#sallet

[wearemercs]

Unsung Knight by LeBeauviolette

[m3dieval]

Source

[we-are-knight]

Conquest, by Edmund Blair Leighton (1884)

[illustratus]

Combination Sallet and Bevor of Maximilian I by Lorenz Helmschmid, circa 1495. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Imperial Armoury

[armthearmour]

A Sallet with a pinched visor,

Height: 8.25 in/21 cm

Width: 7.75 in/19.7 cm

Depth: 12.5 in/31.8 cm

Weight: 4.1 lbs/1843 g

France or Flanders, ca. 1475, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[jacob-cohn-art-and-projects]

Historically inspired Hero of Time! This started as Linked Universe fan art and still kind of is but has started to morph into a bit of it's own thing as I've started making my own little historically inspired redesigns of various Zelda characters! The armor was mostly based on late 15th century German "kastenbrust" style plate armor, with the cuirass as a blend more of greco-roman muscle cuirasses with the fierce deity's armor from Majora's Mask (got the idea from @nancyheart11 !) My background is more in technical drafting than it is in drawing organic things like people and clothing so my actual character design and proportion has a long way to go, but I'm getting there! I'll probably redo this eventually when I have more practice.

[renard-des-marais]

[medievalsnippets]

dim what if helmets were made to make the shape of an animal like the one in dungeon meshi, would it be practical? What animal head do you think is the most practical for fighting/lancing :D

Image source Helmets would often have animalistic elements either out of coincidence, or as part of its decorative design.

One example is this 15th century sallet, which would've almost definitely inspired the living armor helmet seen in dungeon meshi.

Other armor pieces, such as the visors of late 14th century bascinets, adopted a beak form to help deflect attacks (particularly arrows) from the front.

While helmets such as the lion sallet would've almost definitely been worse for protection than a 'normal' helmet, it would've been important to people to dress well for their potential death, as well as indicating to enemy soldiers their economic class (i.e to be potentially held for ransom).

[clay-person]

Sketch book knight.

[okaydrawboy]

new night new knight who dis

[h0ney-bee]

New brawler knight

Thinking him and brute were in the same corrupted unit?

[wearemercs]

City guard by nemui

[m3dieval]

[Source]

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldLionDay 🦁:

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head Italian, c. 1475-80 Steel, gilt copper, glass, polychromy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York display

“This helmet is the earliest surviving example of Renaissance armor all'antica (in the antique style). The lion's head is an outer shell made of embossed and gilt copper that is fitted over an underlying plain steel helmet. It represents the head of the Nemean Lion, whose pelt was worn as a headdress and cloak by the mythological hero Hercules. He was frequenly portrayed in Renaissance art as a symbol of indomitable strength, courage, and perseverance.”

[guanaco14878]

Stance

felt like drawing a knight again, this time with a Sallet-style helmet

[armthearmour]

A lovely fluted Closed Sallet in Maximilian style,

Height: 11.5 in/29.2 cm

Width: 9.4 in/23.8 cm

Depth: 12.4in/31.3cm

Weight: 5.1lbs/2324.7 g

Germany, ca. 1510-1525, housed at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art.