In zombies movies, why are there never any characters that wears full plate armor? You would literally never be in danger if you wore it.
Dosnt riot gear achieve the same effect
>>71856413
>he hasn't read the zombie survival guide
it could save your life one day kid
You can't run well, you completely exhaust yourself and get overrun by the horde. Mail, shark suits, or even leather clothing would be just as defensively effective and much less restrictive
>>71856413
Because there are no good non-comedy zombie movies, and comedies don't work well with rational thought.
>>71856413
why do they never move to cold climates and wait for the zombies to freeze or if a hot climate wait for them to rot
>>71856413
Where the fuck are you gonna get a fitting suit of full plate armor in the middle of the goddamn apocalypse nigga?
>>71856492
Despite popular belief, good plate armor isn't restrictive at all, and can grant you full mobility.
Plate armor that is restrictive is simply poorly made. However I agree that wearing it will exhaust yourself quicker.
>>71856574
I could go for hockey gear, the rough equivalent. You can pick that shit up anywhere, nigga.
Because aside from ordering online (not happening) they're no easy way to find some armour. Probably easiest in Britbongland where your local castle is going to have some laying around for reenactors or a suit on display.
>>71856492
>armour
>reduced mobility
I want this meme to die. This is a basic video but do some googling for yourself and try not to binge too much lindybeige
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTwBQniLSc
>>71856608
fuck, lad. this was my one
>>71856646
Hockey gear and metal armor ain't nearly the same thing.
I guess theoretically the zombies might pile on top of you and crush you to death
No need for plate really, chain or even leather is enough to prevent human bites
it's just to have a story, if any character like that were to show up they would get killed by some bad luck to move the plot somewhere
>>71856692
how did these guys ever die? They're like walking tanks
>>71856413
Because most men back when armor was made were serious manlets.
>>71856792
Blunt weapons still work on plate armor, I forget the name of it but you can grab your sword by the blade and use the hilt to beat the shit out of your opponents.
So in the walking dead, a couple years have gone by right? Surely they can tell what season it is, right? Why do they stay in a warm climate where Zombies can be active year round? Why not just go north a bit in the winter where there's snow? Frozen zombies can't move....
>>71856792
If you hit them hard enough they die, or you can stab them in the little holes at joints or in their face.
>>71856792
Gaps in armor
Also they can be bludgeoned to death
Every Panzer has a panzerfaust
>>71856837
I found it, it's called half-swording
>tfw armour thread
>>71856837
Half-swording or half-blading iirc
>>71856905
Half-swording is what the guy on the left is doing. The guy on the right is doing a murder-stroke.
>>71856905
>that guy's eye peeking out from under his helmet like "did I get him? is it over??"
>>71856692
It's not that it's restrictive you dumbass, it's that you quickly get excausted wearing 50+ lbs of heavy armor, and don't even think you'll be outrunning zombies in it in the middle of the summer.
>>71856837
>I forget the name of it but you can grab your sword by the blade and use the hilt to beat the shit out of your opponents.
Half-swording.
>>71856792
The armor isn't as thick and as durable as fantasy suggests. Keep in mind that arrows could pierce it.
>>71857009
It's the other way around. Plate is much more resistant to piercing (which doesn't necessarily mean it's think) than in fantasy. In general, plate is basically immune to arrows. iirc only later-era longbows could pierce plate, and not deeply or at significant range.
>>71857009
pfft no they couldn't. The way people were killed is by being swarmed, knocked down, their helmet opened or removed, and then stabbed in the face with a spike.
>>71856987
Would only be an issue when you're unarmed or have no way of escape like climbing or shutting doors. For sprinting it's fine. You can argue the same for unarmoured as well, because people tire and zombies don't. If you're in a situation where all you can do it keep running, you're dead either way. And:
>dumbass
No need for that.
>>71856413
I live in Arizona. My internal organs would be cooked if I wore a suite like that. Zombies would be the least of my worries.
>>71856792
Samarui used more subtle levels of armour due to their apex-mobility. European knights were clumsy and lacking in precision. Armor plating was used to make up for their failure as dexterous fighters. A good folded katana could hack an armored arm off at the joint. Every "tank" has a weakness that masters should exploit. The art of war offers a great Japanese perspective on how intelligence factors into battles.
>>71856987
>it's that you quickly get excausted wearing 50+ lbs of heavy armor
full loadout in the dept with tanks full and an axe was 115 pounds and it wasn't that bad
when the weight is even distributed and properly harassed you barely notice
you are also literally in burning buildings vs a hot summers day
>>71856492
chain is heavier than plate
>>71857133
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt
>>71857147
>muh glorious nippon and their paper mache armor
>>71857141
The guy is an asshole but he's right. Full plate armor traps heat. If you were to wear it for an extended length of time, especially while exerting yourself, you'd cook to death.
I would wear a wet suit under it if possible, don't want any saliva, vomit, other random fluid geting through.
>>71857147
>mobility
>>71857183
arrows didn't kill anyone at agincourt. The french lost the melee against the english men at arms.
>>71856792
You know how football players can still get a concussion through their helmets?
Like that.
>>71857183
> a knight in the best quality steel armour would have been more or less invulnerable to an arrow on the breastplate or top of the helmet, but would still have been vulnerable to shots hitting the limbs
>>71857147
Jesus Christ, you fucking weab.
Kilij > katana, I've seen ultimate warrior, faggot.
>>71856413
Because where would you even get it
>>71857147
>A good folded katana could hack an armored arm off at the joint.
What? That's pure delusion, Japanese weaponry was never designed to take on foes like knights, they've been always accustomed to fighting lightly armoured opponents. Their weaponry adjusts to the immediate environment around them, like all other civilizations.
>>71857132
>Plate is much more resistant to piercing (which doesn't necessarily mean it's think) than in fantasy.
People also watch too much Excalibur. They were wearing lighter aluminum in that movie so the actors wouldn't drop dead after two steps.
>>71857146
tfw living in Sonora.
how do you fucks live in the desert?
if it wasnt for my job id get the fuck outta here
>>71856905
>guy on the right
MY FUCKING SIDES
>>71857347
Ninjas and samurais can beat up pirates and knights
>>71857230
>Wet suit + plate armor
You're going to burn up in that. Wet suits are made to insulate you in cold water, not walk around in.
>>71857347
b-b-but my animu and mango!
>>71857364
Phoenix is actually pretty manageable, weather-wise, for a good portion of the year. October especially is beautiful w/ temps in the 70's most days. It's just May through September that this place turns into Satan's oven.
Japs are fucking crazy at movie making, they actually bred giant humans to assist with Godzilla, when they were filming it
>>71857147
> good folded katana could hack an armored arm off at the joint
Name one example of this ever happening. Shitty fucking bait.
>>71857147
>art of war
>japanese
>>71856693
Against a sword or a mace, definitely not.
Against human teeth, pretty much. Just metal armor is heavier.
>>71857217
I ignored that point because I just wanted to wrap it up, but sure. If you don't have a safe place to strip down, then you're not able to sleep and you'll die anyway. But in a shorter timeframe, if you're fighting zombies every moment out of your safehouse you're doing it wrong anyway. If you want to walk through hordes all day spinning a flail, sure you'd get exhausted and drop, but using it selectively and opening up often should be fine. Like, imagine a standard zombie movie: 60% safe time, 20% easy killing, and 20% OH SHIT THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. Keep your front and back plate open for 80% of the time and strap up for clutch times. It's not flawless and the slight extra weight and overheating is a definite downside, but it's pretty good if you use it right. Shit, it's pretty hard to get a purchase for biting on the body and head, so just wear arm and leg fittings if overheating is a worry.
>>71856483
A lot of it is shit in that guide, fyi. That will get you killed in that situation.
I'd imagine plate armor would be useful as fuck, but you wouldn't be invincible. If you got swarmed the zombies could still knock you over and crush you to death with their combined weight as they either try to bite through the plate or try to get it off of you (depending on how smart the zombies are).
>>71856692
>says it isn't restrictive
>shows a video that illustrates that it is restrictive and they have to move slightly differently to get things done as well as have obvious ranges of movement they can't do.
Nice counter argument, moron.
>>71856492
lol, you amerifats are so fucking stupid
>>71856413
because plot armor is less heavy than plate armor
>>71856959
effay af
>>71857147
nice bait
Samurai usually fought with spears and bows, Katanas were rarely used
>>71856792
Full plate was prohibitively expensive so the only people who used it were noblemen who were more valuable alive. By the time it was advanced and cheap enough to produce gunpowder and crossbows effectively countered their use for the common soldiery, so you'd normally just see a leather jerkin with a breastplate and nice helmet well into the 1600s.
>>71857838
umm im going to have to disagree with you
I have seen ALL of samurai champloo and kenshin and they always used katanas
>>71857147
Katanas are shit, and you should feel bad for being a weeb
>>71857147
katanas can't even cut through mail, much less plate armor
stop with this fucking delusion you weeb
>>71857147
>Samarui used more subtle levels of armour due to their apex-mobility.
No, they used armor made of lacquered leather and wood instead of metal because Japan has shit iron deposits. They literally had to cultivate iron from sand most of the time and saved what iron they could for forging steel only their weapons. It's also why they have to 'fold 1000 times' bullshit. Their iron was so shitty their smiths had to put in much more work than their European counterparts in order to make their steel up to par with Eurpean steel.
Europe, on the other hand, has/had rich as fuck iron deposits and thus could forge steel faster and in massive quantities and could afford to make armor out of it because they could produce so much.
>>71857688
Nowhere in the video did it show the armor being restrictive, are you fucking retarded?
>>71857688
I would call it pedantic to argue that point. Moving slightly differently isn't a downside, and the difference in terms of common movement like running and climbing isn't there. You can't fully lift your arms in some armour and you can't take a wide stance in others, but that's about it. In terms of all-round movement, yes it's restrictive. But in terms of the actions you're going to be doing in zombieworld, no it's not restrictive.
>moron
Stop being mean.
>>71856492
someone doesn't know shit about armor
>>71858002
doing backflips and somersaults in zombieworld is key to your survival, idiot
>>71856837
>weakest spot is literally his crotch
>>71856608
Tell me anon, what is your experience with wearing plate armor.
How many battles have you been in over your life?
Do you have experience and training in wielding katanas, morningstars and scimitars?
How many years have you been training as a skilled warrior in medieval combat?
>Autistic sperglord (anon): "Um,ummm, errrh, (his cum-crusted cheetos rattle off his crotch), dooo, waahhh mommy!!!!!!!"
That's right anon, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, so shut the fuck up bitch.
>>71857998
He probably wrongly interpreted the clip at 1:14 as pointing out restrictiveness in armor
but I believe autism makes people struggle with listening and reading comprehension, so that is likely the case with him
Wow nobles must have been like gods in battle. Bigger because of diet, better fighters because of training, horses, and plate armor
>>71856483
Some of the stuff (like the Home Defense section) is pretty great
Other stuff is fucking retarded
A katana is a terrible choice
A shaolin spade is retarded but I suppose it'd be effective
Also, full plate armor is actually not that heavy, since its weight is distributed across your body.
That said, it's not exactly quiet, and it'll get pretty damn hot if you're in the sun a lot. If you're in a warm area you'll fucking die from heat stroke - but if you're in the snow or in somewhere like Canada or England it could very well be a great choice
Not that you really need full plate - you'd be fine with just some PVC pipe or something
>>71858272
They were. Then guns came along and any retard that could point a gun became just as deadly as anyone else.
>>71856864
Good luck carrying all that shit. Also good luck finding spare parts for the TAR
>>71858002
imagine getting into battle with a sharpened hoe and barefoot and see a motherfucking knight killing people left and right with a mace and coming at you like a freight train with a boner codpiece like that
>>71856792
Step 1: Spot fancy Germanic "Holy Roman" knight in full armor.
Step 2: Charge at full gallop yelling obscenities about his mother.
Step 3: Smack him at full speed with the spiky part of the hammer.
Step 4: Watch as you drag him right off his horse at full speed and Christopher Reeve him.
Step 5: Repeat until all Germans are dead or paralyzed.
If these steps fail or your target is not on horseback: use the flat end on him and pretend you are a child with a toy xylophone. Just keep smacking till he breaks.
>>71858272
>Wow nobles must have been like gods in battle.
Might've been. But, I think, most of the time they kept to the rear and commanded from safety.
>>71858305
>but if you're in the snow or in somewhere like Canada or England it could very well be a great choice
Yes, because walking around sheathed in metal as cold as the air conducting all the heat away from your body is a great idea.
Metal clothing in the cold=bad
>>71858134
Watch the video that >>71856692 posted, it completely busts the myth that plate armor is slow.
You're logic with needing first hand experience to obtain knowledge is pretty dumb though. If what you say is true, then we can't have ancient history classes anymore, since no one from that time is alive to talk about it. There are things that are called books, we read them to learn things.
>>71858392
Yes because you'd be completely naked under the armor, obviously.
>>71858348
The only sane course of action is to join him.
>>71858002
Wow, you sound like a battle hardened veteran knight. Please impart more knowledge and wisdom to me from your La-Z-Boy recliner, you fat sack of shit.
>>71858418
whoever wore that was a tall cunt
>>71858418
>you're
balls
>>71858452
I didn't know medieval knights had a chastity fetish.
>>71858488
Manlet detected
>>71858482
Something about warfare methods from centuries ago triggers /tv/ to no end. I wonder just what it is
>>71856413
other ways to win the zombie apocalypse:
>motorcycle gear
>shark cage
>stilts
>>71856792
Weapons tended to get longer and either pointier or more blunt as plate armor came into wide use.
Longer because: you generally need to wrestle plateguy onto the ground to kill him, so longer weapons were used for more leverage
More pointy: once plateguy is on the ground you use the pointy bits to stab between armor plates
More blunt: if armorguy is standing up you can bash him until his brains turn to jelly, then repeat MORE POINTY part
>>71857147
>>71858392
You don't just wear armor without clothing under it...
>>71856413
Because zombies have retard strength and would just snap you in half and eat you like one of your buttered crab legs.
ya its really dumb if you weigh say 240 pounds and done a full plate with plate gauntlets you can probably murder a small town worth of zombies and claim if for yourself. Zombie Fiction tho humans are always retards.
>>71858570
Yes, thats what the men did back then. Those same men also applied shit to their wounds because a big ol man in the sky told them to. We are the men of new and we can experiment however we want
>>71856413
I prefer plot armor desu
>>71858645
If zombies were really slow as shit like in most zombie stories any moderately trained person could headshot zombies at a very high rate. Anyone with a case of ammo or two could easily clear out huge areas within hours in nearly zero danger.
>>71858657
You seem to have forgotten your fedora good sir!
>>71856413
Why not just wear a faraday cage if you're going to go balls to the wall over the top defense? Just go around in an electrified hamsterball and roll around cooking zombies.
>>71856692
>you will never slaughter hordes of peasants as their improvised weapons impotently bounce off your plate
>>71858657
God never said that, faggot. He said exactly the opposite though.
>>71858533
>2nd quote
Just don't. He's fishing for replies and you've given him one. I'll never fully understand why people recognise trolling and think they can put an end to it with a reply. Any attention is a victory for them and they'd practically die out overnight if people just didn't believe themselves to be the chosen one to put a stop to it all. Sorry if I sound like I'm mad at you, but he was replying to me so I feel like I "created" this guy essentially. I feel responsible for the lil' guy
>>71858355
Pretty
>>71858787
Dude why not just buy a nuke and vaporize all the zam zams lmao? Better yet why dont u just find the cure and become humanitys new hero lmao?
>>71858812
>"this will show to ask me not to instill prima nocta with your whore wives, you shits"
fuck 2016
Its not a movie, but in "The walking dead: the alien" comic the two main characters wear some spanish armor from a museum when the zombies appear.
Given how the show is, they could easily use this idea next season.
>>71857147
This opinion is so bad it has to be bait.
>>71858339
Yeah it's a bit much. It's an old sheet, if I were to update it I'd get rid of the secondary weapon for sure, I'd be smart to get rid of the melee weapon too but I kinda like it, I think it would do well even though it would be cumbersome as fuck to carry. Originally I had a normal vehicle but I tossed in the autogyro for shits and giggles, I know it's dumb but you can probably tell half the shit on there is just for fun, although I do think the batman gauntlets could come in handy.
>>71858824
(((God))) has said many different things at many different points in time, and you know what? He never actually existed
>>71858834
Just lmao at your life if you're actually taking this thread seriously
>>71858920
This reminds me, the MC in REC 3 (pls for the love of god dont watch it) also wore s suit of armor for a little while
>>71858966
>a load out for zam zams was done for shits and giggles
For your sanity, I hope so
>>71858973
Wow wow wow, edgy
>>71856413
Would my furry costume work as well? Except they might rip open the hole in the costume near the ass
>>71857237
its amazing how good oberyn was in that fight and was also a decent actor
>>71859045
Lol I dont really know what I believe in, but I do believe I successfully derailed this shitty thread ahahahaha
>>71858973
this is the most pathetic post in the entire thread
>>71859124
very close second
>>71856483
>zombie survival guide
Max Brooks is a retarded faggot.
>>71857147
Samurai used less armor because the iron they had available was shit, and the katana was a last resort weapon, not what they used as first choice, that would be the spear, bow, lance, etc.
One handed swords are sidearms, not main battle weapons
>>71857004
>Half-swording.
This meme needs to stop. Why would someone create a sharp edged weapon for you to grab the sharp edge by and hit someone with the hilt? Why not just use a mace?
You had this same shitty thread on /v/ and you got blown the fuck out there too, you retarded cunt.
>>71859034
zam zams?
>>71858973
>(((God)))
>>71859222
> hit someone with the hilt
That's not the goal of every move involving half swording, but even so, it's if you don't have a mace available. Nothing wrong with versatility.
>>71859257
Fucking z*mbies, cmon wheres your ability to understand contextual clues
>>71859222
>from actual historical fighting manuals
>meme
This meme needs to stop.
>>71857857
This was one of the biggest letdowns when I first started learning about medieval history. Weaponry and armor were expensive as all hell, and nice weaponry and armor were way less common than things like Game of Thrones make it seem. Most of it was poorly forged, and most of the time people would use whatever they could get their hands on. They weren't walking armories with amazing ancestral swords and gleaming armor.
>>71856483
>zombie survival guide
>>71859328
Go easy I'm drinking tonight. I didn't know if it was an American term or something.
>>71859438
>their bodies are literally torn to shreds
>tendons are severed or missing
>bones are snapped or rotting
>muscles are rotting
>they're extremely mobile and can outrun a grown man
>???
>>71858418
It doesn't even matter
You'd need well fitting or custom armor for it to be of any use and good luck getting some in a zombie situation. Inb4 they had a custom armor suit made to keep in their bug out bag
>>71859388
shut up nerd. Those books just showed how to get gullible retards to hold the sharp end of a sword
>>71859328
>>71859471
It wasn't some George Zimmerman one or something? That's the only context I've ever heard Zim zam in
Eg. Can't flim flam the Zim zam etc.
>>71859556
it was literal medieval shitposting
Guys, I'm from /tg/ and the Katana thing is a meme, comes from the weebs who would shitpost about Katanas not being overpowered.
>>71859438
Max brooks didn't invent zombies
>>71859606
>It wasn't some George Zimmerman one or something?
Yes, Zimmerman was referred to as that on /pol/ and elsewhere, but it's very simple to pick up from the context of the post he was referring to zombies. Go easy on the Scotch anon.
>>71856413
Most people generally don't have a full set of plate mail or riot gear just lying around Anon.
Plus you can still be worn down by attrition and shear force of bodies, six zombies forcing you down on the ground is not gonna be easier to resist with armour on.
You're also not *as* mobile or stealthy as someone without armour. In addition, it's pretty useless against looters armed with guns and no matter how good your armour is - it's still going to have exposed parts and maintenance is going to be a bitch.
It's just better to not be seen or get swarmed at all.
>>71859673
No one said he did, just his retarded justifications for them are dumb. Pay attention.
>>71859649
Everyone knows it's a meme.
>>71859471
EASY EASY EASY BUT IM NOT EAZY E
>>71859388
>guys look at what our ancestors did! They also burned women alive for being vvitches and thought the earth was flat but they sure know how to grip sharp things by the sharp end!
>Not raiding a sporting store to wear retarded hockey gear while you shoot zombies with arrows, hunting rifles and punt footballs at them.
Might as well have fun with it.
>>71858383
>mfw pussy nobles wont even go into battle with armor and no guns on the battlefield
>>71856483
I bought that book thinking it would be a comedy
>it takes itself completely seriously
>>71859783
>they sure know how to grip sharp things by the sharp end!
It's easy to demonstrate in practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwuQPfvSSlo
Now stop being retarded.
>>71859851
So it is a comedy in a way.
>>71857009
Plate Armor was great at stopping arrows.
>>71859649
i think its time
post it
>>71856864
>Camo against zombies
>Shit tier boots
>Bad weapon choices
This guy is dead as fuck
>>71860038
>Camo against zombies
I think it's more for use against other survivors, which are typically more dangerous than zombies.
>>71859202
>its a ricky laughs for twenty minutes and interrupts Karl every half second episode
Fuck off
Just wear 3 layers or more of thick denim, human teeth can't cut through them.
>>71859424
To be fair, I'd give game of thrones a pass when it comes to everyone having great armor and ancestral swords, if only for the fact that in westeros it's been basically the middle ages for thousands of years.
Somehow.
>>71859799
>Going to the large stores, the first place to get BTFO
>>71856967
this is right
the original term was "mordhau" or something. that might just be the german term but whatever
>>71860076
Unless you are in an enviorment that allows any sort of camouflage like a forest, people are gonna see you
Not to mention all that clunky equipment will make people notice you ricky tick
I mean, a tacticool polearm? get the fuck outta here
>>71856792
Bash their armour in or get them to the ground and put a blade through a gap.
>>71856483
No the author is a retard that thinks the M16 series is a terrible assault rifle only fires in fully automatic.
/k/ deciphered the Zombie book was really a guide to kill off the idiots of the land.
>Battle of Yonkers
I've never raged so hard in my life
>>71857146
>tfw Surprise is an arid wasteland
I miss the east coast. Fucking lizards
>>71860038
It's mine. Just wanted a pic of some functional looking cargo pants, and a pic where it was clear the boots had steel toes.
>bad weapon choices
Yeah yeah, I must agree.
As I stated before its was mostly just for shits and giggles. Some people fill those sheets out 100% dead serious, while others are just meant to amuse. I decided to try and do both, 70/30, mostly laughs with only a bit of actual thought thrown in.
>>71860340
>tacticool polearm?
Heh, yeah, again, as I stated earlier it would be dumb to carry that thing around, obviously. But I kinda like it nonetheless for some weird reason.
If everyone is done arguing about armor, here is the template. Show me some actual good weapon choices. I havent seen a survival sheet thread on here for years.
>>71859222
>why don't you carry 50 pounds of armor?
>why don't you also carry 10 pounds of padding?
>why don't you also carry 7 pounds of miscellaneous mail
>why don't you also carry a 7 pound pole arm
>why don't you also carry a 5 pound sword
>why don't you also carry a 2 pound "fuck you" knightly shiv
>why don't you also carry a 5 pound mace
Fuck you, if I can fucking brain a guy with guard of my sword and save my knees a few pounds, I'll fucking do as I please.
>b-b-but the edge is sharp
Parallel vs perpendicular motion applied to cutting edge.
There's a reason why you don't do a sawing motion to shave yourself.
>b-b-but you also stab
Are you a dumbshit that can't hold a pencil properly? Well, if that pencil was a knife, you'd probably try your damnedest to learn how to properly grip it so it didn't slide around.
>>71857323
>I've seen ultimate warrior, faggot
legitimately the funniest post i've seen all day
>>71859523
they aren't mobile in the guide.
>>71859222
So you can have slashing, bashing and piercing damage in the one inventory slot.
>>71858452
>>71858526
l think the cod-piece is so big because of battle-boners maybe
imagine getting a huge adrenaline fueled hard-one and having an undersized cod-piece , it'd be hell man
>>71856483
>le meme zombie book
>>71859799
>wearing hockey pads
ISHYGDDT
>>71859523
that's the movie
the book had romero zombies
it honestly would have been far better if they just stuck to the fucking book, but instead they used the name to sell a pile of hot garbage dreamed up by a team of retards
>>71859799
>trying to recreate Road Warrior in the zombie apocalypse
godspeed
>>71857147
>get_a_load_of_this_guy.jpg
>>71857518
Because Sun Zhu is totally a white guy >.>
>>71859783
>thought the earth was flat
we've known it was round for a whole lot longer than you think, people knew how to climb a hill and look at a horizon and anyone who isn't a total spoon can figure out theres a curve to the earth. people did think that the sun revolved around us and that the earth was the very centre of the universe for a while though
>>71856864
>a hammerpike
>a fucking hammerpike
do you have legitimate brain damage? how the fuck are you supposed to go on a supply run with that nonsense, you have to move around indoors
a goddamn ball-peen hammer would be more effective by a lightyear
Assuming you have a custom set that doesn't restrict movement, the amount of noise it would make would be abysmally high
Might as well walk through downtown banging pots and pans
>>71858973
Holy shit mate, its been an hour or more since I made these posts. Looks like it actually triggerred you faggits.
>Waaaah boohoo dont give him attention but lets respond anyway. Just lol. Fookin lol you wannabe knight. This Armchair warrior is getting philosophical and sheet.
>>71860959
>plate armor restricts movement
When will this meme end?
>>71860933
I've already admitted like 3 times in this thread it would a stupid thing to carry around, obviously. See >>71860599 Most of the chart was just meant to be funny. If you want real talk though- indoors, yes, useless. I'd prolly just pull out the knife. If I was caught outdoors with no ammo I'd be glad to have it though, it would wreck shit. But carrying it around all the time in all honestly is not practical whatsoever.
>>71861145
Plate armour was made for a specific size, if you give armour that's made for a man of 6 feet to someone who is 5'9 would he be able to move around with it easily?
>>71858134
Is Twister posting a thing now?
>>71859737
zombies, as depicted in movies and TV shows, are retarded. Especially in shows like the walking dead. If zombies die when their brains get destroyed then literally every zombie would die over the winter as their brain matter freezes, destroying it. This is on top of shit like needing oxygen, flowing blood, ect
Magic zombies are where it's at. Writers need to stop trying to justify the existence of zombies because there is nothing that makes sense. Just full on magic is where it's at. Zombies that don't die to headshots or other means are the only way for them to be feasible in any fucking way.
I really hate faggots that think world war Z is how the world would actually react to a zombie invasion. US marines abandoning their stations to go back to families, fucking really? Is that the best they can come up with? A marine or soldier would not just fucking go AWOL in enough numbers to make a difference to a military campaign. I like how the writer also thinks the military would run out of ammunition or demoralized by killing zombies(an enemy that can't shoot back). The fucking marines would clear out a city in a fucking afternoon with no casualties. Zombies would be a non threat.
Watching Fear of the Walking Dead kinda proves this. Notice how you never actually see any soldiers or marines die from zombies? They always die off screen or in a building when you can't see them. Like when the main character guy pulls up to a building to assist marines under attack. You see it from his perspective, not the military. In no way could zombies corner 20+ heavily armed marines. Even if they were on the point of exhaustion they are no where near the point of collapse they have experienced in training (Or, what soldiers have experience in ww1 or ww2)
Zombies are retarded full on.
>>71861442
Ever since I started fucking your mom, it's been a fad.
>>71857009
plate armor will stop arrows. Fucking silk blowing in the wind can stop arrows.
Plate becomes shit when crossbows and guns came into play however.
I'd wear Bear School armor in the zombie apocalypse.
>>71861573
feels good to be noticed...
>>71861290
>knife
bad idea anon
if your goal is to destroy the brain, then a bludgeon is the soundest tactical choice
a small hammer, maybe an aluminum baseball bat
>>71857147
your weapon is shit
>>71861662
Looks like that post stung a bit huh. Bet it gave you a stiffy reading about your mommy getting fucked........(You)
>>71861681
What meme shit is this from
>>71861663
Well fill out the chart dude, I wanna see some good weapon choices. I'm not criticizing btw, keep in mind you're theoretically talking to a guy named electric wizard wearing batman gauntlets flying around in an autogyro killing evil magic rabbits, so there's that. You guys are kinda making me want to fill out a more serious thought out chart now.
Some other anon seemed to have an issue with even wearing pants in a zombie apocalypse, so I'd like to see what he's all about.
>>71858696
I had always fired long distance, 30cal+ guns my entire life. My favorite being a rem700bdl 3006 with a viper vortex 4-24mildot scope. On a good, low mph gust day, I can hit a man sized steel plate a mile out.
Recently, my friend bought a new ar-15(.223) with a stupid as fuck novelty zombie holo sight. That fucking gun is so easy to fucking shoot it's ridiculous. It has almost no recoil and even with an obnoxious holo sight we both hit MOA at 200yds and a little off MOA at 300.
It was like a god damn fucking video game it was so easy. This was at a standing position. I really want to get an AR15 now
>>71861794
Stop!
>>71861890
Woo hooo hooo I know when a cuck begs for me to stop, its his bashful way of begging for more. I'm gonna give you a new baby brother to take care of cucky. Teee hee
>>71856413
You could just wear a bite suit.
>>71862042
I didnt come to a Japanese Instagram site to get bullied.
>>71862090
Nice. That's the first thought I had when I saw this thread. That's one of those attack dog training outfits right? Perfect for zombies, grab a helmet and some gloves and you're ready for buisiness.
>>71856413
Where do you get one though?
It makes me think, if I was silly rich and genuinely concerned about a zombie apocalypse, I suppose you could get a great high-end custom made one and just hang it in the hall as a curiosity, just in case.
>>71856413
You'd get swarmed immediately and be dog piled by dozens to hundreds of zombies on top of you with their infected hands clawing at any opening.
>>71862510
You can afford a suit as long as you have a job that could support a family. Bunch of smiths that have been making armor all their lives.
>>71857147
>A good folded katana could hack an armored arm off at the joint
LOL, the Japanese broke their swords trying to cut through Mongol LEATHER armor.
>>71856413
why not just chainmail?
Why not cut out strips of carpet and wrap your extremities with it? Or make a coat out of it? Try to chomp through a strip of carpet.
>>71862184
That's far more restrictive and encumbering than medieval style armor however.
>>71856461
motorcycle gear would do the same thing.
if it can save your skin in a crash, i imagine it can stop a zombie scratch/bite.
>>71862869
derete this
>>71862919
There's tons of shit you could do with a little ingenuity and know-how. Problem is it'd probably look stupid as fuck which is why it's not usually done in zombie media.
Really though a reinforced motorcycle suit with some extra reinforcement on the extremities would work very well.
>>71863082
/tv/ could make the perfect zombie movie
>>71862564
>implying this wouldn't happen to anyone wearing anything else
>>71856413
It's heavy compared to modern materials, so your ass better be in shape. It's loud, so stealth is compromised. A closed helmet would reduce sight and sound perception. It can be difficult to put on by yourself, especially in an emergency. Zombies would eventually maul you into exhaustion or worse. It's difficult to repair if damaged. One armored man does not an army make.
>>71857147
JUST: The Post
>>71862919
why not use duct tape? pretty sure they wouldnt be able to bite through multiple layers of duct tape
>>71863845
gonna wrap duct tape around yourself every time you go out? How long until you run out of fucking duct tape? Carpet is much more likely to be improvised.
not that I think carpet is a good idea but... there's a million fucking things you could use. Still can get crushed or beaten to death though.
Riot gear is what yall niggers should be using.
Why not just walk around in a goddamn refrigerator box? Zombies aren't going to look in there, they are brainless monsters.
>>71864589
Or a motorized refrigerator. They can survive atomic bombs.
How come the military always gets destroyed? You'd think that explosives would be extremely effective against zombies?
>>71864669
Because writers think explosives means fire and a bit of shrapnel. Not organ pulping pressure waves and thousands of steel knives flying in every direction.
>>71857147
The Celts were folding metal 600 years before the Japs even thought of doing it.
The katana is a shit weapon even by Japanese standards. It's akin to a standard sidearm these days and was more used as a last-ditch effort in war when your main weapon(usually a polearm) broke.
Even in civilian life it was used more as a decoration than an actual weapon.
It's basically a slab of brittle iron with shit cutting power.
It was used to control almost naked peasants who were shitting in the ricefields not doing their jobs.
The only reason why it wasn't abandoned 900 years after it was made was because the Japs have a real fucking hardon for tradition.
They were still donning katanas when we were using revolvers, repeaters and fucking hand-crank gatling guns for fuck's sake.
The only actual use for Katanas are to be on display, since the craftsmanship and aesthetic is outstanding.
>>71856413
It'd get a bit hot in there.
>>71860870
Chinese.
While The Mongols and WHITE PPL conquered most of the known world, blacks were sitting in mud huts cutting off their daughters' clitorieses with a rusty flint-knife.
>>71858545
>as plate armor came into wide use.
I don't think that happened too much. That plate armor is expensive. Would you rather have
a) 1 guy in a plate armor
or
b) use the metal for the armor and have 30 guys with random weapons
>>71863320
Plate armor would make it harder to run, as well as diminish sight for zombie threats you fricking frick.
>>71856492
>plate armor
>cant run well
Stop learning your history through hollywood movies and video games, you peasant.
>>71858973
>Just lmao at your life if you're actually taking this thread seriously
this tbqhfam
>this entire thread
MediAutists are actually worse than gunnuts. At least with the gun-obsessed everything they say can be traced to something findable because it's contemporary, but with faggots who memorize all this shit about armor and medieval weapons, I can only imagine what a hated individual he is in real life.
Have fun being overrun, tackled to the ground, and smothered to death by the weight of rotting human flesh
>>71856492
A few thousand men in full plate could mow down tens of thousands of commoners who were armed with more than just teeth. Mind you, they'd be battling for several hours before the melee concluded. So no, you wouldn't tire that easily if you weren't a complete out of shape ass. Just do some cardio, carry a sword, and wear your plate. You'll be fine.
>>71859222
Maces were sparsely used. Half-swording was a technique used against other armored opponents. Also, you are absolutely incorrect if you think that half-swording was just for creating a blunt object. You could still use it with the tip aimed at your enemy, this allowed for far more accuracy, allowed you to create a lever to prize open armor, push through weak points, etc. Half-swording for the purpose of being used a blunt object was to knock a nigga out. Believe it or not, but one of the guys who is on the History Channel recreated half-swording with that exact same matchup.
A peasant/some guy with no armor against a dude in full plate. Assuming both had similar weapons. He was hit repeatedly and "died", but for the sake of showing what would happen if you got extraordinarily lucky he smacked his buddy in full plate upside the head with the pommel as demonstrated.
It almost flattened his buddy out and gave the guy a concussion because plate helmets are not meant to take blunt force trauma. They are to stop you from getting stabbed with pointy shit.
So it probably wouldn't have been uncommon to see two knights swinging the blunt end of their swords at one another in the hopes of knocking the other off balance.
>>71856773
seems unfair they don't both have shields
>>71857147
>Samarui used more subtle levels of armour due to their apex-mobility
Uh-huh
>>71862869
Katanas were developed for that very reason, you're thinking of tachis. That said, that guy is retarded and no sword can cut through fucking plate
>>71859851
That's the comedy of it. He knows what he's doing.
>>71856413
>wear full plate
>reduced maneuverability
>get shot by bandits
This is my setup. Complete with phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range. Or an Uzi 9 millimeter if they don't have the plasma rifle.
>>71865552
In the time period when plate armour was feasible, pretty much all of Europe used professional armies and every soldier bought and owned his own equipment. So it's not a case of "do I spend this on 1 guy in armour, or 30 guys in rags?" and more a case of "Do I spend my money on something that will keep me alive, or on beer and whores?"
Now, a harness of decent-ish munitions plate would run a soldier about 3 months salary.
Would you spend 3 months salary on an item that would probably save your life?
Even if that ment spending your entire life's savings, or even having to go into debt?
Cause I sure as fuck would...
That said, I'd go with mail.
>Easier to find a set that fits you
>Easier to modify a set to fit you better
>Easier to repair and maintain
>Easier to store
>Easier to don
>Coifs don't restrict vision
>Coifs don't restrict hearing
>Not as restrictive, even if that's not really an issue
>Not as fucking hot
>FAR less noisy
About as heavy, though...
>>71863350
>It's heavy compared to modern materials, so your ass better be in shape.
Stopped reading there.
>>71856773
Name of this show? Please?
They had an episode about holding a sword with the sharp end that was fucking awesome, really dig full on combat like that.
The zombie apocalypse? I would not worry about the zombies, i would fear other humans. People WILL make gangs and kill people for sport and take there gear, they will kill the men and rape every gang rape every women.
Yeah sure there will be good humans you can trust, but as time goes on it will be every man for them-self and supplies run out which will result in cannibalism , now that is a nightmare, personally i would rather be the first one killed during the zombie apocalypse.
I'm terrified of the zombie apocalypse, not because of the zombies but of human nature.. when society breaks down you better watch your back.
>>71856413
They could pile onto you and get their juices into your mouth or any open wounds.
>>71867764
>steel is lighter than carbon fibre, glass fibre, polycarbonate, kevlar, etc for equivalent levels of protection
>>71867883
>People WILL make gangs and kill people for sport and take there gear, they will kill the men and rape every gang rape every women.
its just me or this would happen only on USA?
i mean, i live in a shithole but i dont see this happeing here
>>71867883
there will be murderers, rapists and thieves but that's what's been happening in 90% of human history. Don't assume automatically that people will just kill for food and sex, new civilizations will form because humanity 'surprisingly' has better use working together rather than killing one another. If you really am this much of a beta cuck then go ahead and kill yourself
>>71856461
hmmmm
>>71868096
I could see it happening anywhere not populated by whites/indians/south-east-asians
>>71861551
Exactly. You can even keep the headshots, just say it's the Sahasrara Chakra drawing an inhuman consciousness into the body after death, and with its destruction the evil spirits are released. That makes more sense than anything Max Brooks wrote.
>>71856413
Dex is more important than poise
>>71857147
10/10 bait my friend here's a (You)
>>71856483
>Taking a book made by a know-nothing know-it-all kike seriously
Why would you want to engage in close combat with monsters whose blood is infectious?
>>71868450
So you can get mad views on youtube
>>71868172
Those guys had to have died of starvation.
>>71858418
>skipping leg day
dost thou even hoist?
>>71856967
I do murder stroke twice daily
>>71860870
Sun Tzu*
And he was Chinese.
Are there any movies about these fuckers?
>>71856413
Armor on a character is just not relatable to the general audience. You could have some tacti-cool costume, but it would be glaringly out of place unless specifically addressed in the plot. Even in the Resident Evil movies, they're practically wearing bondage gear. Why? Because it looks good on camera, and doesn't cover up the actors they paid good money to ogle at. Style matters more than practicality on screen. Tight pants, cleavage, and pretty faces are going to sell more tickets.
>>71868618
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaYlNZ8lswM
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>there's still no movie set during the crusades where a small group of paladins have to fight against a horde of supernatural zombies in a town plagued by sandstorms
>you will never see a scene where a knight gets dragged down the sand by a groups of Muzombies
