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Medieval European armor evolution

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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo

For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo represents German knightly armor c. 1470


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Medieval European armor evolution. For some reason the people who made all these left out all the German stuff, even though they made the best stuff. This photo
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#1 - galanorth [OP]ONLINE (01/11/2016) [+] (3 replies)
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BONUS German armor. "Maximilian" armor a.k.a. Riefelharnisch, c. 1520
#3 - galanorth [OP]ONLINE (01/11/2016) [+] (2 replies)
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Far left figure: Kastenbrust "box-shaped breast" armor, German, c. 1420-1440
#8 - skumbaner (01/11/2016) [-]
Gothic plate armour
#7 - vashadan ONLINE (01/11/2016) [-]
Deus Vult
#4 - putincanmeltcrimea (01/11/2016) [-]
a fine comp my knave
User avatar #12 - actuallybuddyboy (01/12/2016) [-]
Mount & Blade, take me away.
User avatar #13 - mattdoggy (01/12/2016) [-]
The sad thing about Armor is by the time it ends up full plate, and not partial plate and chain, that it is almost never used. In fact most of the armor you see is just decorative pieces made for ceremony or decoration. Another fun spoiler is that armor was almost never shinning like this, but was almost exclusively black.
User avatar #14 to #13 - galanorth [OP]ONLINE (01/12/2016) [-]
"armor was almost never shinning like this, but was almost exclusively black." Naw. The old paintings show armor was black because the silver pigment in the paint oxidizes over time, and silver oxide is black. We can observe from extant examples, when you look at that parts that have not been polished using non-archival means, that they were not black even most of the time.

Also, what do you consider full plate? Most agree that full plate became common early 1400s, and in that case plate armor had a century of common use before it started to be "almost never used". Do you consider "full plate" to be when the armor has plate even on the insides of the elbows and knees?
User avatar #15 to #14 - mattdoggy (01/12/2016) [-]
To counter on the first point i was referencing the blackening of armor done as a rust inhibitor. The more well off suit owners could afford someone to care for the armor to keep it in pristine condition but for a standard solider or lower to mid level knight who might only have a squire to aid him would coat his armor for protection.

Also the plate armor i was referring to was the common use of intricate armor like the romanticized images associated with armor. While technically it's been around since the 1300's it peaks around the 1500's, it mostly devolves into jousting and decorative pieces, although it was used until the 1700's i guess.

User avatar #16 to #15 - galanorth [OP]ONLINE (01/12/2016) [-]
There is no sufficient proof that most medieval armor was black. In paintings where it is black, it also often depicts ALL metal things to be black, it will also show all armor as black whether it is a king or levy. Paintings also show armor as sky blue, dark blue, brown, white, skin-tone, gold, or even red, again, regardless of status of the person. Because of this, paintings cannot be trusted. Extant examples do not hint towards most armor being black. The current belief held by experts is that a white finish was the norm, and that particularly poor soldiers would have rough from the hammer (which is not black) armor, which would often be painted. So unless you are going to sit there and tell me that you know better than the Authenticity Committee for the HMBIA, or Dr. Tobias freaking Capwell, then no, armor was not "almost exclusively black"

Give me a pic of what you mean by full plate. Because full plate did not devolve into jousting and decorative pieces until the low-mid 1500, almost over a century after full plate arriving on the scene.
#5 - mobilebull (01/11/2016) [-]
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**mobilebull rolled image** knight. 2546
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