This is my XIIcenturi armour
Making it 2 years later and still not completely finished
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This is my brother's coat. recreates a rebel imperialist soldier of Mexico. It's a Insurgent of the XIX century

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Here is my current harness. Wore it for some 9 hours the other day and found it to be not only comfortable but hardly hindered me from writing even. Sadly we left our camera so I had to use these pictures from my backyard. No doubt in a few months it will be different but I finally got it more or less done. It is for a knight of Scotland from the 1340s, named Sir Robert de Moffet, who spends his time looking for employ in war or often as the protection of Scottish Ambassadors (his Uncle and Cousin). In the early 1350s he becomes a diplomat himself.

I actually forgot my rerebraces in this picture and ran out of ties for my sabatones and besegews at the armpit and top of shoulder.

It actually was made to be altered to a decade earlier to two decades later.


For my 1320s I drop the rerebraces, splinted cuisses (using the padded cuisses alone) and plate sabatons for mail ones and will sometimes use my great helm

For 1340 I use the rerebraces but not always splinted cuisses still and almost always use my bascinet.

For 1350 or there after I use plate rerebraces with the splinted cuisses and different gauntlets.

RPM

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Here is a picture of my revamped harness. Picture is courtesy of Ed Toton who is wearing the white/blue surcoat.

I am not sure those sun glasses are period, but they go suprisingly well with the rest of the ki :p t. Both harnesses look great.

Well helm and gauntlets you may need but you already have an exquisite belted scabbard which puts me to shame! :D

Here is a picture from last weekend at Sterckshof (Antwerpen, Belgium). It was 30+ degrees celsius, and you can see the heat has gotten to me.

Bram,

Looks cool.... or not so cool depending on what we are talking about. Do you have any more pictures of your event?

RPM

Hi all,

I've been waiting to get a few tweaks done before posting - like finishing some tailoring to my haubergeon - but since I seem to be dragging my butt on that, here we go. Now, let's see if I can get the images to post:

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Me with the visor down! Same event.

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At the recent Lysts on the Lake. I am the one in the pig-face bascinet, who has his eyes closed! ;) Doh! [ Download ]

Oops - the credits:

Arming Coat is a custom one from Revival Clothing.

Bascinet, aventail and padded liner were bought from Matuls, but made by Jacek Matera.

Arm harness and gauntlets by Jeff Wasson of Wasson Artistry, and based on the Churburg S-18.

Cuirass by Anshelm Arms

Leg harness by Jiri Klepac, and designed to match the arms/gauntlets (Churburg S-18).

All tempered spring, other than the bascinet.

Greg, your current kit looks *wonderful*! I've been thinking about moving into the 14th century, and your harness is certainly inspiring me to do so even more. :)

migration era gear

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Greg,

What to you wear for shoulders?


Where you using the Silver Altar Piece at Pistolla Chapel for your source?

William,

William Frisbee wrote:

Greg, What to you wear for shoulders?

Normally, like a good Italian, just mail - I really dislike spaulders. t is ironic that Italians develop the huge pauldrons, but often, even in the 1450s - 1470s, are just shown wearing mail on the shoulders.

However, I am going to ask Jeff Wasson to make a pair of a-symmetrical spaulders/early pauldrons of the kind found in the Pissani-Dossi Fiore.

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Where you using the Silver Altar Piece at Pistolla Chapel for your source?

Yes and no! I did not want to replicate one source/piece, but rather go with something that would have been considered a relatively fine harness in northern Italy, c.1410 but old-fashioned by 1420. That is why I stuck with the standard bascinet, not a proto-armet or a great bascinet (although I have slowly come to love those), and why it is a simple, half-cuirass and not the segemented, full cuirass of the Churburg S-18.

What I essentially did was take a look at a variety of sources c. 1390 - 1415, chief of which was the harness in the Getty and Pisani-Dossi Fiore manuscripts, the Churburg S-18 (which is particularly similar to those found in the latter Ms), the effigy of Jacopo Cavalli (1391) and a late 14th c painting by Altichiero and c..1415 painting by Pisanello. I'd say that Cavalli and the Churburg S-18 were the main influences.

There are certainly similarities with the Pistoia Altar Piece, but as I recall that is more like 1360s.