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Title: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 17, 2012, 04:04:32 am
Not sure if this should be in General, off topic or spam... hmmm.

Anyway, during my usual borning saturday shift I though I would look up some stupid crap, like Helmets with Crucifix on top and guilded groin protectors. And while doing so started looking up things like the Earl of Warwicks armour during the War of the Roses. In so doing I came upon these gems and thought I would share them.

Photos with associated links.

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/32.130.6

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/39.121

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.154.3

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1989.3

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/04.3.217,22.140

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 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/23.141 Its an actual freaking helmet...

So yeah, ye mighty go forth and keyboard warrior your way about the place looking for the armour of the gods!

Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Tanken on March 17, 2012, 04:22:42 am
This..

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Have a rendition of this tattooed on my right arm.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 17, 2012, 05:38:59 am
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If Final Boss and his minions ever consider re-doing some of the 1h models this should be a +3 One Handed Axe.

I just love these types of cuirass, so manly, so hawt.

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Oberyn on March 17, 2012, 05:56:00 am
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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: SuperNewb on March 17, 2012, 06:20:11 am
Gladiator and Peasant Armor:

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 17, 2012, 06:27:42 am
Some one should move this to historical discussion, herp a derp.

Nice armour Oberyn. I hope the head dress stuff they are working on for WoTR is as outrageous as it sounds. I want a honey badger or a bucket. A gilded bucket, can you think of anything more resplendent to stick on top of your Morion?
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Materia on March 17, 2012, 09:55:49 am
Japanese Samurai, such as:

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Have been trying to play as one in cRPG but didnt work out. I need wider armor/weapon selection.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Spawny on March 17, 2012, 10:05:15 am
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Nuff said
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Ohayashi on March 17, 2012, 10:20:25 am
Have been trying to play as one in cRPG but didnt work out. I need wider armor/weapon selection.

Tis' true that 3 models of Strange isn't very much to work with. This latest Byzantium pack introduced what, a least a half-dozen specimens? I wouldn't mind a Sengoku Jidai pack of like-quality somewhere down the line...

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Korgoth on March 17, 2012, 10:41:35 am

The Germans had style!

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Casimir on March 17, 2012, 11:14:53 am
The armors might be historic, doesnt mean they are all intended for use on the battlefield.  Last helm in the OP was worn on formal occassions and parades IIRC. Someone posted a rather interesting lecture on it in historical discussion. Contained many of the items you've posted.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Shaith on March 17, 2012, 11:21:55 am
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cRPG 2 - Dog Edition ???
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 17, 2012, 11:25:53 am
Frank and Oberyn -- "Pimp my armor" before "Pimp my ride" much ? I doubt the finely carved ones were ever used on a battlefield.

Btw, this shows that the corrazina model is extremely accurate.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Osiris on March 17, 2012, 01:18:37 pm
we need black brig!

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: RandomDude on March 17, 2012, 03:58:37 pm
Gnus' nose is my favourite REAL armour
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: gazda on March 17, 2012, 04:24:22 pm
this is what im going for

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: RibaldRon on March 17, 2012, 09:31:04 pm
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MAIL WITH SURCOAT!! YEAH!
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 18, 2012, 01:18:39 am
Frank and Oberyn -- "Pimp my armor" before "Pimp my ride" much ? I doubt the finely carved ones were ever used on a battlefield.

Btw, this shows that the corrazina model is extremely accurate.

The armors might be historic, doesnt mean they are all intended for use on the battlefield.  Last helm in the OP was worn on formal occassions and parades IIRC. Someone posted a rather interesting lecture on it in historical discussion. Contained many of the items you've posted.

What are you 2 blathering about? Post a picture of something you like the look of or GTFO. When I said REAL, I meant, exists in the real world, not just some banana anime drawing or a screen shot from a game. Something crafted by people that I could pick up and throw at you for going completely off topic.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Tavuk_Bey on March 18, 2012, 01:36:59 am
bezt armurr

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Zandieer on March 18, 2012, 11:03:29 am
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Reposted but is sexy :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 18, 2012, 11:40:39 am
What are you 2 blathering about? Post a picture of something you like the look of or GTFO. When I said REAL, I meant, exists in the real world, not just some banana anime drawing or a screen shot from a game. Something crafted by people that I could pick up and throw at you for going completely off topic.

Ho I wasn't really criticizing...

Here's a pic :D

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: [ptx] on March 18, 2012, 11:57:23 am
Tincans, tincans, tincans...

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Teeth on March 18, 2012, 12:12:10 pm
Dammit, just wanted to post a linothorax.

You know you have the coolest job ever if you can still prance around in this:
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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: JackieChan on March 18, 2012, 12:27:20 pm
This is tha shiet
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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Bars on March 18, 2012, 12:51:45 pm
We need not only to the Mongol armor, but the Kazakh! It has long been proven that the main forces of the Mongols were Naimans! This is one of the tribes of the Kazakhs!

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: martyrAD on March 18, 2012, 12:54:46 pm
ive always like the elaborate lamellar armors
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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Adrian on March 18, 2012, 07:42:13 pm
Tincans, tincans, tincans...

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Looks so badass, they need to retexture the barbutte to look like that! That or just add those helms in
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 18, 2012, 07:44:32 pm
Lol @ chinese MMO armors
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Casimir on March 18, 2012, 08:26:56 pm
What are you 2 blathering about? Post a picture of something you like the look of or GTFO. When I said REAL, I meant, exists in the real world, not just some banana anime drawing or a screen shot from a game. Something crafted by people that I could pick up and throw at you for going completely off topic.

your quite the jumped up prick aren't you?

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Angantyr on March 18, 2012, 08:47:27 pm
Germans always had a knack for armors and uniforms; a few examples from modern times:

WWII Wehrmacht
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WWII SS Wiking
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WWII SS LSSAH
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WWI stahlhelm and infantry cuirass
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Helmet and cuirass of the Prussian Garde du Corps
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Pickelhaube
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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Loar Avel on March 18, 2012, 09:36:00 pm
Hard choice.... Hard choice...  But....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mmgAdAhzJo

Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Sir Gilinor on March 18, 2012, 11:32:24 pm
This is what I'd wear if I had the cash to get it

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 8-)
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Sir Gilinor on March 18, 2012, 11:33:58 pm
Ehhh, I changed my mind. THIS is where it's at.

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Loar Avel on March 18, 2012, 11:46:26 pm
Ehhh, I changed my mind. THIS is where it's at.

Love the scared familly behind.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: BADPLAYERold on March 19, 2012, 01:12:08 am
The point was that their uniforms at least looked good, which they did, you sperg.

They genocided the jews but damn they looked fine doing it.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Oberyn on March 19, 2012, 01:14:41 am
Yeah, just like the Mongols raping and pillaging and killing their way through most of Eurasia had some pretty cool looking armor. Where's your self-righteous whining about them, you sperging cunt?
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: LLJK_Goatee on March 19, 2012, 01:15:07 am
Racist stuff
Hey the germans knew that black was slimming unlike your fat american doughboys Long live EU !
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: PhantomZero on March 19, 2012, 01:17:44 am
The point was that their uniforms at least looked good, which they did, you sperg.

I don't think anyone is disputing that.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: LLJK_Goatee on March 19, 2012, 01:19:27 am
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I like modern cotton armor
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Oberyn on March 19, 2012, 01:20:01 am
So are you going to be listing the atrocities commited by all the other cultures that have been displayed on this thread?
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Joker86 on March 19, 2012, 01:20:34 am
Hey man I agree with you, very good taste, 1940s Germany is definitely best known for their high sense of fashion and professionalism.

To compliment your suggestion, I think that European Jews from the similar era had very good uniforms, many fought for paramilitary organizations such as in the Warsaw Uprising and they were famous for their fashion as well.  Lets take some examples

And how about we revisit some of those swaggy German soldiers?  My, look how well dressed they are!

Boy, no matter what those chocolate chip cookie Officers were doing, they sure looked mighty fine!

So if someone runs amok in a Calvin Kline suit, or in something from Gorgio Armani, those labels should be ruined, because there is always a connection between what people do and what people wear?

And seriously, never mind what the Wehrmacht did, they fought against a way superior enemy and did better than anyone else at that time would have done. Their high morale and discipline, and not to forget their good equipment (in most, though not all cases) makes them one of the most impressive armies of all times. This definitely deserves respect, and I for myself have no problems to differ between the quality of the work you do, and the purpose. Yes, they did something really bad and awful, but hell! They did it well!

And yes, I am German. All do-gooders are free to feel offended now.

P.S.: I do have prejudices against jews: I think they have a really high percentage of educated, capable and incredibly intelligent folks, so that I think the world of jews.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: LLJK_Goatee on March 19, 2012, 01:25:23 am
So are you going to be listing the atrocities commited by all the other cultures that have been displayed on this thread?

It realy is shameful how he makes one troll post and then leaves the thread.
He should be deadmined IMO and I should be admined
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Smoothrich on March 19, 2012, 01:28:04 am
Not even trolling, I agree that the SS were some of the finest dressed, professional, brave men to ever serve, and since people were posting glam shots of SS officers, I wanted to join in on the conversation, and show some of my proud polish history in the thread as well.

You're right, the SS were probably one of the most impressive military organizations of all time.  6,000,000 people can't be wrong!
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Joker86 on March 19, 2012, 01:34:13 am
Not even trolling, I agree that the SS were some of the finest dressed, professional, brave men to ever serve, and since people were posting glam shots of SS officers, I wanted to join in on the conversation, and show some of my proud polish history in the thread as well.

You're right, the SS were probably one of the most impressive military organizations of all time.  6,000,000 people can't be wrong!

Are you complaining in a thread about military equipment, that some of the wearers killed someone?

Again: you can't generalize everything. Just because you suffered from a "chocolate chip cookies and communists are the personified evil"-education, I would really like you to stop playing the moralizer, unless you can show me how what people do affects the cut and general design of their clothing.

Yes, there was a holocaust. So what? Where is the connection to their military performance, or to the look of their uniforms?

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Knight at the left

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That axeman

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Soldier on the right

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Knight in the middle

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The blue knight

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The badriche fighter on the left side

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The knight on the left
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Oberyn on March 19, 2012, 01:35:45 am
Not even trolling

translation: I am trolling, but will evade arguments about being a total hypocrite by further trolling. Well done.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: LLJK_Goatee on March 19, 2012, 01:37:22 am
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Add this to the game tia
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: wayyyyyne on March 19, 2012, 01:39:36 am
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Add this to the game tia

Nice armor. Sure offers a lot of protection and stuff.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Oberyn on March 19, 2012, 01:40:18 am
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Nuff said

ZOMG How dare you post a green beret of the American Army? Don't you know the ammount of racist atrocities commited by the American army throughout the world? Obviously you are an evil fascist sympathizer. How could you possibly think their gear is objectively cool looking when they use it to kill foreigners? You evil racist asshole.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Tears of Destiny on March 19, 2012, 02:00:40 am
Someone should spoiler post the IRC chat log of this thread in here, remarkable.
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Post by: Rikthor on March 19, 2012, 02:10:39 am
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Baddest of the bad armor.

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Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 19, 2012, 02:10:50 am
The perspective is fucked up on most of these images, but the right panel on this one is the best :

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Wtf the guy in red is standing on the spearman  :shock:
Also, what the hell is the axeman doing with his head :shock:
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: obitus on March 19, 2012, 02:10:57 am
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cRPG 2 - Dog Edition ???

this dog platemail is the best thing ive seen all day
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 19, 2012, 02:11:42 am
Right I'm going to put this chocolate chip cookie bullshit to bed.

It doesn't belong in this thread, its not fucking armour, its a fucking uni-fucking-form. Now fuck off with your chocolate chip cookie bullshit. Don't go all moral relativist, "you criticize one thing so you must criticize all." Nice, flawed, stupid, inept logic, (you sperg) good work.

The thread is now officially dead, you invoked Godwin's law, good job.

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving chocolate chip cookies or einstein approaches 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

If your looking for the comparison, it was the mongols are like chocolate chip cookies bit.

Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 19, 2012, 02:14:21 am
Right I'm going to put this chocolate chip cookie bullshit to bed.

It doesn't belong in this thread, its not fucking armour, its a fucking uni-fucking-form. Now fuck off with your chocolate chip cookie bullshit. Don't go all moral relativist, "you criticize one thing so you must criticize all." Nice, flawed, stupid, inept logic, (you sperg) good work.

The thread is now officially dead, you invoked Godwin's law, good job.

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving chocolate chip cookies or einstein approaches 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

If your looking for the comparison, it was the mongols are like chocolate chip cookies bit.

You invoked Godwin's Law by claiming the thread was ended due to chocolate chip cookie references, not the ones that made the references. They probably don't even know what Godwin's Law is.

I suggest we now apply Rule 34 to this thread.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Tears of Destiny on March 19, 2012, 02:15:42 am
TIL that if a bad person uses something, you will get in trouble for saying the tool/whatever has visual apeal or was made well, and you are a very bad person because of it.
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: Kafein on March 19, 2012, 02:22:32 am
TIL that if a bad person uses something, you will get in trouble for saying the tool/whatever has visual apeal or was made well, and you are a very bad person because of it.

Kony's cap is beautiful :D
Title: Re: Armour: Your favourite REAL armour
Post by: FRANK_THE_TANK on March 19, 2012, 02:23:04 am
Yes exactly, now where did that close thread button go.

This is why we can't have nice things, because of idiots. "lets just bring in something completely unrelated to whats going on." says idiot 1 "Brilliant idea" says idiot 2 "But what now!" idiot on yells with mirth and derision "haha! I have it, I shall troll thee!" and the trolling dideth begin!