G'day all from cloudy down-under

new the the boards and figured i may be able to get some peoples point of view on this
among other things i have a big interest in western martial arts, "larp" and warhammer 40k

i have had a long search and i think maybe this is the place to ask
i'd like to know if someone can say where the Grey Knight armorer was inspired from

the parts that have been particularly hard to source about where and when the helm, and greaves, but i'd like to see where and when some others think

I've attached a picture of one of the models

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Well, the whole thing is fairly obviously a mix of inspirations with the primary one being the classic late medieval suit of plate armour...

The helmet is derived from the 'frog-mouth' helm used in jousting.

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The greaves are a bit more problematic, but I suppose that the way the top lies above the knee probably comes from Grecian bronze greaves:


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The etched warding words on the armour may be inspired by similar decoration (although as far as I know none of it was atropotaic) on medieval armours.

The rest of this armour is more or less just a suit of armour updated with sci-fi power-armour touches. If you're interested in details, the 'Articles' section of this website has some essays on armour, and of course this forum is a good resource.

Have a very nice day.

thanks heaps Jeffrey!!

i'm starting to get my harness together and was wanting something that would be period accurate, hadn't drawn the link with the helm, was looking early medieval (14th ish century) for it and was looking to far forward for the greaves.

time to make some adjustments to what i'm going to get so everything fits in the same time zone

Just for reference, the 14th century is actually considered late medieval by most definitions.

thanks again, was never taught medieval history formally nothing beyond "this is a knight" and "this is a castle" silly private school

If you google 40k cosplay there are some cool suits of power armor out there. I am a geek what can I say.