Can I get an armour porn* thread as a late birthday present from /his/?
*Not literal armour porn please and thank you
>>474878
Looks like everything except the mace is made out of plastic or aluminium.
Fucking fantasy LARPers.
>>474898
the mace is worst of all. if that's not some foam i promise i'll take the whole thing up my butt.
>>474878
for me the best by far "Field Armor Henry the 8th"
ITT: Natty armor only
>>475002
>>>/not his/
>>475002
ew
>>474878
its like the tacticool version of medieval armor
>>475065
How many severed heads do you really need?
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>475002
No.
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>>475065
Yes.
>mfw no one posted the best one
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>>475052
Boo. you people have no taste. i legitimately like that piece. most real historical armor just is nasty to me but i like videogame/fantasy armor so much :3
pic related is pretty cool tho, but its is ornamental/ceremonial armor i think
>>475169
Why are you here? /tg/ or /v/ seems more your speed, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.
>>475202
hey once in a blue moon something shows up that gets me going.
>>474937
>bestiality
One of my favorite helmets. Seems like it might have inspired the design of the Stahlhelm.
requesting the armours used by early arab armies, specifically from rashidun caliphate era.
>>475253
note the flare at the back, the stahlhelm removed this such that if the head were pulled back the back of the helmet would jut into the spine of the wearer
medieval armorers knew better
This is like comparing a Brazzers production to an amateur video filmed in a sweaty hut on the seedy end of Bangalore, but armour is armour
>>475169
>you people have no taste
No, you got that wrong friend. You are the one with no taste.
>>474953
Based as FUCK
>cloth over armor
YES
>>475448
>This armor slaps your girlfriend's ass in the museum.
Wat do?
>>475085
can you put a price on love?
>>475614
>"with realistic tooth decay!"
>>475628
I'd be terrified of him with or without his awful teeth.
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>>475361
how the fuck did they even did that? i thought that armours fell out of use because they didn't stop bullets. and that was several centuries earlier when armour technology was at is peak and firearms were just crude metal pipes that were open from the other end. that thing is just pieces of steel sheet hammered together by some drunk brigand.
>>475628
that's just an ordinary anglo desu senpai
>>475840
grorious nippon steer
>>475448
Wow, 10/10 would conquer
>>475840
Conquistador-style armor was invented because of bullets. They'll stop long shots better than leather.
>>475861
that's not japanese, that's a australian bandit ned kelly's armour
>>475840
>i thought that armours fell out of use because they didn't stop bullets
Faggot
WWI era tank crewman's helmet, meant to protect against shrapnel/spalling/whatever
>>475840
Steel body armor could stop low velocity pistol bullets and shell fragments, but was unable to stop rifle and machine gun fire.
>>474884
effay af
>>475065
which were the advantages of going naked?
>>474884#
Aventail face coverings leave me fully erect
>>475965
you get to gorealfast
also rape
>>475986
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Crusade
Being a Varangian had to be the best job ever.
>>475965
none, it was psychological. Spurning armour out of disgust (viewing it as cowardly) and fighting naked was considered the ultimate warrior ideal... the crazy naked guys scared the enemy and motivated the other men to fight harder to protect their standing - so as not to appear cowardly in comparison to the naked guys
>>475965
Not carrying weight, moving faster and farther, negotiating water, applying primitive camouflage directly on the skin, etc.
If the situation is desperate, you can drop the shield and GTFO immediately, you can't do it as quickly with most body armor.
Going savage is cheaper, too.
>>475925
Thats really cool. I had no idea that was a thing. Why didn't ww2 tank operators wear helmets? Spall shrapnel was still a big killer.
>>475965
Gotta go fast
>>476016
They did. Perhaps not as impressive as the Brit's WWI mask+chainmail, but tank crews of all nations wore headgear.
>>475965
gods of your ancestors will protect you from the enemy blade
OP looks like something from warhammer 40k lol
>>476084
Because it's a Warhammer Fantasy cosplay.
>>476084
age of sigmar or FaBa, not 49k
>>476100
*40
Given we've had fantasy stuff posted, how about some artwork
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>>475965
If you're small the enemy fall over laughing and you kill them
If you're big the enemy fears your manliness and runs away
It's a win win
>>475996
It's like one of my fanfic sagas come to life
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>>475965
Mobility.
>>476211
SKYRIM
K
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>>476301
>smooth jazz starts playing
>>475087
dat ballsack.
Equestrian armor of Charles V; print.
>>476546
Armor of Henri II of France
This thread needs more Vendel Period
Roman cavalry masks were cool
>>476592
look faggy tbqh
>>476594
Facial helmets look spooky tho
>>476594
this. If i saw this dorky manlet in public I would kick him and his pony's ass
>>475085
>need
SHALL
NOT
BE
INFRINGED
>>476605
Sometimes you gotta put the auxilia back in their place, you know?
>>476624
Why were the Romans too fucking dumb to wear pants? At a glance anyone can see the obvious advantages
>protects you from cold
>keeps legs dry
>protects against scratches from foliage and shit while marching
>>476598
>spooky
he looks like a supermario or shit
>>476632
>>protects you from cold
>keeps legs dry
>protects against scratches from foliage and shit while marching
>hehe, modern time fags
because they were hardened bearfuckers, not some pussybois that need two layers of polyester before engaging warfare from 300 meters away.
>>475965
High dex boost.
Be wary of fatties
>>476652
Your picture is a Slav. And the truth is is because southern Europe is warmer.
fancy one from Count Franz von Teuffenbach, Austria
>>476868
awesome
>>474995
>those quads
Jesus
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>>475965
HIGH SPEED LOW DRAG BRO
>>479314
Gah, lost some of my pics
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Last one
>>475840
I might be mistaken, but the effectiveness of armor and the traditional "armored knight" had been in steady decline for a long time before firearms because of shit like sophiscated crossbows, mass infantry formations with halberds/pikes, longbows etc
Firearms was just the final nail in the coffin
>>479403
>Firearms was just the final nail in the coffin
Considering the latest trend is armored exoskeletons to protect against bullets and explosives, I'd have to say that coffin lid is peeling back.
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21684117-battlefield-factory-floor-orthopaedic-clinic-artificial
>>479403
>longbows
When will this meme end? Full plate armor was very effective at stopping arrows. At stopping most things actually. A big fuckoff crossbow at short range could get through it, but not much else. Hammers could dent it, but if you were in a position to get wailed on by a guy with a hammer you're already fucked.
Mostly you just had people exploiting the gaps and weak points. Pikes were used to stopping cavalry charges, they did fuck all to armor really. You're thinking of a billhook, which was useful for pulling armored guys off of horses so they could be stabbed or bludgeoned at leisure.
Despite medieval innovations to combat it, plate armor still saw widespread use up until the mid 1600s, when it started rapidly disappearing as powerful firearms and artillery rendered it increasingly obsolete. Also armies were shifting away from highly trained professional soldiers with specialized equipment. Now you were seeing large armies of common people armed with guns. Paying for armor for them was expensive and increasingly useless. It proved cheaper and in the long run more effective to spend money on producing more guns and shot and finding more hands to carry weapons than making expensive armor for a few trained people.
Who here bear hugger?
76 images and noone has posted Toby Capwell's armour.
/his/ I am disappoint
>>481539
In gif form
>>479491
There's a paper by Ralph Moffat called The Importance of being Harnest (best and worst pun ever) in which he mentions amongst other things, of armour being prepared for Henry VI before thebattle of Saint Albans where they had multiple brigandines to be shot at close range by the royal archer with the one that withstood the shot being used by the king. Basically the same as later proofing against gunshots.
>>479491
> when it started rapidly disappearing as powerful firearms and artillery rendered it increasingly obsolete.
Actually, that's not quite correct.
Armour was still capable of being made that could stop firearms - in the English civil war, for instance, one lord was shot with a pistol at point blank range in the head - the attacker literally placed the gun to his head, and the helm didnt fail.
Armour was abandoned because, to get that level of protection, it became too heavy. first the lower legs were abandoned, then upper legs, then arms, then the tassets, and finally the breast was abandoned, and the gorget was shrunk. helmets hung on a little longer, but were abandoned by rank and file not long after.
it wasnt that firearms became too powerful, but that humans werent strong enough for the protection that armourers could create.
>>475965
Flapping your peepee at the enemy as a method of demoralizing/scaring them before cleaving them in two with your Zweihänder.
>>481623
>pict
>zweihander
>>481539
Toby sold that harness years ago.
the new buyer had the blacking stripped off it too.
>>481639
>the new buyer had the blacking stripped off it too.
That fucking faggot. Black armour with gold trim is patrician.
>>474878
It's a shame that we have yet to see surviving examples of Chinese armor from 500's-1400's.
>>481639
To be fair, the black is modern chemical treatment if I recall correctly. You can get black armour with medieval techniques, but not THAT kind of blackening. I can understand why someone would get rid of it. Would be interesting to see what it looks like now.
>>481647
>Mace
That's one weird looking mace bruh.
>>481666
It's called a "Bian." or "Bar Mace."
Basically a militarized police baton, there's also a verstion with a point for stabbing. It's a mace that utilizes sword moves with the added benefit of ruining people's sword-blades
>>475242
/tg/ will have way more that gets you going, fuck off to your own board
>>475557
>mfw I can't see anything
inevitable glorious nippon steel incoming
>>476016
Armor design at various times in history has valued visibility and awareness above protection. Pic related.
>>475840
I thought they started using very heavy iron instead. Like 10mm thick breastplates to counter bullets. Unfortunately it was extremely heavy, so you couldn't wear a full suit. I'm guessing they eventually stopped altogether when the rifles became even more powerful.
That armour is Ned Kelly's too. He probably just made it in his shed.
>>476632
>protects you from cold
>in temperate southern europe
>>474878
Sallets a best
>>475002
No. Stop
>>475169
Well your tastes are kinda gay dude
>>475281
I can see that. with the Stahlhelm the soldier isn't really wearing any armor on the back so it would just be poking cloth.
>>482289
>Ugo Serrano
>Gay tastes
GTFO
>>476592
Idk why but facial masks like that make me hard. Like the Gaulish dude Russel Crowe fought in Gladiator.
>>475169
>:3
out
>>479326
That armor looks so smug
>>482307
I meant the fantasy shit. That Serrano one was pretty tits
>>482329
Yet also completely fantasy
>>482313
I always loved the concept of the dwarven battle-masks in The Silmarillion.
>>475565
Fuckin' Poles...Way more metal than us shitty Bohemians
>>475647
mfw this shit has never been on the battlefield
>>476532
Landsknechts had bigger
>>479370
I thought I lost this
>>482357
that's neato
>>475169
It's function is to stop that sword from slicing your lungs and heart into pieces, not to look nice.
>>485945
>he thinks that armour isn't as much about looking cool and showing off your wealth as it is about protection
>he doesn't know that on occasional armour was so heavily decorated as to compromise its protective qualities
See also, most of the highly embossed armours posted in this thread. Every one of those decorative sections if another place for a lance to get purchase on. They're apparently not decorative parade armours either, but hardened the same as battlefield armour.
>>476632
They did in Britain and Gaul.
>>485989
>this tard
>>485547
Damn anon, that is a sexy fucking helmet. Reminds me a lot of pic related only less over-the-top manga bullshit.
>>475840
It weighed like 40kg and he was still wounded 28 times.
>>486009
You're right, how silly of me. Just looking through these photos you can clearly see how all the armour is the same, bland, undecorated, utilitarian shape with no forms of decoration or individuality whatsoever.
>>486022
We're finally off the boat.
>>475493
kek'd
>>486071
We are, but we are on hiatus... again.
God only knows when we'll get off this crazy ride.
I've fully prepared myself for the eventuality that Miura will die before Berserk is finished.
>>481600
Deep Down? Fucking Crapcom late as usual.
>>479449
That looks sick as fuck.
>>475612
haha i love the reflection of his face in the other knighs armour
i thought this looked cool
>>489949
for you
>>479491
Along with that after Gustavus Adolphus's Salvo supplanted complacent formations such as the Spanish Square, attack and maneuver became popular. This also caused armor to slowly decline as in the history of war speed is always > armor.
>>488958
I thought that was a frog at first
For what an absolute abortion The Hobbit was, the dwarf concept art is brilliant.
>>475478
sauce on mod?
>>475361
Based Ned Kelly
>>475565
>poles charging poles with poles
>>476868
might as well just be a COD kiddie with a middle finger as his emblem
I don't even know why, but I really like Lorica Segmentata.
