just dropped by to leave this here

 

L&J, please welcome:

a Chain Dress!

 

 

Edited November 22, 201213 yr by kabaliero

Speaking of chain mail dresses here is full length one, with design that would offer some protection if made of some magical metal like mithril, but probably one should not wear it in fight even then as it limits so much leg movement.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 201213 yr by Elerond

Does this count?

 

 

Edited November 22, 201213 yr by Karranthain

A Sassanid reenactor, iirc? I think I have a few photos of him doing horse archery somewhere.

 

 

Edited November 22, 201213 yr by Elerond

A Sassanid reenactor, iirc? I think I have a few photos of him doing horse archery somewhere.

 

Aye. I must say I really like similar designs :

 

 

Hey, thanks!

 

@knee: yes, it could, but it does seem like it's attached to the pants all over its surface. Ancient greaves for example do go up over the patella, but not quite that far and they do indeed provide a comfortable range of movement.

 

Found a version which corrects this mistake; it's pretty nice overall I must say - the bow's much better as well and the armour looks neat.

 

Hey, thanks!

 

@knee: yes, it could, but it does seem like it's attached to the pants all over its surface. Ancient greaves for example do go up over the patella, but not quite that far and they do indeed provide a comfortable range of movement.

 

Found a version which corrects this mistake; it's pretty nice overall I must say - the bow's much better as well and the armour looks neat.

 

 

 

Even though I find it very odd. It has the same problems that basically every fantasy armour has. It doesn't know what to do with the legs. It's always a weird skirt-leggings-combination.

Hey, thanks!

 

@knee: yes, it could, but it does seem like it's attached to the pants all over its surface. Ancient greaves for example do go up over the patella, but not quite that far and they do indeed provide a comfortable range of movement.

 

Found a version which corrects this mistake; it's pretty nice overall I must say - the bow's much better as well and the armour looks neat.

 

 

 

Even though I find it very odd. It has the same problems that basically every fantasy armour has. It doesn't know what to do with the legs. It's always a weird skirt-leggings-combination.

I don't think that's a skirt/kilt. I think it's just the lower part of the cuirass.

Hey, thanks!

 

@knee: yes, it could, but it does seem like it's attached to the pants all over its surface. Ancient greaves for example do go up over the patella, but not quite that far and they do indeed provide a comfortable range of movement.

 

Found a version which corrects this mistake; it's pretty nice overall I must say - the bow's much better as well and the armour looks neat.

 

 

 

Even though I find it very odd. It has the same problems that basically every fantasy armour has. It doesn't know what to do with the legs. It's always a weird skirt-leggings-combination.

I don't think that's a skirt/kilt. I think it's just the lower part of the cuirass.

 

Indeed, it's the lower part of the scale chest armour. As for the legs - there's just greaves attached to the long boots; which I assume make sense if you need very good mobility.

just dropped by to leave this here

 

L&J, please welcome:

a Chain Dress!

 

 

 

 

 

I give the dress a 3/10...the girl a solid 8.5

Two images of 1530s pistol-knights, specifically early Reiters:

 

 

 

And here I'm mixing it up with some matchlock-armed Samurai reenactors:

 

 

Love those pics, Diagoras.

 

I'm not a huge study of armor but it is a subject of interest so I've been very much enjoying all the pics and the variety that people have been posting.

just dropped by to leave this here

 

L&J, please welcome:

a Chain Dress!

 

 

Speaking of chain mail dresses here is full length one, with design that would offer some protection if made of some magical metal like mithril, but probably one should not wear it in fight even then as it limits so much leg movement.

 

 

 

 

 

Now THAT is armor done right.

If you're going to battle, go in style :

 

 

Now that's a helmet.

The Black Prince! Now that's a suit of armor. Man.

 

Love those pics, Diagoras.

 

Thanks! It's not letting me edit my post, or else I would modify the note on the first two pictures to note that those two pictures are more depictions of late 16th to early 17th century Reiters/cuirassiers than the era we're aiming for. For the life of me, I can't find a good picture of an early 15th century Reiter or demi-lancer.

Edited November 23, 201213 yr by Diagoras

If you're going to battle, go in style :

 

...

 

Now that's a helmet.

 

Have to say, when I read of Black Prince in his namesake black armor, I was thinking a lot less rainbow like appearance.

Russin armour is unique. I‘d prefer to wear a light weight armour and see how I would look in it.

Another example of dull and boring european armor.

Armor of Nicolaus IV Radziwill (~1555):

 

http://mreen.org/Her...la-1555-gg.html

Imagine that when it was new, in full sunlight. Man.

Armor of Nicolaus IV Radziwill (~1555):

Imagine that when it was new, in full sunlight. Man.

Definitely not "stealthy" armor.

Not really my design style (the color/patterns), but it's bold and pretty nifty nonetheless.

I haven't checked in on these threads in a while. Are we (by which I mean people other than myself,) still just nodding in agreement that all fantasy game armor but chainmail and steel plate is unrealistic and should not be present despite the fantasy setting?

 

You mean the people who want us to go caving in a full suit of plate?

I haven't checked in on these threads in a while. Are we (by which I mean people other than myself,) still just nodding in agreement that all fantasy game armor but chainmail and steel plate is unrealistic and should not be present despite the fantasy setting?

You mean the people who want us to go caving in a full suit of plate?

No he means the fictional people who are nothing more than a strawman.

 

Personally I (an advocate of "realistic" armour designs) think [most] of the already established PE armour designs have been perfect.

 

E.g. Edair

 

Edited November 24, 201213 yr by Barothmuk

just dropped by to leave this here

 

L&J, please welcome:

a Chain Dress!

 

That is little improvement over the chainmail bikini. Also it's a skirt.

 

Speaking of chain mail dresses here is full length one, with design that would offer some protection if made of some magical metal like mithril, but probably one should not wear it in fight even then as it limits so much leg movement.

 

That is most certainly not made of metal chain. It's sequined fabric.

 

Besides, you might as well propose a chainmail hobble-skirt.

Edited November 24, 201213 yr by AGX-17

more antiquity (taken from europa barbarorum 2, which is going to be one of the best mods ever)

some african stuff:

 

 

and some more celtic: