Can You Move in Armour?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2016
- "Moving in harness", a short film by Daniel Jaquet, realised by Vincent Deluz. On display at the exhibition "Armatus Corpus" at the Military Museum, Castle of Morges, Switzerland - The issue of mobility in armour is addressed there with striking images of actual armour pieces to demonstrate the range of movement allowed when worn. Today, our contribution follows the same goals, but with other technological means and approach. In this video we have put in images the deeds of the famous knight Jean le Maingre, known as Boucicaut, which were put in writing in the early 15th century. It includes a well-known passage where his training in armour is described in some details, outlining what you could actually do in a late medieval armour.
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Look at all that movement! Its almost as if it was made to fight in....
Don't be ridiculous!
I say!
i mean, the armor is 40 - 60 pounds.
so
Overused Meme Doesn't matter if it's evenly dispersed. It'll feel more comfortable than carrying a 15 pound backpack.
Right? Considering any katana can cut it like butter- it is nuts to wear it!!
So what you're basically saying is that there's no reason not to wear a suit of armor in every day life.
I've waiting for this day my entire life.
You have to clean it everyday though
Ehh...while it's fine for moving around in open spaces and fighting...you shouldn't try using it in confined spaces...also goodluck trying to get in a vehicle with armour on.
well id say there are reasons not to wear armor in everyday life
1) you gotta keep that thing clean that can be a lot of work
2) it may get damaged unnecesarily
3) it does exhaust you faster so if you gotta do actual work like plowing fields you are better off not wearing it. Sure you CAN but you would be more effective at work if you didnt
4) overheating. In special in summer the armor heats up in the sun and keeps you inside very warm. it can be an issue to overheating and more than that its very uncormfortable
5) if you do not have someone to help you, you would loose about 1 hour each day just to get in and out of armor
It would not take you 1 hour to get in and out of plate armour, that's a myth.
BioWolfProduuctions You also have to be pretty fit to wear it constantly. It may not be much at first, but the weight will begin to become heavier and heavier if you wear it for long periods of time if you aren't ripped.
A lot of people overestimate how heavy plate armor is. Full plate armor weighs less than what a modern soldier has to carry in the field.
It said the weight right there in the video.
A man with one hand ok, so?
Ward Huyskes So it's not that easy to overestimate the weight of the armor if you're paying attention.
A man with one hand the key is in the word "estimate". It's not estimation if you know the answer. Also I wasn't talking about this video but about people in general. I was trying reaffirm that what they did in this video is not that special but pretty standard.
Also people often don't take into account the distribution of weight when wearing armour. It's not like a backpack weighing >20kg but rather a few kilos on the arms, a few on the shoulders, a few on the hips and a few on the legs. At least with maille you can distribute a lot of weight on the hips. Don't know about plate. I don't wear maille often but once most of the weight is on my hips I don't really notice it's there and can still sprint. Although currently I only wear a corselet so that's relatively light compared to a hauberk, coif and maille hose
Why does leather armor make you better at sneaking?
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Because it's made of hide.
😂
it's actually because it doesn't exist therefor you can't see it
Piers Bellman - I don't know if that was a joke, but if it wasn't; boiled leather armor was very common through history since it helped serve as a cheap replacement for metal. It could either be used in large pieces to replicate late or transitional plate or in small pieces as scale or lamellar.
+115236214456021050179 Youre wrong. Leather is almost as expensive as metal. Even up to 20th century real leather costed so much that people had 1 shoes for the rest of their life.
There are no sources of boiled leather armour being used in form of transitional plate pieces. We only have survivals or upper arm leather protection and depiction that only suggests that it is leather leg protection.
lamellar leather, however, existed. It was not medieval though. It is ancient choice of armour.
I've run across this claim before - and it is false. The armour worn in the Wonder Woman movie borrowed substantially from surviving examples of Roman leather armour. Leather armour was a thing, though of course the more expensive metal kinds were more likely to be preserved as trophies.
You have havel's ring i see
Specially when he run that competition.
Git Gud or Get Rekt
y u still fat rollin?
What rings you got bitch?
skycaptain39 Fathers Mask is missing, and he better not tell anyone that he leveled up dexterity.
"Knights could not move a lot in their armor"
*does a backflip*
"ah ...k then"
FocusGame TV
HOLD MY MEAD
Side flip*
ShaddySoldier lmao
Side flip*
First of all, he didn't do anything close to a backflip. Second of all, he didn't land on his feet.
I can't even do a lot of these things out of armor...
Get good.
I understand you XD
nope, it's git gud
Better thine skills.*
He isn't able too. It's actually the magic armor.
And here I was, thinking rolling around in armor as portrayed in Dark Souls was pure fantasy.
+LordFhalkyn It is fantasy...you can seldom wear a lighter harness without fat rolling.
You can do that for sure. But I think if you would've tried to dodge a blow like that, you wouldn't feel too good after it! :))
LordFhalkyn Well to be fair, you wouldn't roll as proficiently after you add the weapons and the helmet. But still, rolling is viable, just not what Dark Souls really paints it as.
Rolling in a real life or death fight is a really bad idea though, barring specific circumstances.
Tucking your head in and rolling isn't the best strategy to deal with EVERYTHING in combat as Dark Souls portrays, if it wasn't for the invulnerability frames people wouldn't use rolling so much.
In real life you "step" to dodge incoming attacks, or dash.
Gotta train that vitality.
fMuIcNkD I Lvl strng cuz it s best
What do you mean train, you buy it for souls.
and your Endurance
"but they needed a lift to get on their horse" ... sure
I feel like jumping onto the pommel horse was exactly to address this misconception.
+Noah Weisbrod yup
Maybe the less sportive needed a lift. I've heard of that too. this guy here is excellently trained, climbing, endurance and martial arts... not bad, not bad.
Psycho Zoikum
A simple footstool would do the trick. If you're so out of shape that you can't even climb stairs in armor, then you shouldn't go to war.
Noah Weisbrod
I agree on that but the chilvary wasn't known for its intellectual abilities, rather for foolish and stubborn pride.
*Rolls*
Hya!
hes not even fat rolling :O
Praise the sun bitch
i wonder how much that hurt. I mean doing it for a video once i can understand to go through some pain. And i am sure a knight would have rather rolled away in battle then get killed. but if you dont have to, i think you would not roll in full plate armor. that must have hurt a lot and must do some damage to the armor.
Ric Walker if rolling like that hurts then youre out of shape.
I guess all those ninja flipping giant dads weren't so unrealistic after all
Wearing more than 3 inches of solid stone/steel or what have you...year, that's pretty unrealistic (we're looking at over a tonne by the way...that's over 1,000 kg or 2,200 lbs.)
As long as you put on the ring of favour and havels ring you'll be fine. Lest thou art a Pesky Scrub.
What the hell is with your profile pic.
Yeah but the closest thing to this suit of armor is probably knight's or elite knight's set, giants is considerably more bulky so the guy still needs quite a bit endurance leveling
That ending dance could not be better.
He should have done a robotic dance.
та да, танец зачетный
It reminded me of the Ministry of Silly Walks.
He should have faked a horse walk with two coconut shells
XDDD
María and dismounts by just lifting a leg
What people think about Plate armor is Tournament armor. Tournament armors were generally the more restricting and heavier versions of Knightly armor, whereas Plate armor especially Combat armor was often lighter and allowed full mobility.
Luckily for me in my country it didn-t existed plate armour...
@@mrbloodylordbaronsamedi.9937
How is that "luckily" ?
@@vinz4066 well he didn't have to fork out a fortune for one!
huh, i found myself saying "u couldnt do that in plate armor" a lot when playing video games, when in reality you could. that changes a lot, now my immersion wont be broken as easily.
armor back then which is pretty evenly distributed around the body weighs about half or so of the equipment that the modern day soldier would carry into battle
Well have a word with havel about that...
Plate armor is usually 20 KG.
This alone already is a pretty small weight (around the weight of a 6 year old child), and considering that the weight is distributed around your entire body, you quickly realize how light it is.
This video proves that there is nothing stopping you from wearing a full suit of plate armor in a zombie apocalypse. It will stop bites, scratches, and the occasional sword, and it's stylish as heck!
It's also pretty noisy, so would probably attract a lot of unwanted attention. One or two zombies probably wouldn't be a problem, but once you get severely outnumbered you're pretty much screwed regardless.
@@Arcterion Fair enough
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but the noise and the swarm?
@@Arcterionoh, *then we’re even*
Hate when people think medieval people were dumb. They are the same as us, but with less technological advances.
Same with ancient peoples. Exactly the same as us. If you could go back in time and speak the language, they’d talk about generally the same things we talk about today. “I had to go get milk, did you hear what so-and-so did? How is William doing?”
except they won't talk about tv shows. And won't be FaceBook addicted.
Astrid Wagner true..... But they also were drunk constantly.
ARX 351 I don’t know anyone who talks about tv shows at length, or is obsessed with Facebook. Perhaps it’s just the company you keep.
Astrid Wagner there was a while lot less Allah ahkbaring lol
Quite the contrary actually. The expansion of islam was at it's height during the middle-ages.
That throwaway line about dancing in full harness? Way more impressive if you have something of a notion how energetic Renaissance dancing can get. I recommend looking up pieces like Petit Vriens, Petit Rose, Grene Gynger and Orynge to get an idea.
he spent all his points in agility...
@@Sirvalian Obviously The Armor is enchanted, he drinks potion of fortitude, or has ring of giants.
@@Sirvalian Neither. It's mostly stamina/endurance/constitution. Whatever your pen&paper RPG calls it ;)
And defense apparently lol
Hello, cool video I hope you start posting again soon :)
Weird. Well known armour/sword/pointy stuff youtuber, makes a comment under an armour video and no-one comment him?
Not even a good old "nippon steel", or "End him rightly" joke?
who are you?
Flynn Tom who are you
LNB KS who are you?
Flynn Tom lol
This is actually dope. I went my whole life thinking knights walked around with very little flexibility when they actually were probably doin parkour in the forest
He already reach Oblivion: Heavy Armor...expert skill level @75pts. No longer encumbered by full heavy armor
I think it's safe to say he has Power Armor Training, too.
So trained in wearing armor, that he is better at making love with his woman with armor, than without.
Source: Hallgerd's Tale from The Elder Scrolls Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim.
Bali Sunset Um no, you have to be master to not be encumbered by heavy armour. Expert cuts down the encumbrance by half.
Seeing these dark souls comments makes me so happy
Comet Astral Me too! HEMA video with DS comments. Made my morning!
They get repetitive when you see your 800th "hAvElS rInG" comment
Badass right here.
and also a very friendly one :p
first time I've ever seen a knight wearing adidas
Yeah they usually wear fuckall expensive shoes made just for them nowadays...
Slavknight
pretty sure Ulrich Von Lichtenstein wore Nike
A Knight's Tale was a documentary, right?
We need someone to make a medieval hardbass mix.
needude72 amazing reference
His endurance is very impressive. Good work!
th-cam.com/video/If2obpnjvuc/w-d-xo.html
Flipping havel knights need to be nerfed....
That was a problem back in 1.06
Cant imagine a better workout, im saving up for full plate aromour
No need for this you could just wear a weight vest and weight sleeves it has the same effect,
Mister.P unKnow
Not as cool though
Mister.P unKnow armor probably keeps its value longer
armor takes a good deal of effort to maintain though. Even for use such as this, you'll have rivets and leather fatigue, tear and break. It's easy to fix if you have the right gear, but for regular workouts there's no reason to not just wear sandbag weights.
He was supposed to climb up the ladder jumping with two hands at the same time.
Well, go ahead and try it yourself. I think the guy did great anyway
woof bark bark woof! Im not saying he is superman or worm. Just the translation is wrong on that part.
+・ロイドマークマ・ロイドマ weeb spotted. he was to climb and hold onto ladder for a certain time, not climb with hands.
no....
And climbing up between two parallel walls five foot apart. The jump _soubresault_ being most likely a front tuck. But, only one man was famed for doing all this.
Incredible. it's almost as if people actually used armour irl.
KommissarKek shhh we must hide this info from the Chad's or we will be doomed
Shadilay brother.
2:39 dark souls in real life lol (mid roll, ninja flip and fat roll)
He’s got those I Frames
There are two kinds of people here my friend. Those from Tamriel and those from Lordran.
What if you're from both?
I'm from the Zombie Apocalypse. Where should _I_ stand?
What sort of question is this? Of course they could move in the stuff. If they couldn't then they wouldn't have worn it.
no dude you are wrong they would put their armors and stand still waiting for people to come close to them
Depends on the armour and the man. Most Knights were mounted, armed with weapons that have a long reach.
It wouldn't even be armour it would be human shaped metal
"How well could they move"
Steven Ritter there is a common misconception that knight could not move in armor all that much because they were mainly just on horses, so they only needed to move their arms to use their weapons. There may have been armor like that, but obviously there was armor that allowed movement like the one shown in the video
950 years from now, internet archaeologists will think the accounts were of this man in the video. And they will laugh incessantly for months, for the dancing will have woken in them their dormant humor.
And that guy isnt even carrying any potions, scrolls, weapons, shields, jewelry and enemy parts yet
humans have always been fascinated with the way the body works, so its no surprise to me to see how agile one could be in an exoskeleton designed by artisans obsessed with human workings. great video!
I took a class that this guy taught at Longpoint this year!
As for the training in armor - it makes total sense that they would do that. People do that today with plate carriers and body armor - train as you fight.
did he completed a marathon in full plate armor?
Yes son. Yes he did
This suit would be very helpful in a zombie apocalypse.
tawon1984 I know, right?
th-cam.com/video/HoEZoj-HMdE/w-d-xo.html
Except when you inevitably get bit in the back of your leg
Teeth aren't strong enough to get through chainmail and padded leggings, you'd almost be completely invunerable
Chainmail is good enough, and cheaper, and a lot faster to get into
Ok, now, swimming with those full plate armor just like in some old paintings.
I can swim using just my legs while carrying 10lbs with each arm (20 total). Not being able to propel myself with my arms means I'm fully submerged though. I think swimming in armor can be done, it's just an absolute nightmare.
26 kg is about 50 pounds mate, and it's not just concentrated in the arms, the entire upper torso and most of the legs are covered,
I'm not saying it can't be done, but with the combination of movement inhibition, and the entire body being weighed down, there would be a significant risk of drowning.
Just remembered I swam with ankle weights, once. Never did that again. Slowed my kicks, made them shorter and, if I am remembering correctly, tired me out way faster than immobile arms. I also imagine the increased drag from heavy cloth under the armor would double the fatigue rate. I'd still give armored swimming a go if I had armor, just to see if I could.
CloSeph You might need a lifeguard.
I think I'd just sink to the bottom an walk out of the pool XD. trying to swim in that would be brutal. but not impossible. I bet michael phelps could do it
"Can You Move in Armour?" Nope Stiff as a board what do you think catapults were used for?
Why use catapults when you have the mighty trebuchet?
@@jocosesonata War Wolf gang
@@nxxynx5039 r/trebuchetmemes
@@jocosesonata Yep. There are no catapults contemporary to plate armour. Only trebuchets. And cannons.
Hidetaka Miyazaki needs to watch this.
Hidetaka Miyazaki should hire better programmers for his games as the performance is quite shit.
Why?? As long as you have enough Stamina you can move just fine in heavy armour, just like IRL
the dude trained every day ffs
Kazataca I meant that the performance of the souls series both on consoles and pc are below expected, DS1 is particularly laggy even on high end pcs at some places. And there are some idiotic features that I'm not sure if intended or bugs. And then there is the multi-player experience, even with perfect connection and fast internet huge lag spikes occur frequently enough that skill plays less of a role than lag abuse. Though this part has become better during the years.
High Master Johannes Liechtenauer Better than what? It's literally the first game if it's kind. Stop neckbearding
madscientistshusta yeah for a company that has over 20 years of experience in making games, tech wise it's pretty shit. The game itself is really good but it is no excuse for the tech being shit. Also Demon Souls came before Dark Souls, that too was laggy as hell.
But can you....make love in armor?
I mean, at least you will be protected..
Is a skyrim reference?
The full plate stays on during sex
I see you haven't heard about *the shlong*
@Kneon Knight romantic movies make me want to die
@Kneon Knight is it worse then attack of the clones?? Who’s romance was so bad I quit watching it
The Elite Knight Armor has been nerfed in Darksouls though!
How high does your AGI stat have to be to dance La Macrena in armor?
Under 30% equip load
What a great way to protect yourself while chopping wood from stray prices and missing with the axe.
Or bears
Or vikings
or arrows to the knee
Or dragons
the myth: full plate armor are heavy, clunky, and limits movement
reality: imagine a big man in steel armor covered all his body running towards you, sword in hand and shield in other.
If armor was good enough there was no need for shield. He would take a bigger weapon or more of them.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Yep, warriors in late full plate armor weren't using shields. The perfect deflective shape and tempered steel were good enough to stop bullets of those days firearms.
@@nortons7040 no. Not even close. Firearms spelt the end of the age of the knight. There was a video about it. Firearms ripped through armor like it was paper.
@@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 I hope you realize that "there was a video about it" or some Hollywood movie isn't a proper argument in a conversation. Regarding firearms and full plate armor let's start from the basics. Actually firearms appeared in Europe in 14th century while full plate armor appeared only in 15th century. So how could it be that appearance of firearm ended something that didn't even exist? Moreover existence of firearms did not prevent invention of full plate armor. By the way properly hardened armor could withstand not only small firearms but even hand cannons. Almost three centuries full plate armor and firearms co-existed. So it was not firearms that ended armor era. It was introduction of mass conscription instead of small professional armies of knights or mercenaries. Masses overcome professionals. Armor was to expensive and technologically complicated to be produced in large numbers. Moreover, it required individual fitting. But as soon as technology allowed to produce cheaper armor which is not require individual fitting we see that armor returned to battlefields - firstly helmets, and than vests.
@@nortons7040
Firearms became better and better. But yeah, early firearms would just dent a good breastplate
1:12 - 1:27 When you don't have enough arrows for Alduin so you have to get firewood to craft more arrows.
If you don't have a surplus of arrows from adventuring and picking them back up after shooting them, you're playing Skyrim wrong.
Zerlot
I said arrows for Alduin, not arrows for bandits.
Oh... oh yeah. Right.
Claudio Moita I only use my arrows for shooting adventurers in their knees.
I mean not a problem when you fully speck into archery and get the best bow and arrows in the game and practically one shot Alduin
In my humble opinion, weight only becomes greatly cumbersome when it is equivalent to more than 40% of your body mass, which this armour doesn't. Also, the articulation has been shown to be sufficient. The video has proved it's point, nobody can argue with that.
Full plate typically only weighs around 30-40lbs.....that is about the same weight as modern combat kit. However, plate armor's weight was better distributed across the body. It's not surprising that armored knights and men at arms are able to move easily.
armynurseboy I'd expect closer to 50lbs for somebody of my height (1.88m), but I agree with the general idea.
Well except for that a modern assault load is around 100 lbs for a rifleman and existence loads can weigh up to 200 lbs.
No that's an underestimation. 44-60 lbs is a far better generalization.
7dayspking For people of average height, I'd say 40-50 lbs, but yes the guy who said 30-40lbs must be considering early plate armour that doesn't even cover the whole body and might not even be able to stop a bodkin.
What an athlete, this guy in the video. Chapeau!
Checkmate, Samurai.
samurai actually wore heavier and bulkier armour than knights and were extremely slow, yet they always were portrayed as ninjas
also no one ever used katanas to actually fight, they were ceremonial swords
NeostormXLMAX Wrong about katanas. They were used on the battlefield, yet only as backup weapons. As would a Knight have a short sword for backup.
@@wiz1904
Even a longsword was in most cases "only" a backup weapon.
But to be fair, samurai armour had often more open faces and necks, so a katana would be still viable, just less effective than a poleweapon
Thumbs up for that ending. You took the instructions all the way.
Havel's ring +3 and Favor and protection ring+3, Chloranty's ring +3 and Wolf's ring +3.
Vitality, Estamina, endurance, pose, everything you ever need.
but its dark souls 1 he only has 2 ring slots,
actually no wait he has 10 fingers so 10 ring slots
@@NeostormXLMAX Havel's Ring +3 only exist in DS3, which does have four ring slots. The man is accurate in his statement.
It seems I have underestimated the ingenuity of our ancestors.
"Can you move in armor?"
If you couldn't, no one would use it.
Never gets old. Experimental proof is the best proof.
It would be interesting to see someone try similar maneuvers in the full, heavy plate used at the end of the jousting period. The comparison would be interesting.
This was wonderful and informative, thank you.
Best 2017 youtube discover ! It's amazing and very interesting. Thank you for your work !
Great video! Thanks for posting
Type of person whos mum just avoids answering questions about when asked. "Hows Jack doing?" "Yeah hes great hes 25 and running around in Medieval suits of armor pretending to be a knight."
Iron Tarkus knows much about moving in heavy armour.
Amazing how much you can actually move! Awesome video dude!
Amazing dedication my friend, well done!
What's with the long pointy toes on the original armor?
Armour was just as much of a fashion statement as a way of protecting yourself. In the fifteenth century pointy shoes for the nobility were very popular, so they showed up on armour too. Not all of them were that long though!
Kicking enemies with a big long spike?
No. Those toes were purely decorative. To the best of my knowledge, German knights typically fought on horseback, anyway.
to tear a new asshole on the opponent
Really long pointy toes signify the wearer having something really long between his legs. Boys will be boys.
so, you're saying that there is no physical problem for to go to work in armor?! GREAT!
One hell of a training montage!
1:56 You can't hide from me, assassin
When you have over 40 vitality
Nice. I think they meant climbing up between two walls, like in hallway where you can span the distance, but hey climbing wall is good enough for me. Huzzah!
Especially liked the Travolta moves at the end. Bravo!
J'ai instantanément bondi en entendant votre voix chantante et votre diction unique, Olivier Collet! Que de souvenirs académiques! Et de glace au thym aussi! ;)
The title of this video should had been: ''GIT GUD'' - Historically Accurate Version
And IMHO, if he wasn't using a Stamina cheat, he was at least wearing Havel's Ring. :P
Well, the dancing in armor part cracked me up ;)
I really enjoyed this video, very professionally made!
1:12 2 fire Wood added
Honest pay for honest work
So basically Knights were mma of the middle ages.
Knights were the special forces/tanks of the middle ages
You arent as far off as you think, a common tactic to take out another knight was to wrestle him into submission and stab him in the eyes
Ferote or not stab him. Way more profitable was to subdue the knight and sell him back to his family for ransom.
fighting back then was very similar to how it is now. They didn't fight to perform, they fought to win fights/battles/wars. You teach someone the most efficient way to kill someone that you can discover, and that almost always turns to close-quarters grappling. Medieval fighting looks more like a tavern brawl than a pretty looking sword-fight. If someone widely swings a sword, close in to the hilt so it doesn't hit you, take out his legs, throw him on his ass and then press a sword into his throat until he stops fighting back.
Also, btw, knights were just more like special people. You were knighted for being famous, a friend to the court, etc., Lil' Wayne would be a Knight for bringing 'beautiful art' to the kingdom. And Knights just had more money available, and could easily afford a full suit of good armor that was the equivalent to buying a Lexus. Being a Knight didn't necessarily mean you were a great warrior, but if you can afford classes from a great warrior who was given a castle for his deeds, you were probably better than most others who just learned from written manuscript directions they were forced to read when enlisted in the military.
Depends on the time period afaik, in medieval times knights were always fighters, but they were at the same time nobles. Later the status was not dependent on fighting.
Thanks for this video. It answers questions I didn't know I had. Cheers!
Such a great video!!!
Yeah, sure, but what about poise?
Nice equip load you've got there :)
Really interesting, thanks for sharing these informations.
Thanks for the video man, was awesome ^^ !!!
What art thou, a knight of the casual variety? Thou shouldst become gud.
Smough. You ain't a blue sentinel, nobody loves you. And rubbish is worth more then you
But can you do this with fully Havel set?
Jokes aside, great video
Dude, what an amazing video.
excellent video, thanks for sharing
Uncultured me of a few minutes ago: Full plate armor was heavy, impractical and you couldn’t move or see in it
Dis dude: hold my bear
*picks up bear*
Lol Welcome to the historical community my friend.
Snacks are on the right
Busting common misconceptions is on the left
Unfortunately the food today is only peasant fair 😔
I hope you don't mind eating smoked Salmon, honey, bread and Bacon like the poor malnourished peasants
seems like over the ages armor evolved more to provide flexibility than to be stronger.. that's not to say that later armors *weren't* stronger. also, they seemed to emphasize covering up gaps in the plates better. interestingly, as armor evolved this way, swords also evolved to become much more pointy and thinner in order to better pierce those gaps as the grew smaller. lots of people don't realize that sword fighting against armored knights didn't involve big sweeping thrusts with the sword, so much as quick stabbing strokes at the vulnerable spots. of course, these better suits of armor also led to weapons with spikes like warhammers becoming more popular. (these are just my thoughts.. i could be wrong; i'm no expert)
I love the writings and how you demonstrated a knights feats from long ago. Im sure he would be proud.
Imagine if people would remember you like 600 years after your death.
I came for the topic, subbed for the marathon
Short anwser yes
Long anwser fuck yeah you can
Lovely demonstration. I wonder how it would compare to a Yorai (16c Japanese Samurai armour). I guess the latter is on average 20% lighter, but the main point is, that it is quite different in how it's attached to the wearer. Another worthy comparision would be renaissance medium armour (gambesson with brigandine and mail+ bracers and grieves).
Man, medieval French is something else. The vocabulary is just close enough you can sort make it out but the pronunciation is completely different.
I'll be honest. It was the dancing at the end that got my thumb up! Very enjoyable!
The short answer?
Yes. But it's a pain in the ass.
Unless your ass is protected..
I was an adventurer like you until I took an arrow in my crotch.
Goddamn you must become strong if you train like that every day...
As a french canadian, hearing old french is very mooving and strange at the same time.
Fascinating. Nicely done.
When a weeaboo tries to tell me the only reason knights rode horses was because "they are literally immobile"