here-somewhere/
Good work on getting all this stuff. It's quite useful.
You're my new hero. I always just vaguely emoted how my character was shaping it with their knife, but now I actually get it..