Blackened Armour: Another Reason Why
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- @scholagladiatoria asked for more ideas about how medieval people used coloured armour, and I just had to share this quick snippet.
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What do you think about this format? Short, one point videos about a very specific topic?
Some topics it's very good, but don't quit making the longer ones
On my watchlist videos under 5 minutes get watched fastest. Then under 20 minutes. Over 20 minutes I usually only watch when I'm cooking.
Just fine. Plus it's something Matt can't do. :p
As a single, brief response to a video, it works. Additional information is welcome whenever applicable.
They are nice mixed with longer format videos. I find most shorts to be a bit too short (although Matt pushes the boundary)
Fascinating! I did not know that at all, and I'm not sure why I hadn't heard about that before! Great info - cheers Zac.
It’s to obvious to record frankly
That’s a better idea than what was depicted in that Far Side comic where the knight complains about having to be on the skins team when they are doing shirts vs skins.
This strikes me as odd. Usually, you'd use colors of things like shields or tabards. Armors? Next level. But it allows for personal noble's colors to be used on the shield I guess.
@ZacharyEvans Since both examples are from the same court of the prince elector of saxony, do you think this might have been only a local thing?
Great little video. TY!
It sincerly was, thank you
In the Gripsholm Palace in Sweden there is blackened (described as sootened) armour (cuirasses and arm greaves - I forget the appropriate term for plate armour worn on the arms, but full upper body plate armour at any rate, plus helmets) from the 17th Century (yes, they did joust at least into the 17th Century) and used for jousting (i.e., jousting armour).
Interesting info!
I like the format of you on one side of the screen, and the thing you are talking about on the other side.
You've used it before, but this time it seems even better than before.
Perhaps due to more space between you and the illustration, so it's easier on the eyes?
But you would be completely out of luck if you ever wanted to switch teams.
"I wanted to be on the Black Team for a change!"
Just commission a new harness. If you're fighting in the tournament you're probably loaded!
I'm about to blacken my 13th C cuisse. I live in 🇦🇺 & I'm only a man at arms, so I'm doing it for the convenience of rust proofing.
Enjoyed both.
I thought those last armours were peacock blue but rusted over the Years but the logic still works.
Very informative.
Scale on a forged black armour is harder than the steel. So I do wonder if it would add extra protection.
Depends on the steel. Martensite is harder than magnetite. But it does not really matter, as the oxide layer is incredibly thin. Oxidation usually has a more negative effect on the steel composition close to the surface. But we are talking about medieval armor, where steel and heat treatment was not super homogeneous and controlled. So in short, probably doesn't really matter.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 well it would also depend on the hardness of what is trying to get through it. If it is early on and you have an iron breastplate but people are shooting iron arrowheads at you. a planished scale surface should make it harder for an arrow to bite in.
soo like sport teams. nice
"on today tournamet we got the SHINY LIONS led by lord Robert 3rd , and our other side we got team BRUNT DRAGONS led by Sir Jonnathan 2nd"
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Tournament colours? That would certainly work.
If your armour was in the colors of your favorite modern sports team, what colors would it be?
The Medieval world was a lot more colourful than out current fashion for depicting that era.
It even appears that some teams had their sponsor's logo on their armor; obviously the last one might have belonged to a member of a team sponsored by a garden store.
Speaking of teams, on Matts comment thread a person said, in history, fierce mercenaries of some sort wore black armour to intimidate the foe. Can't remember who - Spanish? German? - but imagine ... Heavy Cavalry Mercenary Shock Troops, in dull mat-black full harness, a tide of Death, smashing through your formation mowing down your comrades, etc, etc.
German 'Black riders' I'd imagine. Early pistol-armed cavalry. Though to be honest I'm not sure how accurate the idea is, I know them from a Walter Scott novel.
The armor at 1:18 has to be the prettiest of all time
It certainly is mesmerizing, almost too pretty to fight in or against.
perfect.theres no need for 30 min video when the info can be told in 2 min :)
This reason was hidden in plain sight
Get yourself a woman who will commission a dozen sets of armor so you and your buddies can form a jousting team.
As if I had a dozen friends lol.
Same lol
If you had 11 armours to give away, you'd make that many friends pretty quickly.
@@ZacharyEvans lol touche
Shit, I would’ve just tied some armbands on, and not blown the year’s budget on a marketing stunt
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Or they were making a living chess set.
Couldn't they just do shirts and skins?
Oh, ahhh. I see.😊😅
Oh cool, so just like chess
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