Hey yall Where can I buy historically accurate Byzantine armor because I want to cosplay as Constantine the 11th

I am curious as to when the visor appeared on the helmets of European knights. Below are some images from the well known Outlaw Kin (I don't own these images, all copyright credit goes to the owners) film, showing visored greathelms in the sugarloaf style, and at least one visored bascinet, at the Battle of Loudoun Hill in 1307AD.

For the sake of discussion, let's consider all European knights, rather than just English/Scottish ones. I thought that visored bascinets appeared by 1330AD and visored greathelms around the same time, but some further research is making me think that perhaps, some sort of visored helms were around a little earlier.

Apparently, the will of Odo de Roussillon speaks of a visored helm in 1298AD. I am not sure what type of helm this is believed to have been?

Overall, are these images historically accurate? Do you guys think visors were already around at the time of this battle in 1307AD? And if so, were they visored bascinets, visored greathelms in the sugarloaf style, or visored greathelms with a flatter top, or all of the above?

Finally, if visors were around this early, do we know whether they would have had a central pivot (as seen in a klappvisor), or side pivots, or were both variations around?

Thanks in advance for any insight guys!

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My first post has been deleted, maybe I spammed too many links.
I've been working on a map that compiles a lot of archeological findings of eastern europe, described in english. There are at the moment a little over 100 archeological sites listed, compiling about 200 papers from various sources in russian, ukrainian, bulgar, polish etc.
My main goal is to make all those ressources more accessible to english speaking audience.

For every entry, I give the estimated date, the content, the important points/controversies I'm aware of and some specifications. I add the pictures I find from various sources, and I try to (WIP) give a link to the original article(s). I sometimes also include personal observations, marked as such.

You can find the map here. Graph legend is in the description of the map. I'm aware there's still a lot to be done, aswell as tidying the map up (colour code etc), but I felt like I reached a milestone worth sharing.

I hope it will help people on their journey to find hard data.

Hello everyone.
Right now I'm sort of trying to put together a historically accurate kit of an early knight from West Francia c. 970 to 1000 AD. I'm just wondering, would these guys be using the typical anglo-saxon/norse style round shields with a straight profile or ones with the carolingian style convexed profile (outward facing curve)? To show you what I kind of mean mean (along with drawings from Frankish manuscripts first one dating 869-950 and the second 900-1100):

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I dont know if this is the right subreddit to ask this question....so sorry if its the wrong place😅.

It is well known that full plate armour was mostly phased out outside of tournaments by the 16th century, as early guns like arquebuses could go through flat plate armour and of course, other things like laminar or chain. However, plate armour could stop shot at heavy angles, so I wondered if armour with heavy angles, like a pointed hounskull or some other type of angled helmet, could potentially stop shot from this time period.

Full Armor Panda(m) in Ming Chinese brigandine armor and a miniature culverine(紅衣炮)

Hi. Ive been smithing for 7 years now and I'd like a kit that i can use in the sca. Ive not tried to make armor before.According to my local rules, if the steel isn't 1/16 in thick then it needs to be proven to be superior to 1/16 mild steel. Id like my armour not so fricken heavy so id like to make and heat treat something thinner.

What alloy is recommended? I have a forge large enough to heat treat most items. 1045 sounds easy and straight forward to me so let me know if that's a good idea. Price is also a big consideration. I don't have digital ovens so my heat treat is in the forge. If it's possible to make a kit without heat treat and just use carbon steel (hot working without hardening) that would be great too. Any resources are appreciated, patterns, ideas, and suggestions. Thanks

I read enough online stuff and seen enough Youtube videos and pics on the Image search tab on Google to have discovered sayings attributed to Saints and short prayers asking for protection as well as attached art representations of the Archangel Michael in HEMA info available on the internet.

But strangely I cannot find anything involving the Blessed Queen of Heaven, Mother Mary. Which is so bizarre when you consider her position as the highest authority in the Catholic Church after the Holy Trinity itself and her intercessory prayers are no question the most powerful in Catholic doctrines.

As someone from a Catholic upbringing, I'm really interested in finding any devotions towards Mary thats authentically from the 16th century and earlier esp the proper Middle Ages. Do they exist? Or has my futile attepts at finding info by Googling basically answer this question I fear (practically there are none)?

Has anyone here had experience with fabrica cacti and lorica segmentata? Ive heard they are some of the best, and was curious how you all consider them. They don’t have pricing on their website due to all of them being custom orders, but i was curious around how much do they cost? Additionally, how’s the quality, how well does the armor fit?

Hi everyone! I'm in the market for a corinthian helmet fit for reenactment and fighting. I already looked into res bellica and armae but, unfortuately, their main supplier seems to be AWOL. I was looking for some armourers that could make one, do you have any pointers (I know that we have a list but, since we're talking about different periods and materials I wanted to know if you'd know someone). Thanks in advance !

I'm planning on making the lining for my bascinet myself, does anyone know if they're just several layers of linen stacked or does it have anything between layers? Also, is there any type of special cord I should use when making it?

So I was perusing images of zweihander for reference as a model im working on, and found this strange thing, its on the wiki page for zweihander and is cited as being from the Athens War Museum. Anyways is the reversed guard normal? And if not, how the hell did it get like that? Victorian Reconstruction?

what a strange little guy

I'm thinking of buying a gambeson from Matuls but I'm not sure about how I correctly select my size.

Firstly, since there's no size option on the store page or when the item is in the cart, where do I select/write down the size?

Secondly, although there is a size chart page (with height, waist and chest), on the "How to take measurements" section of "How to order" it advises on how to measure more parts (arm length and thickness, back length, wrist etc). So, do I pick/write down the category in which my height, waist and chest fit in (S,M,L,XL,XXL) or do I write down my specific measurements, including that of arm length, back length etc.?

If there's anyone that has previously purchased from them that can help me out, that'd be great!