Yesterday I tried my hand at blackening my gauntlets using gun blue and I’m concerned that it came out with a lot more brown than I was expecting. Did I mess up at some point, so that they rusted instead of bluing? I’m trying to figure out sooner than later if I sand the whole thing down and redo it, or if this is a normal thing for homejob blackened armor.

For reference, this is a pair of Milanese pauldrons made by HBC armor shop.

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Based on this pair of pauldrons, how high can the wearer do vertical flexion as shown below? How will the pauldrons articulate themselves to allow vertical flexion? Is there any illustrations or videos that can show how pauldrons fold themselves when doing vertical flexion?

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Be unique, I'm sure we all want polearms but why not think out of the box! Any one weapon you'd be wanting to use.

No one's stopping you from a ranged weapon! If you'd like you could choose something like a bow.

Let's say the time period gets all the way up to the 17th century.

As the title says.. where can I find one? If it got mittens its a plus.

Want to make a sicillian-norman knight anno 1066-1190.

Feel free to list pictures and websites😊

Im also looking into what undergarments to wear. Pants, torsoe etc

I imagine that, since you have a much bigger target to defend, your reach would probably be insufficient, and you couldn't turn on a dime to protect yourself.

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Wondering if anyone knows any websites or sellers who might have this type of stuff.

I am looking to get an early to mid 15th century brigandine. I don't want a buhurt one, because they are usually specialized for the sport. I would much rather have mine be simply accurate for the time.

A lot of the brigandines I find online are really expensive. The ones made by armor companies, and also by solo blacksmiths, are over $600. I know forge of svan makes some brigandines for cheaper, but not the 15th century style I'm after (Mostly 14th century and for buhurt). I checked out the Armorysmith and the two brigandines they had in stock were much more affordable, but they stopped producing new ones recently so I couldn't get one tailored.

Where can I find a tailored early to mid 15th century brigandine for under $400?

Most of the people I know don't have the best budget, so we will be going as common, or poor soldiers. We won't use steel weapons (due to safety concern), only plastic wasters. Other than that unavoidable inaccuracy, we will try to keep everything as accurate as we can.

What are some of the most basic first half of 15th century kits that are still decently historically accurate, and what is a good/affordable way to get such kits online? Once I have a better understanding, and some better places to get armor from, I will start giving recommendations to some of the people I know. I will also put into account exactly what type of soldier they want to reenact when giving recommendations on what to use.

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To make it a bit easier, I'll give my current Idea of a common/ poor soldiers kit in this time:

In terms of helmets, a basic sallet or kettle hat. For chest/hip protection, a brigandine cuirass, a plate one, or even just a gambeson. For arms and legs, either some partial protection (Like a cuisse with no greaves), elbow and knee caps, mail sleeves, or just gambeson sleeves. And finally for the neck, just a mail collar.

If I got anything wrong, or left anything out, please let me know. I am trying to expand my knowledge on this as much as possible before helping anyone I know out. Thank you in advance!

I've come to wonder how armour - literal steel - would go against a hot day in the summer during adventures back when those were common in mediaeval times.

Picturing it, you would probably assume the steel would be warming up one's body immensely, right?

So is this true? Would armour be burning the shit out of you on hot days? - and, if so, how was it dealt with?

Were there any hafted weapons that had slight swells/tapers or is that just a modern thing for tools only? I have a haft that is meant for a tiller that I want to repurpose for a spear.

Here's a manuscript illumination I drew of St. George and the Dragon in the style of the "BL Royal 20 C VII Chroniques de France ou de St Denis" Manuscript ca. 1380-1400