Sturgeon Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Ian LaSpina talks about protectin' yo dick: SuperComrade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 "Having a thousand pounds of horse between your legs is pretty good protection."I told my girlfriend this and she was not convinced. On a less silly note, it occurs to me that the design of leg armor for horseborne troops who would fight dismounted would be problematic. But I'm not sure that prior to the gunpowder era that anyone had enough horses that they made large formations of people who fought like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Holy shit, this looks cool: Toxn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Holy shit, this looks cool: His name is Matt Poitras. He's in my fighting group. The guy with the long hair in the other picture is Dave Kilbourn, commander of the Utland Storm of the army of Jomsborg. Sturgeon, LoooSeR and Tied 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ian LaSpina has a pretty badass coat of plates: CrashbotUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 The coat of plates makes perfect sense in terms of production and tempering of steel sheets. It's just much easier, for all sorts of reasons, to make a small piece of well-tempered steel than a large one. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Lloyd on coifs: I originally wasn't going to post this, but damn does Nik do such a good job illustrating how we think we know more than we actually do know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 There are extant finds from eastern Europe showing what was worn under head protection. First and foremost, avoid getting hit on the melon. I wear this under my Manvelovka style helmet when doing full target fighting. It is basically two pieces of leather with wool stuffed in between the rhombus. Helmet goes on top, riveted mail covers the sides and front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 I forgot to mention that the remnants of that padded leather hood were found in the Black Grave in Chernihiv Ukraine. Similar to the barrow mounds in Gnyozdovo, Russia. Both sites are filled with Slavic-Varangian artifacts from the times of Kievan Rus. Donward and Sturgeon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 triggered metatron is triggered: Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Germanic contributions to armour development seem to have gotten... aesthetically unpleasing fairly early on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyEBe6vw4w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted May 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Testing composite-prod crossbows against accurate textile armour and mail: http://www.historiavivens1300.at/biblio/beschuss/beschuss1-e.htm As always, it is wonderful just how much protection well-made mail can provide. Belesarius and Donward 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I don't always agree with much from this guy but since he has Roland helping with this test, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Glad somebody posted that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toxn Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 I've discovered a hole in the literature: nobody has recorded tests of black powder muskets and pistols against gambesons. Could one of our gun-havers please go out and shoot 15, 20, 25 and 30-layer sections of good linen with a blackpowder smoothbore pistol and musket and record the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Sort of a tangent (I'll crosspost in the biotech thread), but this research seems to show that ganoid scales give you the best cut resistance-to-flexibility ratio. This may have a bearing on scaled armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 A really good summary article of mail development and effectiveness: https://myarmoury.com/feature_mail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 The difference between sharp and blunt weapons when dealing with fabric armours: Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Sgt.Squarehead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Yep. There was a reason why people wore armor/breastplates all the way into the 19th Century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted March 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 To be fair, that is about the most well-armoured spot on the whole cuirass. But that's also against a musket rather than a pistol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 I think that cuirasses are thicker than earlier breastplates too, which is why cavalrymen wearing them typically only wore the cuirass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted March 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, Collimatrix said: I think that cuirasses are thicker than earlier breastplates too, which is why cavalrymen wearing them typically only wore the cuirass. Yup, although there was a cost component as well. Pistol proofed half plate was totally a thing for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2018 @Sturgeon since chariots and ancient horse archers got mentioned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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