that is a japan armour and has nothing to do with Medieval Europe
Except they would never wear those helmets with those gigantic horns in battle.
Haven’t you ever heard of a clothes line maneuver?
XD
Shhhhhhhhhhh
:Dcry: aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh this cannot be true
stop crying, your are still allowed to hit the helm crest during a joust
Japan Lovers incoming…
*weeaboos…
Interesting that you mention it. A tempered 2mm breastplate, made of C45 or 1050 actually can stop a 9mm round with no problem. My boss made some test shots on the shooting range years ago. The pistol used was a CZ75 with 9mm full metal jacket. Didn’t even dent the piece.
They also shot at it with a calibre 18mm arquebus, using lead bullets. The first shot penetrated the faulds of the armor (the “skirt” which is attached at the breastplate), made of 1,5mm C45. The second one at the breast left a small dent and the most interesting thing is: During the impact the lead got liquid and was pushed under the rolled edge of the breastplate. It even opened up the rolled edge a bit. The lead is still there ^^
That 's the breastplate (before they shot at it)
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I don’t know at what range they shot. We also believe that a modern rifle, due to the longer barrel would penetrate the pieces easier.
Anything natural & historically accurate is fine - as long as we don’t have some chainmail bikini nonsense =)
But Zbyšek from Karolinenthal Diviš´s captain would clearly look fabulous in a chainmail bikini
After playing some Blade and Soul, you’ll see that ridiculousness has no end…high heels, full makeup, saturday night outfits and…CHAAARGE! =)
You know leather armor is almost a myth? there are very few examples of it. A poor soldier is more likely to wear a gambeson
cuir bouili. But seriously, leather armor was rare!
completely out of place
I think sallets were developed later, pigface bascinets were the common thing in 1403
Sallets were late 15th century in their most recognisable form, but apparently their origins have been recorded in inventories as early as 1407.
Also, Hounskull is a more accurate reference to the muzzled or beaked variants of the Bascinet. The Pig-Face term that gets thrown around is really just modern jargon.
I really hope we get to see some great Bascinets in game
http://static.webshopapp.com/shops/036200/files/012036152/german-hounskull-bascinet.jpg
This is what people mean by pigface.
Hounskull looks more like this.
This is a modern reproduction of a style I like. It’s a visored greathelm style bascinet. The eye holes are far too big, but it’s a costume piece. I was trying to find something more battle ready, but Google wasn’t much help. It wasn’t in common use in 1403, it’s older than that, but I’m sure some people still used older style helms.