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cy-lindric · 1 year
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Little jeanne with a Grand Bascinet
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armthearmour · 1 year
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The skull from a Great Bascinet, England, ca. 1420-1430, housed at the Norwich Castle Museum.
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domjordanillustration · 3 months
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frederick the boar
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thegothicera · 3 months
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Stained glass windows depicting four donors to Arnstein Abbey, German, ca. 1360-1365
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commander-snacks · 1 year
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godsoflightmusic · 17 days
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my reasons for each member + original image under the cut:
coups (great helm) - i feel like he would choose the most intimidating one and this one would just fit with his big sturdy body <3
jeonghan (barbute) - he needs to have his mouth relatively free so that he can use psychological warfare but this helmet would also go great with a huge jacket which is a must for him
joshua (sallet) - he's a wild card honestly... i can kinda see him owning multiple designer medieval helmets, but i feel like the sallet seems kinda fancy which suits him. i could also see him in the barbute to match jh tho
jun (armet) - the armet was made for jun i mean just look at the slayful profile and the head shape it would fit him like a glove
hoshi (armet) - i feel like the armet is the most tiger-like of all of the options here. hoshi would probably paint some stripes and whiskers on it or customize it in some other way
wonwoo (kettle hat) - this seems like the only glasses-friendly option and also he's a little bit of a loser (<3 <3) which fits the vibe of this option loll
woozi (sallet) - it's kinda reminiscent of his necessary helmet (see: bss comeback gose) so i think he could make some good music in it and the piece in the back would make him look like a little bug
minghao (frog-mouth) - duh but also i think he would appreciate the sculptural/avant-garde quality of this one
mingyu (hounskull) - mingyu wants the most protection possible so i was thinking absolute, full coverage, but it could also be a problem since he need to be able to look down more bc of his height..... idk
dk (spangenhelm) - the chainmail matches his arthur costume somewhat and he would also want to be in a helmet that doesn't trap his voice inside with him like a mini echo chamber
seungkwan (bascinet) - i feel like he might get scared if his whole head was covered up, and, as a bonus, there’s a possibility of modifying the helmet so that he could wear his navy baseball hat
vernon (hounskull) - the silhouette is reminiscent of the strawberry game from boomily outing, which suited him like no one else. also imagine a kenzo hounskull it would be so crazy cool
dino (great helm) - this is a purely instinctual choice. for some reason i just feel like this would suit him so well… like i can just see this helmet on his shoulders and it fits
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cavyant · 5 months
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alternate helmet doodle
there were a few inspirations for the design. the overall helmet was loosely referenced from a great bascinet while the upper part was just taken from murmillo(s?) and a galea. I also thought it would be cool to give the design a visor, but it just got lost after the second layer.
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not sure what this is
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citrucee · 1 year
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nightbringer24 · 6 months
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So I'm reading the historical manga Wolfsmund, which is set around a fictional pass in the Alps called Wolfsmund or 'Wolf's maw' during the time when Switzerland was ruled by the Hapsburg's leading up to the battle of Morgarten in 1315.
It is a visually well drawn manga, and even though the styles for armour is definitely late 14th century rather than early 14th century (every man-at-arms and knight has a bascinet helm even though this is still a period when the great helm was in vogue), and even further with deep sallet helms being worn by the Austrians. Subject matter wise... it's near Berserk levels of brutality but without the major focus on it, though it is quite nasty.
Also very mythical too since even though the Hapsburg's did treat the Swiss cantons pretty much as their own personal bank account, it never got as horrible as the manga shows it to be. BUT it does make for a good story, I will admit.
I'm on chapter 10 out of 36, but I'd rate this manga quite highly. A solid 8/10.
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tillman · 1 year
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ummm tell us about your cats :) or maybe how you'd redesign that dead by daby knight?
today ratio laid with me for like mooost of the day . i was in bed a lot . but he was so fucking cute today like absolutely cutiepie pilled . hes so dear to me . heres him getting pet in his favorite spot (his chin)
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sometimes he will hold my hand in place with his claws so i cant pet anywhere else he is resoundingly silly.
and AUUG the debbie daylight knight. its so sad its just such a boring fucking design. i was watching wayner adio teevee play the thing cus i enjoy his debbie streams they are soothing i enjoy how the game feels in my brain even if i refuse to paly it cus it seems boring and UGH its such a neat idea for a killer too. being able to set up patrols or whatever is like what they were trying with nemesis but like really interesting. and having to know which one of the three hunt members or wathever to use is cool. ITS A FUCKING DND PARTY!! AS A KILLER!! thats so sick.
anyways literally just. if you want to keep the main design just any other helmet. id say something like a bascinet would be really interesting for them to Evil up or whatever the fuck they do
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like i think these shapes could be really intimidating in the right design. they went for the weirdest mesh of like traditional visor helmet and great helm though and it just bugs me and looks weird and the FUCKING HAIR?!!??!?!?? WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THE HAIRRRRR STOPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. give that bitch a plume aslo. a big one. fucking intimidating sight to see one fluttering tattered in the wind imo.
sadly dead bee tonight is a bad fucking game and would never do something cool.
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armthearmour · 2 years
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Review: Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500
The second installment in Dr. Tobias Capwell’s Armour of the English Knight series, Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500 continues where the previous volume finished, filling the lacuna in the scholarship treating English armor. Published in 2021, Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500 follows much the same formula as Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450. Though the newer work begins with an introduction, it does not provide arguments for the existence of a unique English style or a justification for the use of effigies as source material, electing instead to simply cite the introduction of the first book.
This work is treated as an extension of the previous work, and since the two main parts of Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450 are called Part I: 1400-1430 and Part II: 1430-1450, the sections of Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500 begin with Part III and proceed through parts IV, V, and VI.
In a departure from the formula of the first work, Part III of Armour of the English Knight 1450-1500 begins with a discussion of helmets. In 1400-1450, helmets were treated in each section, however, a change in artistic conventions in the latter half of the 15th century forced the author to change tactics. While in the first half of the century knightly effigies typically depicted the deceased wearing his helmet (with the visor removed), in the latter half of the century it became fashionable to depict the man at arms in armor without his helmet. This shift in artistic convention forced the author to change how he examined helmets in the latter half of 15th century England. Additionally the second half of the 15th century saw a greater number of helmet types used on the English battlefield than during the first half. It was for these reasons that the author relegated helmets to their own section.
Only two types of helmet were present in 1400-1450, namely the bascinet and the great bascinet. Both were relatively simple, close fitting helmets (typically with peaked skulls). The distinguishing factor between the two is the presence of a mail aventail on the bascinet which protects the throat. On the great bascinet, the mail is replaced with plates which provide a great deal of protection at the cost of mobility. In 1450-1500, the bascinet ceased being used entirely and the great bascinet only barely present. Instead, the author focuses his attentions on the sallet and bevor, the armet, and the close-helmet. The mail standard, or collar, is also discussed in this section.
The sallet is a style of helmet which became almost ubiquitous on the continent in the late 15th century. Characterized by a long tail to protect the back of the neck, most sallets only covered the top half of the head, leaving the lower face and jaw exposed even with the visor down. For this reason the sallet was often paired with a bevor by those who desired more protection. The bevor was typically a solid plate formed to the chin and neck which would come down to overlap the breastplate. As the style developed, the lower plate of the bevor was often articulated to add more mobility.
It is thought that the close-helmet developed from the sallet and bevor. The fully developed close-helmet consists of three parts: the skull, which typically encloses the entire head down to the nape of the neck, the visor, and a bevor plate. Unlike the sallet and bevor, however, the bevor plate of the close-helmet is riveted directly to the skull of the helmet (typically at the same point the visor is riveted to) and cannot be removed. Capwell suggests that this construction first came about from smiths combining the sallet and bevor into a single piece to eliminate the problem of the two being able to be separated in combat, a hypothesis supported by the existence of several sallet-style close helmets in various museum collections.
The final type of helmet, the armet, had been in use since the end of the 14th century. An Italian invention, the armet only came to be used in England after 1450. An armet consists of an enclosing skull and two cheek pieces which join at the chin and hinge outwards to allow the head to enter and exit the helmet. Most (though not all) armets had visors, and many included mail aventails to protect the throat.
Given the dearth of headgear on English effigies of 1450-1500, the author had to rely on other sources to analyze helmets of this period. Though no elements of armor survive from this period which can be confidently said to have been made in England, many pieces which were almost certainly used in England survive, primarily in the form of funerary achievements. A common practice in late medieval England was mounting a deceased individual’s armor above his grave. These displays of armor are called funerary achievements. Many of the helmets that survive to this day survive because they were kept and maintained by the church in which they were displayed. In addition to the surviving funerary helmets, Capwell relies extensively on forms of artwork other than effigies. Paintings, tapestries, manuscript marginalia, stained glass, and non-effigial alabaster and wood sculpture are referenced.
The remaining sections of the book mimic the outline of 1400-1450 very closely. Parts IV, V, and VI cover the periods of 1450-1470, 1470-1490, and 1490-1500 respectively. Developments in armor occured rapidly in the second half of the 15th century, which is the reason the author gives for using three sections rather than two. Each part once again relies on effigies to analyze “The Cuirass,” “Pauldrons,” “Vambraces,” “Gauntlets,” “Leg Armour,” and “Sabatons,” supplemented by the source material the author relied on for the analysis of helmets.
The main body of the work is followed by a brief conclusion, bibliographies of secondary sources and of effigies cited, an appendix of effigy name-place concordances, a glossary, and finally an index. The author drew upon scholarship in English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, and Dutch. Much like 1400-1450, and the author makes extensive use of footnotes, which frequently include a substantial amount of additional information.
This book is a worthy addition to the author’s previous discussion on the topic of English armor, and much like the previous book, anyone interested in the topic will find this work an invaluable addition to their library. The simplicity with which the author states and supports his claims combined with the depth and complexity of his analysis of the sources mean this work is valuable to enthusiasts and specialists alike. This reviewer eagerly awaits the publication of the third and final installment of Capwell’s Armour of the English Knight series.
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apieters · 1 year
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This roughly captures a few of the general looks I imagine when I think of my character Peter the Marshal—with and without helmets, since that is one of the most important pieces of armor and one of the first to be traded away by main characters of movies everywhere for what I can only assume is Plot Armor.
The farthest left is how I imagine the ancient armor of the Isles, in the era of original Peter Dragonsbane—mail shirts over a padded gambeson, but not much else. It’s supposed to be reminiscent of the early medieval period, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Crusades, the era of figures like King Arthur, Charlemagne, the Vikings, William the Conquerer, and Somerled. This style of armor would still be worn by the relatively backwards forest clans in Peter the Marshal’s day.
The middle kit represents the more “modern” armor of Peter the Marshal’s day that would typically be worn by an average Islander, or by the Marshal when engaged in naval warfare or raiding. The main protection is a jack-of-plates and a few armored pieces on the upper body, but not much else. Even the plaid is draped across the heart and belted in place to add a bit of extra protection, but mostly it’s to keep the plaid from getting tangled.
The right represents Peter the Marshal’s full pitched-battle harness. A short surcoat bearing Peter’s coat of arms (a lion or on a field of azure) is worn over a cuirass, with full plate protection on the arms and legs.
The bascinet helmet without a visor is favored by Islanders as it allows greater field of view and breathability.
Like all Islanders, Peter always carries a large dirk. He is armed also with his ancestral great sword, Dragonsbane.
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thegothicera · 3 months
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King Hoel Fighting Kahedin and the Seneschal Keu on a Bridge, from the Romance of Tristan, French, ca. 1320-1340
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thenextroad · 6 months
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This article will delve into the captivating world of great Bascinet Helmets, exploring their fascinating history and highlighting their key features.
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kultofathena · 10 months
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enionline · 6 years
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#surface #great #sallet #germany #bascinet #gothic #wallacecollection https://www.instagram.com/p/BmgkAIenps8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aua5va9f97cf
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