Just some fun facts about the corrazinas no one will care about

[Deus Immortalis]

The corazzinas in-game are actually quite unhistorical. And pretty unusable too, had they been real.

Narf based them off the infamous Met armor, owned by Basford Dean (met stands for Metropolian Museum of Art).

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Little known outside of the medieval community however, is that Deen really loved to take different armors and piece together components. The Met armor is one example of that, and it's really quite bad.

First off, the straps. Corrazinas did not have straps at the front. They were knightly armors, and knights had servants. Which is why they were designed with the straps at the back, so that an opponent would not be able to cut them off in battle and expose your oh so sexy chest.

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This is one of the best examples of a real surviving corrazina.

Another thing you may have noticed, which is what makes the armor really unusable, are the plates under the waistline. Cheastplates always taper at the natural waist, and everything under that needs to be flexible. Something achieved with having segmented lames. You can see it better on a later 15th century breastplate:

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(this is from the youtube channel Knyght Errant btw, check him out!)

Anyhow you can see that everything beneath the waist is segmented, to allow it collapsing when moving and not restricting your legs. The Met armor? Nope, all it has is one solid skirt (well almost completely solid, solid enough). Good luck moving in that.

If we take a look at one of the corrazinas in-game, you can see that they're 90% modeled off the Met armor.

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Just thought I'd put that out there

[Casul]

At least you are enjoying writing this shit

[Deus Immortalis]

At least you are enjoying writing this shit

I'm bored, and have nothing else to do. Who knows, maybe someone actually will care

[Morris]

LMAO

[Westwood]

By the way pal http://forum.melee.org/historical-discussion/

[KaleLord]

I'm bored, and have nothing else to do. Who knows, maybe someone actually will care

I care.

[Sniger]

and i. nice to know that this community is not just arcade shitlords but we actually do have some people who is interested in realism, history and learning new stuff. thanks for posting

[Sniger]

At least you are enjoying writing this shit

why these constant snide remarks? you dont gain anything from it other than maybe making yourself feel better

[zottlmarsch]

why these constant snide remarks? you dont gain anything from it other than maybe making yourself feel better

Cuz internet cool kids like to do that.

btw I also enjoyed reading, please keep em coming Deus....

[Deus Immortalis]

By the way pal http://forum.melee.org/historical-discussion/

Awh man, no one's been on there since last year, and that was 1 guy who came 3 years late to a discussion

Don't do this to me

why these constant snide remarks? you dont gain anything from it other than maybe making yourself feel better

Ignore Cassi, she's just jealous of my sexy armor 

[zottlmarsch]

Awh man, no one's been on there since last year, and that was 1 guy who came 3 years late to a discussion

Don't do this to me

No, keep posting here dude. This is the only place anyone will read.

[njames89]

woah I just learned something

[Peasant_Woman]

Spreading quality bread.
Now that I know this I can't unsee the crpg met lookalike armour

This is the only place anyone will read.

Lies! Some of us lurk the darker recesses of the forum too you know?

[Jona]

If anyone still here seriously browses subforum by subforum, and doesn't just click on "Show unread posts since last visit" then I don't even know what you're doing with your life.

[Tristan_of_Erzoth]

By the way pal http://forum.melee.org/historical-discussion/

IMO this can go in general discussion or maybe balance because its about historical accuracy in relation to the mods armors and models as opposed to just talking about historical stuff in general