That English armour is a thing if beauty! It looks so lean and quick unlike the Italian armour for fighting on horseback. A suitcase full of money is a nice thing, too, I guess.
A very good lecture, I didn't think I was going to finish it but here I am. What I took from this besides the sheer technical skill of the armourers and Mr Capwell's profound knowledge on the subject and this might sound frivolous but it's not meant to be. Is if you were going to have a suit made you couldn't afford to gain or lose weight. If you're anything like me my weight changes on a weekly to monthly basis depending to what faze of my training I'm in or whether or not I've be not as rigorous with my diet as I should be. What fits me one week does not necessarily fit the next. Particularly round the torso, in this case I suppose a brigandine would give more flexibility. Good lecture by Mr Capwell, I shall look for more of his work.
I'm not sure how applicable it is to this era of armour, but I'm aware that some armours had buckling at the sides, for access - so you could let it out a bit. I imagine that that's something you could apply if you wanted armour but were concerned about body shape.
Aglara Andune a skirt of plates is called a fauld, on which tassets are straped to. in the 16th century tassets turn from solid plates hanging from the fauld to articulated lames themselves, part of the fauld
In those days the armorer did not work alone. There were people to finish the armor (platners) People to do the leather work. others still to decorate and line the armor. In the current day the modern armorer must wear many hats. This explains the time it takes the one man shop to get things done.
41:00 poor city guards painting there cheap helmets in the city colors is the simplest way to identify them in their role. And drastically decrease maintenance. 50 men can share 12 helmets and not worry about one of them not whipping this morning's rain of. 59:20 there are only 5 kinds of medieval bridges along the camino de Santiago (from France) each river has mostly one model, Dating to within 50 years.
For YT algorithm it doesn't matter if you thumb up or down. Only number or "votes" count. Thumb up or down only determines what videos YT will show you in recommended section. So for video maker it's always better to get thumb down than no vote at all. BTW Will i get golden shovel? :D
Can someone tag me if this gets captions? *I can't hear because of a disability, if someone happens to know if he mentions how long it takes to make plate armour, I would appreciate them replying to this
You know what might help entice more people to study medieval armor? If he released anything but super expensive coffe table books that become completely unavailable within a few years. Are entire pages of black really necessary to present his beloved topic adequately? Did he have to pose in the most badass looking armor imaginable?
+Timothy Heimbach Black was a colour used by the elite - the process of blacking (& blueing) is a process of oxidation (like the Attic/Greek vases) and showed the observers that the wearer could afford for it to be done that way therefore a statement of wealth, power, prestige and magnificence. From my brief studies I know that Henry VIII's Tonlet was Black with Gold gilding but there are other examples of black armour elsewhere - check out the Wallace Collection.
+Timothy Heimbach Hi not sure how Toby did his but this essay might help show you some techniques - I'm studying 16th Century armour decoration. www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dect/hd_dect.htm
Timothy Heimbach To blacken the steel (also known as blueing), all you need to do is slowly heat it up to a certain temperature, I used an oxy acetylene torch and just carefully heat the metal until it all turns a consistent color. Not sure if that's how they did it. It's not expensive to do at all so I doubt only the wealth would have blued armors.
Scott, thanks for making this available! There are so many gems of knowledge in this talk!
Lecture starts at 8:30
thanks
thanks, was hoping I'd find this 😊
Thanks for putting this out there for us to enjoy. Any lecture from Toby is well worth a listen...
That English armour is a thing if beauty! It looks so lean and quick unlike the Italian armour for fighting on horseback. A suitcase full of money is a nice thing, too, I guess.
A very good lecture, I didn't think I was going to finish it but here I am. What I took from this besides the sheer technical skill of the armourers and Mr Capwell's profound knowledge on the subject and this might sound frivolous but it's not meant to be. Is if you were going to have a suit made you couldn't afford to gain or lose weight. If you're anything like me my weight changes on a weekly to monthly basis depending to what faze of my training I'm in or whether or not I've be not as rigorous with my diet as I should be.
What fits me one week does not necessarily fit the next. Particularly round the torso, in this case I suppose a brigandine would give more flexibility.
Good lecture by Mr Capwell, I shall look for more of his work.
"Get the breastplate stretcher".... Just playing respect what you said.
I'm not sure how applicable it is to this era of armour, but I'm aware that some armours had buckling at the sides, for access - so you could let it out a bit. I imagine that that's something you could apply if you wanted armour but were concerned about body shape.
I've been watching him on Tod's Workshop channel recently, he's great - like an academic, minutiae of detail version of Lindybeige, fantastic!
It was really good stuff i plan to vusit the Wallace collection sometime this year..
Unlike Lindybeige he knows what he's talking about.
this is making me wish i did art history at some point
This is the kind of content I live for! Love it!!
Absolutely amazing stuff. Thanks for recording and sharing this! :)
All those spare seats in front of the camera. If only I could have filled one...
Ruarscampbell YES!
Cool stuff.I grew up near to Higgins Armory and went there alot.Always liked the armored dogs they they had.
Thank you for this wonderful lecture!
Wow. awesome video thank you very much for sharing.
I appreciate the irony in a man who lives a life at no peril to his fingers slicing one off making superfluous hand protection.
Excellent! Thank you!
many thanks for this!
Awesome ! :) Thank you for sharing ! :)
Awesome! He's a great speaker!
Wouldn't the skirt of plates be considered tassets or am I completely misunderstanding that term?
Aglara Andune a skirt of plates is called a fauld, on which tassets are straped to. in the 16th century tassets turn from solid plates hanging from the fauld to articulated lames themselves, part of the fauld
Thanks for the info! I've been using tassets wrong all this time.
In those days the armorer did not work alone. There were people to finish the armor (platners) People to do the leather work. others still to decorate and line the armor. In the current day the modern armorer must wear many hats. This explains the time it takes the one man shop to get things done.
It was an complete industry.
41:00 poor city guards painting there cheap helmets in the city colors is the simplest way to identify them in their role. And drastically decrease maintenance. 50 men can share 12 helmets and not worry about one of them not whipping this morning's rain of.
59:20 there are only 5 kinds of medieval bridges along the camino de Santiago (from France) each river has mostly one model, Dating to within 50 years.
Absolutely its serves both as decoration and function.
...those who thumbeth downeth,
can not make a suit of armor.
ami2evil Who even thumbs down such a video? Poor peasants?
For YT algorithm it doesn't matter if you thumb up or down. Only number or "votes" count. Thumb up or down only determines what videos YT will show you in recommended section. So for video maker it's always better to get thumb down than no vote at all.
BTW Will i get golden shovel? :D
Not really a video, per se, but I am going to watch it anyway.
Most interesting.
awesome!
Great expert learned a lot BUT Skip to 9:00 mark literally nothing not obvious is said and Dr. Capwell is not on until 9:00
I wonder how he got the resources to make a suit of armor at 23?
godofimagination
student loans
everyone is clapping but no one is moving.
Can someone tag me if this gets captions?
*I can't hear because of a disability, if someone happens to know if he mentions how long it takes to make plate armour, I would appreciate them replying to this
If you watch from a desk top on Google chrome I believe it has caption’s automatically generated even if the video isn’t posted with them originally
@@coldburn9956 Funnily enough I am actually watching from a desktop using Google Chrome RIP
Unfortunately the photos are real bad :(
how much did he pay for this beautifull armor ?
You know what might help entice more people to study medieval armor? If he released anything but super expensive coffe table books that become completely unavailable within a few years.
Are entire pages of black really necessary to present his beloved topic adequately? Did he have to pose in the most badass looking armor imaginable?
That's just how academics work and thats the economic reality of it.
interesting! images suck though. I can't see a thing.
23.36 I'm sorry but....battle sheep!
so was the British armour painted black?
+Timothy Heimbach Black was a colour used by the elite - the process of blacking (& blueing) is a process of oxidation (like the Attic/Greek vases) and showed the observers that the wearer could afford for it to be done that way therefore a statement of wealth, power, prestige and magnificence. From my brief studies I know that Henry VIII's Tonlet was Black with Gold gilding but there are other examples of black armour elsewhere - check out the Wallace Collection.
Thanks. I will. I was asking about his specific suit though; how did he make it black?
+Timothy Heimbach Hi not sure how Toby did his but this essay might help show you some techniques - I'm studying 16th Century armour decoration. www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dect/hd_dect.htm
Timothy Heimbach To blacken the steel (also known as blueing), all you need to do is slowly heat it up to a certain temperature, I used an oxy acetylene torch and just carefully heat the metal until it all turns a consistent color. Not sure if that's how they did it. It's not expensive to do at all so I doubt only the wealth would have blued armors.
Gun blueing can be very iridescent depending on the piece. The more utilitarian the gun,no iridescence.
So many empty seats! Peasants these days - disgraceful. ;)
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God they really need a de-esser, really want to watch this but the hissing was driving me crazy.
Great stuff... absolute garbage photos of the whole thing!! 🤣😂