What Lord of the Rings got right was that everything "makes sense" in it's context, nothing looks forced, out of place or artificial. Everything flows right under the willing suspension of disbelieve and nothing breaks the immersion in any way. The Hobbit strayed a bit from this with an excursion into "plastic-y" looking arms and armour. Elven armour looks ancient and regal, perfected over centuries. Ork armour feels rough, salvaged and/or home made, worked and re-worked for countless short lifetimes. Rohan gives this ancestral armour vibe of various generations of equiptment handed down through families. Isengard is full on industrial, efficient, high quality and churned out en masse. Gondor is it's more aesthetic equivalent, standartised arms and armour shaped by decades of war with Mordor while calling back to better days. Even the armour of the Easterlings tells a story of a strange but rich, well organised culture.
because the rohan guys are based on northern-northwestern european arms and armor of the 600-900s ad + heavy cavalry that would be a little bit later in europe
I remember seeing in the special features they actually designed the Uruk Armor to be "forward facing" to give the effect of a force that with relentlessly push forward, i love that. They actually thought about who these troops were and their different roles, like the berserkers fill their helms with men's blood before donning them so when they wear the helmet they get covered in the blood of men and sent into a frenzy, that sort of thought doesn't go into movies anymore
Great. I loved it. I didn't know those demi sabatons had their own name. I think those gauntlets are more eastern as they exten over the elbow. I have been planning to make my own video and I will ask my viewers to check your video out to. We came to many of the same conclusions but I still think I have some more to add. thank you for the video. I would rather see more armour videos.
Thank you :) I was considering extending the discussion to armour outside medieval Europe but I'm not too clued up on it so figured I'd keep it just to Europe haha. Looking forward to your video though :)
I will see if this video gets demonetized for possible copyright first due to using footage of the movies haha (under fair use, may I add!) So if this video stays okay, I'll consider doing future movie/TV videos
I wanna see the exact intent of the Uruk-Hai armor but in a "more realistic" fashion like "if you were going to actually use this, how would it look" always interesting, trying to figure out how to do my next armor design
This is just speculation, but could it be possible that the flat plate above could for a small shield that protects whoever is in the back from getting shot in the head or upper part of the body?
The function would be to make blows that come from above glance off more easily instead of transferring their entire energy into the uruk hai's neck. Historically many helmets had very pronounced ridges like that (Morion, Burgundian helmet, Armet etc.) the only difference being that those ridges would align alongside a wearer's profile.
"Historically Authentic"? No. Functional is the more logical/reasonable standard to assess the armor. But you can't judge "historical authenticity" of a purely fantasy based work of imagination. Especially one where magical and pseudo-magical creatures and items exist.
The purpose of this video is just a bit of fun trying to relate some of the elements of Uruk Hai armour to real life examples since so much effort and research was put into making the original props. I usually wouldn't bother with most movie stuff since most movie armour is so far removed from anything decent and historical haha
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What Lord of the Rings got right was that everything "makes sense" in it's context, nothing looks forced, out of place or artificial. Everything flows right under the willing suspension of disbelieve and nothing breaks the immersion in any way. The Hobbit strayed a bit from this with an excursion into "plastic-y" looking arms and armour.
Elven armour looks ancient and regal, perfected over centuries. Ork armour feels rough, salvaged and/or home made, worked and re-worked for countless short lifetimes. Rohan gives this ancestral armour vibe of various generations of equiptment handed down through families. Isengard is full on industrial, efficient, high quality and churned out en masse. Gondor is it's more aesthetic equivalent, standartised arms and armour shaped by decades of war with Mordor while calling back to better days. Even the armour of the Easterlings tells a story of a strange but rich, well organised culture.
because the rohan guys are based on northern-northwestern european arms and armor of the 600-900s ad + heavy cavalry that would be a little bit later in europe
I remember seeing in the special features they actually designed the Uruk Armor to be "forward facing" to give the effect of a force that with relentlessly push forward, i love that. They actually thought about who these troops were and their different roles, like the berserkers fill their helms with men's blood before donning them so when they wear the helmet they get covered in the blood of men and sent into a frenzy, that sort of thought doesn't go into movies anymore
Great. I loved it. I didn't know those demi sabatons had their own name. I think those gauntlets are more eastern as they exten over the elbow. I have been planning to make my own video and I will ask my viewers to check your video out to. We came to many of the same conclusions but I still think I have some more to add. thank you for the video. I would rather see more armour videos.
Thank you :) I was considering extending the discussion to armour outside medieval Europe but I'm not too clued up on it so figured I'd keep it just to Europe haha. Looking forward to your video though :)
Really interesting video Alex. Great how you described all the different types of armour into the mix. 🙂
This video is well done! Awesome work
Ayy thank you
Great video. Are you going to do elvish armor?
I will see if this video gets demonetized for possible copyright first due to using footage of the movies haha (under fair use, may I add!) So if this video stays okay, I'll consider doing future movie/TV videos
I wanna see the exact intent of the Uruk-Hai armor but in a "more realistic" fashion
like "if you were going to actually use this, how would it look"
always interesting, trying to figure out how to do my next armor design
If I had the money spare I would definitely procure an authentic and functional Uruk-Hai armour.
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy would be awesome for sure
Even a digital mockup could be great just to see
Does anyone know the purpose of the flat plate at the top of the helmet?
I don't think they have a purpose, the crests are just added to make the Uruk Hai look more fierce and larger
@@AlexTheHistoryGuy okay that makes sense, thanks man !
This is just speculation, but could it be possible that the flat plate above could for a small shield that protects whoever is in the back from getting shot in the head or upper part of the body?
The function would be to make blows that come from above glance off more easily instead of transferring their entire energy into the uruk hai's neck. Historically many helmets had very pronounced ridges like that (Morion, Burgundian helmet, Armet etc.) the only difference being that those ridges would align alongside a wearer's profile.
@@Scipionyxsam I see! Thank you very much. That is extremely interesting and completely answers the question, cheers!
Definitely do it.
Next week the weapons 😂 hell yeah!❤
"Historically Authentic"?
No.
Functional is the more logical/reasonable standard to assess the armor.
But you can't judge "historical authenticity" of a purely fantasy based work of imagination. Especially one where magical and pseudo-magical creatures and items exist.
The purpose of this video is just a bit of fun trying to relate some of the elements of Uruk Hai armour to real life examples since so much effort and research was put into making the original props.
I usually wouldn't bother with most movie stuff since most movie armour is so far removed from anything decent and historical haha