#spaulders

[m3dieval]

Gael Marais Batteur d'Armure

[armthearmour]

A pair of finely fluted Spaulders with integrated Couters made for Holy Rman Emperor Maximilian II, attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1557, housed at the Czartoryski Museum, Krakow.

[armoreddragon]

The paladin is a noble warrior. His blessed armor protects him from harm, and his holy vows help him resist the temptations of sin. Those who receive his aid in battle are assured of victory, but those who meet him afterwards consider themselves the truly lucky.

I made this suit of armor for the Magic Meat March challenge (delayed to May this year), which is about putting men into the sorts of costumes that fantasy women get drawn in. Check out other people’s stuff over @magicmeatmarch​!

In place of a standard breastplate, this one is built in the form of a corset, providing protection and support while shaping and accentuating your profile. The pauldrons connect to the codpiece with a harness arrangement of straps, tying them together into one cohesive piece, supporting the necessaries and accentuating the assets. The greaves stand on their own.

I made everything by hand--cut, burnished, tooled, shaped, dyed, painted, sealed, and riveted together. The corset-breastplate and codpiece I designed from scratch--you can see a progression of the corset design here. The pauldrons (shoulders) and greaves (shins) I built from patterns by Prince Armory, partly because of time constraints, and partly because I wanted to see how other designers dealt with those pieces. (The greaves I was really impressed by, the pauldrons restrict movement more than I’d like, which was a problem I hadn’t been able to solve previously either.)

This is the most ambitious armor project I’ve tackled so far, both in scope and design, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out! I’m looking forward to making a few more pieces to go with this set in the coming months.

[teigantulsie]

Silly pics from when I was packing for a Ren faire. Instead of packing the armour up, I put half of it on. I know I look silly AF, but I've also gotta say that my legs look more muscular than I remember. Huzzah for working out!

[thewarfactoryau]

Finished shoulder ready to ship

[ritterhenricus]

“Chivalier de Craildrourwn” WIP

Being in the hospital for the tenth time, I decided to go ahead and sketch a knight from my world. Originally meant to be the protagonist, as I kept on I slowly adopted an action pose, and my affinity for magic circles decided to peer in.

Do not repost. Original work by RitterHenricus.

[m3dieval]

ARW Photography at Leeds Castle

[m3dieval]

14th Century Armour Shaping/Fitting

All of these are by the armourer Augusto Boer Bront.

I cannot find the original place where these were posted, but they recently popped up in the United League of Armourers group.