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Title: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:16:08 am
I was wondering, besides shields, was there any armor that was made of wood in middle ages? considering its overall resistance and abundance of the material, it would make sense, no?
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Bronto on January 09, 2014, 11:22:46 am
The only armor I could find and is still in use :

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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:25:25 am
Quote from: Bronto on January 09, 2014, 11:22:46 am
The only armor I could find and is still in use :

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I wouldnt want to wear that even if you paid me for it :D
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Prpavi on January 09, 2014, 11:34:31 am
Quote from: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:16:08 am
I was wondering, besides shields, was there any armor that was made of wood in middle ages? considering its overall resistance and abundance of the material, it would make sense, no?

yes indeed, why would you put metal on you to protect you when you got an abundance of wood

Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:38:28 am
Quote from: Prpavi on January 09, 2014, 11:34:31 am
yes indeed, why would you put metal on you to protect you when you got an abundance of wood

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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on January 09, 2014, 01:31:02 pm
Quote from: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:25:25 am
I wouldnt want to wear that even if you paid me for it :D

Check out these badboys! Some good mileage on them too. Heavy as shit, must be 1.5 kg each ( steel plates in the front ) - EU size 45-46. Had them on for like 5 years every working day :) Must be at least 15 leg armor!

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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Lennu on January 09, 2014, 01:41:41 pm
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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Torben on January 09, 2014, 01:54:22 pm
well poorer plebs stuffed their shirts with hey for some protection.  might just be one or the other actually had some wood shit on as well,  but commonly wood was only used by indio people afaik
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Jack1 on January 09, 2014, 04:21:57 pm
Some cultures from the now Siberia region  used hardened leather armor reinforced with wood "plates".

Many Asian samari used armor made of wood(well more of sticks bound together).
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Austrian on January 09, 2014, 04:30:12 pm
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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Johammeth on January 09, 2014, 06:36:18 pm
I don't know if people would accept it.

The thought of wooden armor...
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Besides which, it's probably really heavy and cumbersome so the user would just get
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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Carthan on January 09, 2014, 07:40:02 pm
Quote from: Nightmare798 on January 09, 2014, 11:16:08 am
I was wondering, besides shields, was there any armor that was made of wood in middle ages? considering its overall resistance and abundance of the material, it would make sense, no?

Sorry but I think you are barking up the wrong tree.
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: tisjester on January 10, 2014, 01:10:05 am
Sort of, they made armor out of paper. Mythbusters says so, so it must be true! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhcVCmF9a0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhcVCmF9a0)
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Ronin on January 10, 2014, 01:31:42 am
Something I have thought:

-Wood were really common in shields but not in other parts of armor. Cloth or leather was pretty common, while the wood was not. Why?

The thing is, you can't move your body as you can move your shield carrying arm. I think wood is not going to provide good protection against anything besides some cutting swings of swords. Spears will simply penetrate through your body, which was probably one of the most common weapons being used.

Just think of it like that. Imagine:

1-A sword thrust against a soldier wearing an armor made of wood.
2-A sword thrust against a soldier carrying a shield made of wood.

In the first case, the sword will simply go through I think. In the second case, the sword will probably won't be able to penetrate through because the shield is not static in this case. Most likely the angle of thrust will not be 90 degrees in the second case as well. Besides, the impact of the blow will also push the shield back a bit. Against armor, there won't be such a movement. I couldn't explain it much but I hope you understood it.

I think that's why cloth and leather was mostly preferred to wood, in armors. I think a good leather and cloth armor will provide that protection against sword swings. But they are also more flexible for the wearer.
Steel is of course better in any case, maybe save for shields.

Plus, I think the wooden shields were also useful for "trapping" your oponents weapon. Imagine the case where your pick is stuck at your oponent's shield. Wood seems to be the perfect material for that.

I don't know much about the subject, but that's what my unprofessional opinion is.
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Thomek on January 10, 2014, 02:39:56 am
Wood can be a really strong material for its weight depending on how you use it.. I don't have to mention that there was lots of wooden planes in WWII. Laminated, fancy designs though.

I guess the drawbacks are that it has some volume for it's resistance, and is thus not very comfortable or practical to make armor from.. :)  Besides metal had been around for a very very long time even before the romans.
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on January 10, 2014, 02:41:29 am
Quote from: HESKEYTIME on January 09, 2014, 02:12:04 pm

But that's likely before the period this game likes to think it's in. North America had plenty of wooden armour, but crpg hates Native Americans.

You have no idea how long I have been waiting for a reason to post these.

"I am sorry, chief Runs-Like-Water. We will have to use wood armor. All of our metal was consumed crafting these dope ass ritual daggers."

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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Clockworkkiller on January 10, 2014, 04:52:50 am
If you woke up with morning wood

Could that be armor
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: [ptx] on January 10, 2014, 05:15:10 am
Wood is good for shields - it is cheap, blocks or weakens projectiles and weapons get stuck in it. Not that good for body armour, though, especially if metal is available.
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Nightmare798 on January 10, 2014, 11:09:51 am
Quote from: [ptx] on January 10, 2014, 05:15:10 am
Wood is good for shields - it is cheap, blocks or weakens projectiles and weapons get stuck in it. Not that good for body armour, though, especially if metal is available.

I understand that, however, I though that, since metal armor was not exactly cheap, It would make good armor for militias and drafted peasants.

Ofc nobody would wear any kind of wooden armor (besides shields) if they could purchase metal one, but I would think that wooden armor would be bit more resistant than leather one (because while resistant to slashes, it can be easily stabbed throught).
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: Sniger on January 11, 2014, 05:37:22 am
 :lol:

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Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: owens on January 11, 2014, 08:08:46 am
It was used.

However in europe coat of plates, chain mail, Leather/studded leather and padded cloth armour were more popular amongst soldiers. I imagine that a few poorer people probably made a "coat of plates" of sorts with wood instead of metal.


In any part of the world where steel/iron was in short supply alternatives were found.
Title: Re: Wood/wooden armor?
Post by: brunoII on January 11, 2014, 04:03:24 pm
but against the armor of wood you need to use this?

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