skepticarcher:

breannainn:

drtanner:

deepredroom:

Lots of people are reblogging that armour gif again saying they’re happy to know the names of the various parts, so here’s a few more diagrams. Naturally, some styles of armour have extra or different parts and there are specially made suits for jousting and such.

A really important thing to note is that not every soldier/warrior of the time had plate armour. Chainmail was much more common. For as cheap and available as it was, it did a great job against most bladed weapons. It was only when swords made for stabbing and advancements in arrows came about that could break through the links that plate armour started to really get going. But it’s expensive and has to be custom made for each warrior, unlike the one-size-fits-all chainmail tunics.

The main thing to keep in mind when designing armour is what purpose you want it to serve. Does your character need maximum mobility? How do they fight? Do they come from a background where they could get their hands on a fitting suit? And if they are wearing a full suit of armour, make bloody well sure they can move in it! Fantasy armour is more often than not, impractical and does not “meld” together. Ever play a video game and your character’s armour will clip through their own body? Yeah, don’t do that. You’ll feel like a master if you come up with armour that fits well.

YES GOOD

Relevant to my interests.

Since this thing is being my best friend right now, and some of you guys might find it helpful too, I’m going to go ahead and reblog it here on my main blog as well. :> 

gondoleia:

the-next-emperor:

 

botsoftheworld:

Promotional pictures of 杨门女将之军令如山 (Legendary Amazons), a film about the three female generations of the 楊 (Yáng) family.

This is so amazing.

yes PLEASE

Hot.

(via serindrana)

knightofstardust:

Rubberized Armor for Joan of Arc

This is a suit of armor made entirely out of cardboard and bicycle tubes, styled after the style of armor that Joan of Arc would have worn.

Materials:

cardboard
used bicycle tubes (free at any bike shop)
hot glue/gun
screws of varying lengths
acorn cap fittings
scissors

The entire base is constructed from cardboard that is cut and hot-glued into shape. Each individual piece was then covered in multiple coats of brown paper dipped in wallpaper paste, creating a thin, lightweight but very sturdy form of paper mache.

Every piece was then gesso-ed to remove any corrugation lines, then spray painted matte black.

After the individual pieces were primed I applied the bicycle tubes in varying combinations to create varying effects, such as weaving, stretching, piping, and other cuttings and manipulations. The tubes were adhered to the frame using rubber cement.

Finally, each piece was connected together using an awl, screws and acorn cap fittings to create a more intense armored feel.

This armor took about fifty hours of intense work to execute.

This is so cool.

(Source: tsundereofirony, via aeromachia)

poupon:

acertainpavane:

shatterstag:

khfanforall:

chillithid:

The progression of the Knight. It’s hard not to admire the intricacy of this armor. It’s easy to see that these men were practically walking tanks on the battlefield.

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Gosh I stayed up til 5am once reading about the stages of plate armour dressing with modern demonstrations from armourers and how exactly you have the weight distributed and the padded underclothes and jajfkabdksb boners

Hello, reference.

oh my favorite stages are the ones where they wear fabulous, lengthy skirts

hnnnngh.

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holyflaps:

guniciide:

armor like this is really beautiful

MARCIA YES

Mith informs me that these are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Man, it’s been too long since I’ve perved on the Arms and Armor section there.

…the Arms and Armor section is my favorite part of any art museum, really.

…swords are pretty.

(Source: yellowcrown, via gattycat)