The guys made a great video with my armour. I just wanted to say my armour is maybe an 8/10 for historical accuracy and more representative of an iron breastplate.
I have a question: could you take some more pride in your armor? What Shad used in his video was pretty well made and vastly better than what pretty much anyone watching your videos can make. And it held up against attacks really well and all for an affordable price. You did a great job and did all of us a service by donating it to get beat on. Seriously, you did a great job and I would like to see you take more pride in that.
Thank you very much. I know I am kind of hard on myself. That is probably because I compare myself to master armourers. At east it drives me to do better. Thank you so much for your kind comment.
@@ArmourArtistyou know honestly I'm all around pretty good at art, I mainly write now I used to draw a lot I was pretty good at it, still am, anyway I tried drawing an eye a day with a bick pen and last last one I made was incredible and I knew that, for whatever reason I waited a week, don't remember why and then didn't want to corrupt it by having the next one be a far worse and I've never drawn another sense, image what kind of art I'd be making today if I just still did it, life would probably be more fun; No one is born a master
My interpretation on Shad's video was "Media says Platemail is as about as protective in battle as a Bacon suit is in a den of hungry Lions, lets prove that wrong on every level"
You made a wonderful armour chest piece for Shad. I honestly am not well educated in medieval armour, weapons, etc but I do find it very interesting and these videos are a great way to learn. I am looking forward to seeing more of your videos. :)
It was a good video. I was interested in the smaller details like how quickly it would take to repair the armour for say, someone on campaign. What would the difficulty be in case where the armour is heavily battered and where's the threshold for having armour refurbished where it's better to just scrap it, melt it down and have a new one made - these are the logistic questions that fascinate me especially as far as history is concerned.
I might have to do some videos on that. In short. dints can be pushed out with a plastic hammer (probably wooden). Holes can be drilled or punched out and then filled with a rivet. cracks would need to be welded so that is a no go and historically they might cut it up to make a brigandine or other bits of armour. A scratch could be polished out but if it gets too thin it would need replacing. I might be able to get that fauld back on without reriveting it but I might have to take a rivet off and then replace it after reshaping it.
You provided a good representation of the kind of steel plate people who weren't rich nobles would probably be able to purchase (even then, they'd probably be a mercenary or knight) and it survived a lot of abuse.
Just came from watching shad's vid. Well done 👍 As far as it not being "professional" or "realistic"...I would think a lot of guys back then were just making it up as they went along-copying others and maybe some teaching as an apprentice. There was no internet and i doubt most people even had access to any kind of reference material like books or schematics. So yea....I think a lot of them just learned by doing similar to the process you're going thru
Thank you. In this period trades like armouring were controlled by guilds and used an apprenticeship style of training. There were major workshops and centres of production. I would love to go do some armouring with other more skilled smiths as I would learn a lot faster than doing it myself. I have found one who lives 2 hours away, so maybe I will be able to get out one weeked and get on the tools. He also has a youtube channel Ironcrown workshop. If your interested.
Thanks. I will be building may next armour for reenactment and a bit of bruhurt dueling so I will bring you along for the ride and publish the templates.
Found you thanks to Shads video. Really keen to see what new stuff you release. Unfortunately i can't seem to find your Facebook group. Might help if you can put a link to it in your videos somewhere. Keep up the awesome work! 👍
They do not articulate as they have a solid rivet in the middle. There are later articulated breastplates like the "anime" (yes that it the real name) style as used by the winged hussars. The heavy fluting on maximillian armour makes the plate a tiny bit more ridged but is mostly there to copy fashionable clothing.
@@ArmourArtist then is it just a fashion thing or do they vibrate together or something like that?, I know about anime, is there a demo I can find anywhere of one move?
@@asherroodcreel640 It is a little bit like corrugation in sheet metal but very very small. Sorry I don't have video of an anime breastplate at the moment but it is on my to build list.
I have a question: could you take some more pride in your armor? What Shad used in his video was pretty well made and vastly better than what pretty much anyone watching your videos can make. And it held up against attacks really well and all for an affordable price. You did a great job and did all of us a service by donating it to get beat on. Seriously, you did a great job and I would like to see you take more pride in that.
Thank you very much. I know I am kind of hard on myself. That is probably because I compare myself to master armourers. At east it drives me to do better. Thank you so much for your kind comment.
@@ArmourArtistyou know honestly I'm all around pretty good at art, I mainly write now I used to draw a lot I was pretty good at it, still am, anyway I tried drawing an eye a day with a bick pen and last last one I made was incredible and I knew that, for whatever reason I waited a week, don't remember why and then didn't want to corrupt it by having the next one be a far worse and I've never drawn another sense, image what kind of art I'd be making today if I just still did it, life would probably be more fun; No one is born a master
@@ArmourArtist
the curse of the modern artisan.
Hope I can find out what I'm capable of making one day but first I need to figure out where I can move to so I can get started on getting started.
@@sunrisejackdaw1779 is that a mondern problem?
My interpretation on Shad's video was "Media says Platemail is as about as protective in battle as a Bacon suit is in a den of hungry Lions, lets prove that wrong on every level"
You made a wonderful armour chest piece for Shad. I honestly am not well educated in medieval armour, weapons, etc but I do find it very interesting and these videos are a great way to learn. I am looking forward to seeing more of your videos. :)
Thank you and I am looking forward to making them.
*Medieval.
@@Mailed-Knight thanks for catching my spelling error, fixing it now :)
@@melvindavis2789 No worries mate.
The Shad Armour. The Sharmour. The Shadow Armor. 🤔
Either way, that armor held up really well. It was a really nice vid! 😄
Thank you.
Good video! I'll need to watch it a few times to collect more info but I liked how your breastplate held up to Shad's testing!
Thank you.
It was a good video. I was interested in the smaller details like how quickly it would take to repair the armour for say, someone on campaign. What would the difficulty be in case where the armour is heavily battered and where's the threshold for having armour refurbished where it's better to just scrap it, melt it down and have a new one made - these are the logistic questions that fascinate me especially as far as history is concerned.
I might have to do some videos on that. In short. dints can be pushed out with a plastic hammer (probably wooden). Holes can be drilled or punched out and then filled with a rivet. cracks would need to be welded so that is a no go and historically they might cut it up to make a brigandine or other bits of armour. A scratch could be polished out but if it gets too thin it would need replacing. I might be able to get that fauld back on without reriveting it but I might have to take a rivet off and then replace it after reshaping it.
I made a video reply. I hope you like it.
@@ArmourArtist sweet dude! Going to watch that too.
Good work, though. I am glad you made it. I am excited to see what you create in the future.
You provided a good representation of the kind of steel plate people who weren't rich nobles would probably be able to purchase (even then, they'd probably be a mercenary or knight) and it survived a lot of abuse.
Great explanation mate.
The armour was beautifully made and designed and i thought it held up as well if not better then I expected
Thank you very much.
Just came from watching shad's vid. Well done 👍 As far as it not being "professional" or "realistic"...I would think a lot of guys back then were just making it up as they went along-copying others and maybe some teaching as an apprentice. There was no internet and i doubt most people even had access to any kind of reference material like books or schematics. So yea....I think a lot of them just learned by doing similar to the process you're going thru
Thank you. In this period trades like armouring were controlled by guilds and used an apprenticeship style of training. There were major workshops and centres of production. I would love to go do some armouring with other more skilled smiths as I would learn a lot faster than doing it myself. I have found one who lives 2 hours away, so maybe I will be able to get out one weeked and get on the tools. He also has a youtube channel Ironcrown workshop. If your interested.
Loved the build vid and seeing the chestplate in Shad's video. I''d love to see more armour videos from you in the future
Thanks. I will be building may next armour for reenactment and a bit of bruhurt dueling so I will bring you along for the ride and publish the templates.
Found you thanks to Shads video. Really keen to see what new stuff you release. Unfortunately i can't seem to find your Facebook group. Might help if you can put a link to it in your videos somewhere.
Keep up the awesome work! 👍
It would be better to just upload the archive with the drawings to the cloud. for not everyone has Facebook and the ability to find the group
Sorry it is the Armoured artist group. facebook.com/groups/6854023081325323
Your allready sounding like a kiwi. I agree with the comment on you being too humble on your hard work.
Are the three plates in the middle for articulation and do you know if the weird fultes on the maxilion armor did anything or just looked bad?
They do not articulate as they have a solid rivet in the middle. There are later articulated breastplates like the "anime" (yes that it the real name) style as used by the winged hussars. The heavy fluting on maximillian armour makes the plate a tiny bit more ridged but is mostly there to copy fashionable clothing.
@@ArmourArtist then is it just a fashion thing or do they vibrate together or something like that?, I know about anime, is there a demo I can find anywhere of one move?
@@asherroodcreel640 It is a little bit like corrugation in sheet metal but very very small. Sorry I don't have video of an anime breastplate at the moment but it is on my to build list.
@@ArmourArtist does it move?
@@asherroodcreel640 Does what move?
Beautiful worksmanship, shame it's wasted on a charlatan puff like Shad.