Thanks. More photos of Hounskull
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Helmet rotation
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Set “Richard”. Testing mobility
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Hi all! We make new video. Music and vocal written and recorded by ArmorySmith team (guitar, mandolin, bandura)
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Great videos Emris! Thans for sharing! 
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I dabbled in reinactment in my younger days, 40lbs of armour in the non-coreographed ‘Grand Melee’ plus another 12lbs for the helmet (more modern materials hidden under the steel of the helm i have to admit hading been belted round the back of the head with a 5lbs axe it still hurt like hell).
A lot of the misconception of full plate turning you into an armoured turtle and being unable to stand up if knocked over stems from ‘Jousting/Tournament’ armour which was often 90lbs in weight (something to do with a 1300lbs horse barreling towards you carrying a 250lbs rider with 12 foot long lance in his hand). if unhorsed the shock of hitting the ground at around 18 mph wearing 90lbs of armour means you won’t be getting up any time soon!
Modern reproduction armour benefits from better metals, and for non combat, aluminium chainmail is readily available weighing a fraction of the original weight.
The last point is that roughly speaking we are about 6 inches taller and a lot less thickset than the average middle age fighter who additionally would be considered really old if he hit 40 let alone any older.
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Wau,… the tools look marvelous! Would be perfekt for my icon… 
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love the opinion top bascinet with hounskull visor. that’ll definitely be my main helmet in the game
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Checked the armor at the photo shoot.
WOW…this is a very impressive thread…WOW
Great Handcraft!!!
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Most of these helms are just sport helms and not accurate, but it’s not like the helmets in KCD are historically accurate anyways, especially when for some reason the armor is based off of BOTN crap and not real gambesons/jupons. The collars and cut sleeves are just hideous compared to the historical deal.
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The helmet is made by the size of bascinet found in Ukraine. The original is in the collection of Eugene Gredunov. In this series, I perform the final molding of the visor, making loops, holes and grinding. In the manufacture of electric welding is used as there is no task to restore the manufacturing process of a medieval helmet.
This is a shortened version of the video which shows how you can make a cold elbow (except for hardening).
Forging kneecaps for plate leg style Kasten-Brust Armor.
Material: 1,5mm 30hgsa.
Methods: Dishing, Raising.
Kasten-brust armor is a German form of plate armor from the first half of 15th century. Collective armor from several medieval miniatures.
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It is shown how to forge one of the types of triangular rolling on the armor. Plate leg armor element of the Kunst Schott Von Hellingen Armor. During the production of this plate armor there will be videos about how is the real medieval knight armor is forged.
Material: steel 30hgsa, thickness 1.2 mm.
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In the video, I continue to forge a medieval helmet. Now I need to forge two visors and install them on the helmet.
The close helmet is one of the variations of the classic armet. It had appeared in the late 15th century and drove out the classic armet as it was more practical and easy to use.
Steel thickness:
Helmet skull - 2.5mm
Lower visor - 2mm
Upper visor - 2.5mm
Material - steel 45
Methods - welding, dishing, Raising.
Forging took 12hours 30min.
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Forging metal face Bagatur. Eastern helmet for fight.
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As it is known, European armor is the most suited armor for medieval sports fight. But what about armor from Kyiv Rus or East? That is why I forged this helmet, combining Eastern style and main principles of protection of the European helmets.
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When the gunpowder appeared and bullets started to break the armor the masters of those times started to make the armor thicker. To check the cuirass they would make a test – they shot it, if the steel didn’t break the armor it was considered good. The spot of the bullet wasn’t fixed, it was used as the proof of the armor’s quality. This video shows the test with the weapons used in buhurt. Falchion, mace, grand falchion, poleaxe, halberd. Weapons as in the Medieval times – real, tempered, but blunt.
As we were testing it, we damaged a weapon a bit. The pole of the halberd broke, poleaxe cracked, the top part of the grand falchion broke.
People not familiar with buhurt think that this kind of hits will break the neck instantly. The helmet is made in a way that if you raise your shoulders, it will rest on your body. This way you can face poleaxes without any harm to the health.
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