Armor and more on Encumbrance

Because of the specifics of the setting I'm working on, the large list of armors from Castles & Crusades, as well as the very small list of armors from Lamentations of the Flame Princess, do not work for what I want. First, about armor and encumbrance. I detailed encumbrance in this post. Shields and helmets are considered a standard item, for encumbrance purposes, so they take up a single item