Your videos are so flawlessly researched, presented and edited, packed with correct information and backed by real life demonstration, manuscript illuminations, funeral effigies and church reliefs; that they managed to change all my views about Medieval European armour and put them into historical perspective. Your work is highly appreciated! By the way, with the new additions, your harness looks even more awesome than before!
@@dominicwebb4416 I've heard it pronounced several different ways, and used many of them myself. I settled on this pronunciation after hearing Dr. Capwell use it consistently but I don't feel confident enough to say that any one is wrong or right.
I would seriously buy a full-length album of you just playing with armour. The gentle clacking of lames moving, the rattle of mail against plate, I love the sounds so much.
Great video as always, Ian! I've been using the "saloon door" back plates for several years now and I love them :) Couple things I've discovered from wearing them is they allow for some flexibility for my shoulder blades, which is important for coiling energy into your strikes (acts almost like a spring). Often you'll see in the fechtbooks (fight books) the posture is upright and their shoulders back, this gives you very solid structure while at the same time helping make your strikes feel more "explosive". Looking forward to part 2! -Reece
Hi Ian! Your videos are informative and interesting. It's great to notice that on a new continent, where the Middle Ages were not once lived, there are people who are interested in it today. All the best for you!
Not a lot of things can get me away from one of my favourite streamers, but this is one. Your videos are ALWAYS both wonderful and educational. Love it, and I can't wait for the next video! =)
Perhaps you could simply make the maile sleeves longer near the middle, too ensure that they won't fall out because of a sustained intense range of movement during battle.
AHHH so they DID have a buckle system to keep the helmets on them! I compete in the full contact medieval foot combat and we affectionately refer to that strap as the "Simon" strap after one of our fighters who took an axe to the head after his helm was oulled off. Is there a specific name for that strap?
Thanks! My living history club has been doing more and more scenarios based in the early 15th century, so we've been slowly upgrading our armor to be reflective of that. As for the future, maybe something to take advantage of keeping the centerline clear for a buckle :)
Absolutely. Jeff Wasson, our armorer, did many of the illustrations for Capwell's book and had access to a lot of his research, which is helping tremendously in the reconstruction of these things.
It seems to me like you'd be able to tie those maille sleeves to the sides of the cuirass, like you do with the coif on the bascinet. But I don't recall ever seeing historical examples of that, so I wonder why it never happened. Attaching maille to the breastplate makes a lot more sense to me than attaching it to the arming doublet.
I was just wondering if there was any systems for mounting the helmet to the breast plate. Seems like it could work pretty well some of the energy from blows to the head would be transfered into the breastplate.
Yes. Around the turn of the 14th/15th centuries we start to see the development of the _great bascinet_ which would ultimately replace the mail aventail of earlier bascinets with plate collar pieces that mate to and buckle down to the cuirass making your head and neck much more protected. Later specialized jousting hlms would even bolt down to the cuirass.
I have one question Ian, does the cuirass tighten up to the point where it makes you stand upright ( as in like a shoulder brace pulls back ) and i have to say ,. you are HOT looking in that style of armour. I have not ever really understood why armourers didnt make an all encompassing harness , they must have had teh ingenuity to make it , as they made these amazing harnesses anyway.
The armor can have a bit of a posture-correcting effect if that's what you're asking, especially an armor that includes a backplate and a tight waist. What do you mean by an _all encompassing harness_ ? There are some pretty complete ones out there that have almost no gaps at all.
That's the one I was going to point out. One thing that makes it difficult to do for real war harnesses though is that the horse and the ability to ride must be taken into account, which is why we often see the inside of the legs and groin being left absent of plate.
Hey Ian! Hope you're doing great. Quite a long time ago, on one of your videos on putting on your armour, I suggested that you did a video practicing cuts with your sharp sword while in full plate harness, to see how impairing that might be. Is that still a possibility we might see?
Thanks for the suggestion, maybe in the future. One thing to keep in mind is that cuts aren't executed quite the same in armor. That is to say, a lot of people, especially HEMA practitioners who do unarmored fighting only, expect blossfechten style cutting in armor, which is not really necessary or appropriate.
Hi Ian, this really is a lovely piece of armor and the combination with the mail sleeves look really great and functional. I just came about to wonder about one thing about the hinges: would one actually need be concerned about the part of the hinges, which one can see on the outside of the armor, to get damaged in a way you no longer can easily open one or both sides of this construction? Do you have any idea about what to do if something like this would occur?
Some of this comes down to our modern expectations vs historical expectations of armor. Can a well aimed pollaxe shot crush a hinge or damage a buckle? Yes. Did the armor do its job and keep the wearer alive? Yes. Then it's all good. Modernly, we'd be very upset that our armor got damaged and would need to be repaired or replaced, but historically it did exactly what it was purposed to do. We want our armor to last forever through repeated beatings over and over, they wanted their armor to keep them alive in the off chance they got hit in an actual battle. That being said, I've never observed a modern practitioner have that problem occur.
Nothing. My living history group does scenarios in both the 1380s and the early 1400s, so this will enable me to have the flexibility of going back and forth, while in less formal scenarios enabling me to show guests the changes in armor over time.
Knyght Errant, I'm sure this is a naive question but if the gap overlaps why didn't they design it to open in the front so that a man-at-arms could put the armor on (or take it off) without assistance? Was assistance just taken for granted by the folks that could afford that sort of kit?
Openings are generally structural weaknesses in armor that can degrade it's protective quality. A lot of the time, the design of breastplate is made in anticipation of receiving a powerful lance strike or crossbow bolts, so you want it to be one of the strongest and thickest parts of the armor. A strong lance strike to a front-closure could compromise its protective value. You're very unlikely to get hit very hard in the back unless your unit is routing, so it's acceptable to keep the back the 'weaker' part of the armor. This is reflected in the fact that backplates are often omitted entirely from armors even after they had developed. They were also developed later than the breastplate, so we know it wasn't nearly as much of priority. Now as for armor requiring assistance, virtually every full armor requires assistance to get into it. Knights and ranking men-at-arms would have had dedicated valets and others to help, but even the poorest soldiers still had each other help get into whatever armor they may have had, so there was always someone there to help you get into armor. So protection is the priority, the idea of needing help just wasn't really a drawback because there are almost no realistic scenarios where you wouldn't have someone to aid you.
My living history group straddles the turn of the 14th/15th century. Sometimes our scenarios put us in the 1380s, sometimes, the 1410s or thereabouts, so with these updates I have the flexibility to go back and forth in time while remaining up-to-date for either.
Hey Ian, I just received a message from Patreon saying they were changing how the were 'helping' guys like you by changing how they took their fees. They say that they are now going to take a flat rate of 2.6 percent PLUS 36 cents from every pledge. This seems high to me, especially as many Patreon supporters pledge a dollar per episode like myself - which would essentially mean Patreon is taking 40% of the money pledged to your site. Wondering what your thoughts are on this.?
Carl Polen my thoughts are that they are trying to help themselves, not their creators and definitely not the patrons. I brought up my concerns with them yesterday when they announced this change to the creators and they don't seem to be receptive to these concerns. These changes are going to disproportionately hit small creators and patrons who donate to many low cost creators. I expect I, and other small creators who only ask for small pledges (especially on a 'per post' model) will lose a significant number of patrons as a result of these changes (I've lost 4 this evening so far which is highly unusual). Unfortunately, it's all out of our control. Many creators are pushing back on this change so hopefully Patreon can be swayed before they actually implement the change. If not, I expect to lose many patrons and I will fully understand why. I would encourage anyone currently pledging to a creator on Patreon to contact Patreon directly and express your distaste for their absurd new model.
Maybe it is worth to consider switching to a monthly payment. Small pledges are still penalized by the new fee structure, but not as strong as with a “per video” charge (at least in cases of more than 1 video per month). I would rather prefer paying something without a new video, than knowing that most of the money doesn't arrives at the intended recipient. In months in which you don’t have enough time for a new video, I can still watch your older videos, they are worth watching multiple times ;-)
+TheMorgoth86 I have considered that and I've been wrestling with this situation in my head since the announcement of their change. They've essentially penalized the low dollar amount pledges, especially on those who pledge 'per post.' They functionally put a 35% premium on the all $1.00 pledges in the name of 'predictability.' They are not accepting that this de-incentivizes people to pledge in the first place and it hurts those who support multiple creators at low dollar amounts the most. So far I've lost 11 patrons since the announcement which is more than I've ever lost in a single month (much less 1 week) by a lot. I'm having a hard time justifying switching to a 'per month' model because I cannot reconcile that with the relative infrequency and sporadic nature of my uploads. The nature of my videos and the circumstances in my private life that dictate when I can make them to the standard I've set for myself is just not conducive to doing this on any sort of regular schedule. I would have a hard time justifying asking for a flat per month rate when in any given month I may make 1 - 3 videos, or possibly 0. I think you might be the exception to the rule if you're stating that that scenario would be ok for you. That being said, 'per post' supporters are able to set a monthly cap on the number of posts they support. People who support multiple posts per month might consider increasing the dollar amount but lowering the number of supported posts to avoid multiple instances of fees. For example, a $2.00 pledge limited to 1 video instead of a $1.00 pledge capped at 2 videos only incurs one instance of their new $0.35 fee instead of two. It's not a perfect solution, because functionally it's not very different than 'per month' but it does avoid getting charged if I produce nothing. On the other side of the coin, that's not necessarily fair if I only produce 1 video in a given month because people may feel like they're getting charged double for half the content... TL;DR there is no good solution to this, and I'm unsure of what the _best_ solution is right now. Patreon has thus far been completely un-receptive to these concerns and even though I had no say and no control over this, I feel both responsible to my patrons and like I've been put in a very awkward position as a result of their decision.
It's made from 1050 spring steel, heat treated. Thicknesses vary significantly depending on the component, ranging anywhere from less than 1mm to about 2.5mm.
You mean by replicating a grand assiette sleeve in mail? One of the side effects of that sleeve design is that it creates an excess of fabric underneath the arm when the arm is in a relaxed position. It's necessary so you can raise your arm overhead without stretching fabric at the armpit. You can get away with this in fabric because the material is compressible. The problem when you translate this to mail is that you'd end up with a large clump of incompressible mail directly in your armpit, which would make it very uncomfortable.
You have a pocket of mail on the outside of the elbow, that doesn't need to compress and it doesn't get squished into the fleshy bits of your elbow since it's all on the outside. With the armpit, you'd be placing all of the excess on the inside of the joint.
Hello Ian, Exceptional video!!! Jeff Wesson Artistry does phenomenal work, is this where you get all of your plate amour? I don’t have the budget for one of Jeff’s creations however I’m curious to know what you think of BestArmour.com particularly Breast/Back plate model# PB 4.1A. Is this a decent set to start out with? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sergio
Hi Sergio. Yes, Jeff is responsible for all of my armor with the exception of the helmet and the mail. He is extremely talented! PB 4.1A is a little strange to my eye. It looks like it's inspired by early 15th century Italian armors, but they've decided to omit the plackart which would be normal to see in combination with a lot of the other design cues I observe on that piece.
Depending on exactly your needs, I recommend Historically Patterned Mail, Isak Krogh Hantwerk, and Erik Schmid for mail. For arming clothes, I've made all of mine myself, so I don't really know what commercially available ones are good out there, but there are people who do very good custom work like Lady Malina, AD1410 and others. All of those should be searchable on Facebook.
One thing I've been wondering: Is there any configuration of full plate armor that would be possible to put on without the help of an assistant? So far it seems that chest/back/shoulder armor always comes with straps or buckles that you can't reach on your own (at least not with both hands). Is there any feasible way around that?
Not without compromises to protection I would imagine. Knights who could afford full plate harness had servants. And having people who's job it is to put armor on for you are way more convenient than being able to put armor on yourself, especially if being able to do so requires sacrifices in protection.
You can put things like a front-opening brigandine on yourself. Sometimes there are a little tricks to getting certain styles of shoulders on like leaving them attached to an arming garment or mail shirt etc.., You have to remember though that no one was ever really needing to put on armor by themselves. Knights may have had attendants, but even the poor footsoldiers in outdated coats of plates had each other to help don their armor, so getting it on by oneself should never have really been a historical concern.
Heyya! May I ask if have access to, or experience with the later Spanish style breastplate? The type that terminates fairly low onto the abdomen, unlike earlier breastplates where they terminate right below the ribs. I'd like to ask regarding the stomach mobility of the Spanish breastplate, since it's usually a solid plate with no articulation. Would crunching your abdomen cause it to bite into your abdomen?
Most of the fit and mobility from a breastplate really comes from the breastplate compressing and terminating at the natural waist along the _sides_ of the torso rather than directly in the front. It's the lateral compression that bares most of the load. A peascod breastplate still fits snug at the sides where it counts, and then projects lower and outward in the front. It may slightly lessen one's ability to flex the lumbar spine purely in the sagittal plane, but your hips should more than make up for that and you would still have your ability to bend laterally and twist at the natural waist like normal.
Why did they intentionally design this cuirasse so that a fighter HAD to depwnd on an attendant to strap him in from the rear? A single backplate that hinged on the left and strapped on the right could be applied by the wearer or an attendant. That would have been a more versatile set-up. Although it would not have allowed for expansion of torso as this arrangement seems to have. The rear straps could be let out here as the fighter put on some weight or added more padding underneath.
Keep in mind it's very difficult (maybe even impossible with some configurations) for the wearer to tie their own arm armor into place. You pretty much always need someone else to help you put on your arms so having them help with the backplate as well isn't a big problem
You need to do something nice for your lovely assistance. As a graduated of USNA, don't you find bitter ends annoying or is that just a moderning point of view.
Your videos are so flawlessly researched, presented and edited, packed with correct information and backed by real life demonstration, manuscript illuminations, funeral effigies and church reliefs; that they managed to change all my views about Medieval European armour and put them into historical perspective. Your work is highly appreciated! By the way, with the new additions, your harness looks even more awesome than before!
Thank you so much for the very kind words!
Thought it was pronounced kwirass
@@dominicwebb4416 I've heard it pronounced several different ways, and used many of them myself. I settled on this pronunciation after hearing Dr. Capwell use it consistently but I don't feel confident enough to say that any one is wrong or right.
Saint George is quite the guy, he has a piece of every kind of armor in his holy collection:)
Spreading the faith in Christ Lord and slaying Dragons might get you some badass Armour sometimes .
I would seriously buy a full-length album of you just playing with armour. The gentle clacking of lames moving, the rattle of mail against plate, I love the sounds so much.
A(rmor)SMR? ;)
YEEES. Make it happen.
ASMRmour surely?
what kind of breastplate stretcher would you use for this configuration?
Common Pepe How long before he figures it out?
Common Pepe You're torturing the poor Knyght.
Wow can't wait to see the rest of your armor updates.
Great video as always, Ian! I've been using the "saloon door" back plates for several years now and I love them :) Couple things I've discovered from wearing them is they allow for some flexibility for my shoulder blades, which is important for coiling energy into your strikes (acts almost like a spring). Often you'll see in the fechtbooks (fight books) the posture is upright and their shoulders back, this gives you very solid structure while at the same time helping make your strikes feel more "explosive". Looking forward to part 2!
-Reece
Your videos are really in a class of their own, Ian. Awesome stuff.
YOU’RE EVOLVING!
Great video, Ian.
Keep up the good work!
Waiting for next video already.
Only a french knight would need a backplate!
Nick Dzink *SAVAGERY INTENSIFIES*
Hi Ian! Your videos are informative and interesting. It's great to notice that on a new continent, where the Middle Ages were not once lived, there are people who are interested in it today. All the best for you!
i love how well made and thought out each inch of a harness is
Not a lot of things can get me away from one of my favourite streamers, but this is one. Your videos are ALWAYS both wonderful and educational. Love it, and I can't wait for the next video! =)
Perhaps you could simply make the maile sleeves longer near the middle, too ensure that they won't fall out because of a sustained intense range of movement during battle.
GO ARMY!! Couldn't resist, that sweatshirt taunted me. Great video, thanks again for your awesome content!
Haha! You're welcome! Go Navy, Beat Army!
Given your Navy background, you should do an episode about naval warfare of the era. Would be pretty epic episode!
Extremely excited about this series, if you will. Was just thinking about this type of harness about a week ago
Super simple for maintenance, which is great.
i found this kind of videos really useful for drawing fantasy stuff, thanks!
AHHH so they DID have a buckle system to keep the helmets on them! I compete in the full contact medieval foot combat and we affectionately refer to that strap as the "Simon" strap after one of our fighters who took an axe to the head after his helm was oulled off. Is there a specific name for that strap?
Thanks for a new video set!
Beautiful armour!
@Knyght Errant
I dint know you existed "Channel"
But thanks to shad, now i finally get more info
Welcome to the channel!
can't wait for the next part
Saw this earlier in pursuing the knightly arts, and got hyped XD
Awesome video and a nice new piece of kit Ian!
What are you considering getting next and what led you to purchase these new pieces?
Thanks! My living history club has been doing more and more scenarios based in the early 15th century, so we've been slowly upgrading our armor to be reflective of that. As for the future, maybe something to take advantage of keeping the centerline clear for a buckle :)
That's good to hear. Has the new book by Tobias Capwell been of any help? I ordered it a month ago and am still waiting for it to arrive.
Absolutely. Jeff Wasson, our armorer, did many of the illustrations for Capwell's book and had access to a lot of his research, which is helping tremendously in the reconstruction of these things.
Very cool
4:15 reminds me a lot of Fallout 4s power armor.
Nice work!
It seems to me like you'd be able to tie those maille sleeves to the sides of the cuirass, like you do with the coif on the bascinet. But I don't recall ever seeing historical examples of that, so I wonder why it never happened. Attaching maille to the breastplate makes a lot more sense to me than attaching it to the arming doublet.
3:45 Ahh, I see you got yourself some besagews
What advantages do hinges give to an armor?
I was just wondering if there was any systems for mounting the helmet to the breast plate. Seems like it could work pretty well some of the energy from blows to the head would be transfered into the breastplate.
Yes. Around the turn of the 14th/15th centuries we start to see the development of the _great bascinet_ which would ultimately replace the mail aventail of earlier bascinets with plate collar pieces that mate to and buckle down to the cuirass making your head and neck much more protected. Later specialized jousting hlms would even bolt down to the cuirass.
I have one question Ian, does the cuirass tighten up to the point where it makes you stand upright ( as in like a shoulder brace pulls back ) and i have to say ,. you are HOT looking in that style of armour.
I have not ever really understood why armourers didnt make an all encompassing harness , they must have had teh ingenuity to make it , as they made these amazing harnesses anyway.
The armor can have a bit of a posture-correcting effect if that's what you're asking, especially an armor that includes a backplate and a tight waist. What do you mean by an _all encompassing harness_ ? There are some pretty complete ones out there that have almost no gaps at all.
Knyght Errant the all encompassing harness I meant is something that encases the whole body like the famous King Henry 8th foot combat armour.
That's the one I was going to point out. One thing that makes it difficult to do for real war harnesses though is that the horse and the ability to ride must be taken into account, which is why we often see the inside of the legs and groin being left absent of plate.
Knyght Errant having a full encased knight , does it make it harder for them to stay up on the saddle. ?
Do you know anyone , anyone at all who has had the chance of actually wearing or owning a copy of his armour ?
so awesome
Hey Ian! Hope you're doing great.
Quite a long time ago, on one of your videos on putting on your armour, I suggested that you did a video practicing cuts with your sharp sword while in full plate harness, to see how impairing that might be. Is that still a possibility we might see?
Thanks for the suggestion, maybe in the future. One thing to keep in mind is that cuts aren't executed quite the same in armor. That is to say, a lot of people, especially HEMA practitioners who do unarmored fighting only, expect blossfechten style cutting in armor, which is not really necessary or appropriate.
What is the source of the artwork at 5:40? Are that people from current-day Russia and Kazachstan or something?
Hi Ian,
this really is a lovely piece of armor and the combination with the mail sleeves look really great and functional. I just came about to wonder about one thing about the hinges: would one actually need be concerned about the part of the hinges, which one can see on the outside of the armor, to get damaged in a way you no longer can easily open one or both sides of this construction? Do you have any idea about what to do if something like this would occur?
Some of this comes down to our modern expectations vs historical expectations of armor. Can a well aimed pollaxe shot crush a hinge or damage a buckle? Yes. Did the armor do its job and keep the wearer alive? Yes. Then it's all good. Modernly, we'd be very upset that our armor got damaged and would need to be repaired or replaced, but historically it did exactly what it was purposed to do. We want our armor to last forever through repeated beatings over and over, they wanted their armor to keep them alive in the off chance they got hit in an actual battle. That being said, I've never observed a modern practitioner have that problem occur.
Looking badass at 6:14
Looking good! Are you planning on getting a great bascinet of your own to strap onto the plates?
Perhaps! :)
another great video!
So, what happens to the old armor?
Nothing. My living history group does scenarios in both the 1380s and the early 1400s, so this will enable me to have the flexibility of going back and forth, while in less formal scenarios enabling me to show guests the changes in armor over time.
Knyght Errant, I'm sure this is a naive question but if the gap overlaps why didn't they design it to open in the front so that a man-at-arms could put the armor on (or take it off) without assistance? Was assistance just taken for granted by the folks that could afford that sort of kit?
Openings are generally structural weaknesses in armor that can degrade it's protective quality. A lot of the time, the design of breastplate is made in anticipation of receiving a powerful lance strike or crossbow bolts, so you want it to be one of the strongest and thickest parts of the armor. A strong lance strike to a front-closure could compromise its protective value. You're very unlikely to get hit very hard in the back unless your unit is routing, so it's acceptable to keep the back the 'weaker' part of the armor. This is reflected in the fact that backplates are often omitted entirely from armors even after they had developed. They were also developed later than the breastplate, so we know it wasn't nearly as much of priority. Now as for armor requiring assistance, virtually every full armor requires assistance to get into it. Knights and ranking men-at-arms would have had dedicated valets and others to help, but even the poorest soldiers still had each other help get into whatever armor they may have had, so there was always someone there to help you get into armor. So protection is the priority, the idea of needing help just wasn't really a drawback because there are almost no realistic scenarios where you wouldn't have someone to aid you.
So is this (going to be) your main armor?
My living history group straddles the turn of the 14th/15th century. Sometimes our scenarios put us in the 1380s, sometimes, the 1410s or thereabouts, so with these updates I have the flexibility to go back and forth in time while remaining up-to-date for either.
Knyght Errant thats pretty cool
Found out about you from Shadiversity. Subscribed
Dirt Hawker welcome to the channel!
Hey Ian, I just received a message from Patreon saying they were changing how the were 'helping' guys like you by changing how they took their fees. They say that they are now going to take a flat rate of 2.6 percent PLUS 36 cents from every pledge. This seems high to me, especially as many Patreon supporters pledge a dollar per episode like myself - which would essentially mean Patreon is taking 40% of the money pledged to your site. Wondering what your thoughts are on this.?
Carl Polen my thoughts are that they are trying to help themselves, not their creators and definitely not the patrons. I brought up my concerns with them yesterday when they announced this change to the creators and they don't seem to be receptive to these concerns. These changes are going to disproportionately hit small creators and patrons who donate to many low cost creators. I expect I, and other small creators who only ask for small pledges (especially on a 'per post' model) will lose a significant number of patrons as a result of these changes (I've lost 4 this evening so far which is highly unusual). Unfortunately, it's all out of our control. Many creators are pushing back on this change so hopefully Patreon can be swayed before they actually implement the change. If not, I expect to lose many patrons and I will fully understand why. I would encourage anyone currently pledging to a creator on Patreon to contact Patreon directly and express your distaste for their absurd new model.
Maybe it is worth to consider switching to a monthly payment. Small pledges are still penalized by the new fee structure, but not as strong as with a “per video” charge (at least in cases of more than 1 video per month). I would rather prefer paying something without a new video, than knowing that most of the money doesn't arrives at the intended recipient. In months in which you don’t have enough time for a new video, I can still watch your older videos, they are worth watching multiple times ;-)
+TheMorgoth86 I have considered that and I've been wrestling with this situation in my head since the announcement of their change. They've essentially penalized the low dollar amount pledges, especially on those who pledge 'per post.' They functionally put a 35% premium on the all $1.00 pledges in the name of 'predictability.' They are not accepting that this de-incentivizes people to pledge in the first place and it hurts those who support multiple creators at low dollar amounts the most. So far I've lost 11 patrons since the announcement which is more than I've ever lost in a single month (much less 1 week) by a lot.
I'm having a hard time justifying switching to a 'per month' model because I cannot reconcile that with the relative infrequency and sporadic nature of my uploads. The nature of my videos and the circumstances in my private life that dictate when I can make them to the standard I've set for myself is just not conducive to doing this on any sort of regular schedule. I would have a hard time justifying asking for a flat per month rate when in any given month I may make 1 - 3 videos, or possibly 0. I think you might be the exception to the rule if you're stating that that scenario would be ok for you.
That being said, 'per post' supporters are able to set a monthly cap on the number of posts they support. People who support multiple posts per month might consider increasing the dollar amount but lowering the number of supported posts to avoid multiple instances of fees. For example, a $2.00 pledge limited to 1 video instead of a $1.00 pledge capped at 2 videos only incurs one instance of their new $0.35 fee instead of two. It's not a perfect solution, because functionally it's not very different than 'per month' but it does avoid getting charged if I produce nothing. On the other side of the coin, that's not necessarily fair if I only produce 1 video in a given month because people may feel like they're getting charged double for half the content... TL;DR there is no good solution to this, and I'm unsure of what the _best_ solution is right now. Patreon has thus far been completely un-receptive to these concerns and even though I had no say and no control over this, I feel both responsible to my patrons and like I've been put in a very awkward position as a result of their decision.
Good news - blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/
I always wondered, what type of steel and thickness is in your armor set?
It's made from 1050 spring steel, heat treated. Thicknesses vary significantly depending on the component, ranging anywhere from less than 1mm to about 2.5mm.
Do you think mail could be tailored like the arming doublet so that the portion on your body doesn't rise up?
You mean by replicating a grand assiette sleeve in mail? One of the side effects of that sleeve design is that it creates an excess of fabric underneath the arm when the arm is in a relaxed position. It's necessary so you can raise your arm overhead without stretching fabric at the armpit. You can get away with this in fabric because the material is compressible. The problem when you translate this to mail is that you'd end up with a large clump of incompressible mail directly in your armpit, which would make it very uncomfortable.
Don’t the elbow and arm outs already have small pockets of extra mail though in a shirt?
You have a pocket of mail on the outside of the elbow, that doesn't need to compress and it doesn't get squished into the fleshy bits of your elbow since it's all on the outside. With the armpit, you'd be placing all of the excess on the inside of the joint.
Also 3:45 looks straight out of Monty Python. 😂
how do you know so much about breast plates?
The scene with the French guards with their exquisite mustache and crude bascinet?
Hello Ian, Exceptional video!!! Jeff Wesson Artistry does phenomenal
work, is this where you get all of your plate amour? I don’t have the budget
for one of Jeff’s creations however I’m curious to know what you think of BestArmour.com
particularly Breast/Back plate model# PB 4.1A. Is this a decent set to start out
with? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sergio
Hi Sergio. Yes, Jeff is responsible for all of my armor with the exception of the helmet and the mail. He is extremely talented! PB 4.1A is a little strange to my eye. It looks like it's inspired by early 15th century Italian armors, but they've decided to omit the plackart which would be normal to see in combination with a lot of the other design cues I observe on that piece.
Ok thank you so much as this is very helpful to know. Also who do you recommend for mail and gambesons made to fit?
Depending on exactly your needs, I recommend Historically Patterned Mail, Isak Krogh Hantwerk, and Erik Schmid for mail. For arming clothes, I've made all of mine myself, so I don't really know what commercially available ones are good out there, but there are people who do very good custom work like Lady Malina, AD1410 and others. All of those should be searchable on Facebook.
ok thank sir!
One thing I've been wondering: Is there any configuration of full plate armor that would be possible to put on without the help of an assistant? So far it seems that chest/back/shoulder armor always comes with straps or buckles that you can't reach on your own (at least not with both hands). Is there any feasible way around that?
Not without compromises to protection I would imagine. Knights who could afford full plate harness had servants. And having people who's job it is to put armor on for you are way more convenient than being able to put armor on yourself, especially if being able to do so requires sacrifices in protection.
You can put things like a front-opening brigandine on yourself. Sometimes there are a little tricks to getting certain styles of shoulders on like leaving them attached to an arming garment or mail shirt etc.., You have to remember though that no one was ever really needing to put on armor by themselves. Knights may have had attendants, but even the poor footsoldiers in outdated coats of plates had each other to help don their armor, so getting it on by oneself should never have really been a historical concern.
very nice vid. ty
Heyya! May I ask if have access to, or experience with the later Spanish style breastplate?
The type that terminates fairly low onto the abdomen, unlike earlier breastplates where they terminate right below the ribs.
I'd like to ask regarding the stomach mobility of the Spanish breastplate, since it's usually a solid plate with no articulation. Would crunching your abdomen cause it to bite into your abdomen?
Most of the fit and mobility from a breastplate really comes from the breastplate compressing and terminating at the natural waist along the _sides_ of the torso rather than directly in the front. It's the lateral compression that bares most of the load. A peascod breastplate still fits snug at the sides where it counts, and then projects lower and outward in the front. It may slightly lessen one's ability to flex the lumbar spine purely in the sagittal plane, but your hips should more than make up for that and you would still have your ability to bend laterally and twist at the natural waist like normal.
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Why did they intentionally design this cuirasse so that a fighter HAD to depwnd on an attendant to strap him in from the rear? A single backplate that hinged on the left and strapped on the right could be applied by the wearer or an attendant. That would have been a more versatile set-up.
Although it would not have allowed for expansion of torso as this arrangement seems to have. The rear straps could be let out here as the fighter put on some weight or added more padding underneath.
Keep in mind it's very difficult (maybe even impossible with some configurations) for the wearer to tie their own arm armor into place. You pretty much always need someone else to help you put on your arms so having them help with the backplate as well isn't a big problem
Loving all of these videos, but uhmm, why do all of thess bearded badass-looking chaps all have such high pitched voices? xD
I Love the vid cheers good sir.
Full plate always makes me a little sad. Why? Because when I look at it, I see the dawn of the end of the medieval ages. :(
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Make a video where you eat your armor.
Well I mean, Metatron already smokes his. Crazy Italians.
Complicated this armour stuff
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Full plate makes me a bit sad. Why? Because when i see full plate, i see the dawn of the end for the middle ages.
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You need to do something nice for your lovely assistance. As a graduated of USNA, don't you find bitter ends annoying or is that just a moderning point of view.