[drachenidae]

beast of burden

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[nataliehall]

[mundo-magico]

[velvetmasonry]

Unicorn Doorway, early 16th century

[illustratus]

Percival and Clamadieu by Ugo Pinson

[dozydawn]

montana agate

[elixir]

Polish Armor composed of 1,074 plates. 16th century.

[mundo-magico]

[gestaltaggregation]

September 10th, 2021

[707chance]

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[letsknightinarmour]

[spector]

zeus_ramirez

[soymoss]

knighty night alt colors

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[arethinn]

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[vel1m1r]

[sunsp4wn]

[fencehopping]

Baby hummingbirds nested on top of a gargoyle>

[seventyeight-moose]

Just saw "Why did some knights only armour their arms" and I'm just

[seventyeight-moose]

In reference to later surcoats like this

[seventyeight-moose]

Girl I don't know how to convey this to you but. They wore armour under surcoat. It's a pretty loose garm you can just kind of wear armour under it and you're fine.

[seventyeight-moose]

I feel like alot of armour misconceptions are caused by people not fully thinking through the practicality of it. Like

People just kind of. Not bothering to think about what material japanese armour was made of (iron, it was colourful because they laquered it for decoration and moisture resistance/rust protection)

Full plate + shields (plate broadly obselesces shields, hence why by the ~15th century forwards a knight or man at arms would more likely be with a staff weapon than a sword and shield. Though small guige-mounted shields still existed at this time. This harness is a good example of that.)

Kind of just. Forgetting that history is really long and things evolved or changed over time. (People are often not satisfied when the answer to "How did x period deal with y threat?" being "by becoming z period" more often than not)

Or Hell some ppl are surprised by the idea that armour. Like. Works. And is very good at its job. And was made by very very clever people. Who designed it to fit a purpose very well.

[seventyeight-moose]

but yeah if the harness has articulated plates defending the arms it's safe to assume they also have the relatively far easier to make yet far more important for protection breastplate on too.

General rule of thumb, the head is the first thing you armour, then the chest, then the hands, then the arms, then the lower leg, then the upper leg. BROADLY this is the pattern people followed in history. (The choice of which parts to be armoured being a question of budget and how much you're willing to be encumbered. Anyone who could afford it and was on a horse would wear like. A full set of plate armour. This is why all your heavily-armoued historical units were all noblemen cavalry that's the main niche that a full-body covering would arise in.)

[qsycomplainsalot]

"Studded leather" being people misunderstanding what a brigandine is based on looks alone.

[qsycomplainsalot]

You can shove a vacuum formed plastic breastplate under a surcoat made of upholstery fabric and it'll look better than the average "medieval" outfit in these shows. You can do those things for cheap you just have to be smart about it.