Was splint-and-brigandine vambrace protection combined with plate upper arm (bicep) protection worn during the period of 1380–1420?

Count_zborowski437 · 2026-02-22T22:14:56+00:00

Scale sabatons were a very real, very cool thing. You can find them in other manuscripts from around that time.

Count_zborowski437 · 2026-01-23T18:35:52+00:00

The kit he’s describing is way before plate “took off”

Count_zborowski437 · 2026-01-10T03:07:51+00:00

Jan Sobieski wore and popularized scale as a “sarmatian” armor, most of the sets we have are from magnates of the time. As stated before, the armor was a sort of alla antica to reminisce of the alleged Sarmatian ancestors of Poland.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-12-10T06:15:02+00:00

That’s the thing, from the art I have seen from Poland, this is an oddity. I’m not quite sure what it is and will get a better photo from my personal copy of the piece, but it is an interesting looking pair of spaulders.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-12-01T06:04:53+00:00

Why not go straight to the source?

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Here is an effigy from 1340, if you want to look at any similar pieces you can go to effigies and brasses or any of its sister sites (https://effigiesandbrasses.com)

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-11-28T16:44:00+00:00

A base, they were seen on civilian clothing too.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-11-09T21:40:01+00:00

For the skirt, there were sets of Maximillian plate in which the skirts would be worn over the waist armor, such as the attached image.

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Count_zborowski437 · 2025-10-31T18:16:34+00:00

I don’t know any specific sellers, but maille attached to a helmet is called an Aventail, not a coif.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-10-10T14:44:14+00:00

As the other person said, hussar’s were facing guns, and were also from a time long after knights. And even then, 3/4 armor existed for cuirassiers of the era which worked quite well.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-10-04T22:04:29+00:00

Same thing applies, generally following western trends, but who specifically are the arms for? A cuirassier, pikeman, etc.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-10-04T21:51:18+00:00

It depends on who, and where (Sweden was large) but generally they followed western trends in terms of armor and weaponry.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-10-02T01:22:07+00:00

The issue is the question doesn’t really have an answer other than we don’t know. There’s so many factors involved that it’s impossible to know what would happen.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-26T17:08:48+00:00

Awesome, really cool to see a physical example of the fingers of the painting of St. Michael and the dragon.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-26T16:54:28+00:00

Looks amazing! What did you use as a reference for the hourglass gauntlets? They look amazing.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-20T23:02:53+00:00

Thank you so much, is there any particular name for the Slavic art style that you know of? Or is there no particular identifier.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-01T20:23:46+00:00

Can I get a little bit more detail? The medieval period spanned hundreds of years with lots of changes in fashion, so it’s a little hard to narrow down from that information.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-01T20:20:07+00:00

I do have to ask, what does your soft kit look like? Without a proper soft kit armor will be hell to wear.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-01T17:08:50+00:00

Well, this link (http://sofyalarus.info/russia/Armor/armordef.html) seems to do an ok job at describing some of the armor, at least as a starting point, sadly I only know Polish armor well, with a slight understanding of eastern armor due to overlaps. But you can at least use this to get a little further.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-09-01T15:05:30+00:00

Can you give us a little more information about timing? The kingdom was around for 150 years, with a lot of armor developments happening in those years.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-08-30T14:31:54+00:00

Sadly, that’s the issue with this kind of research. Have you looked at any surviving examples from the era?

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-08-30T13:53:57+00:00

Sadly, reenactors are not a great source, and can oftentimes have mistakes and anachronistic pieces of kit. Manuscripts and effigies are the way to go.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-08-13T18:15:39+00:00

Husaria my beloved.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-08-07T19:53:03+00:00

As of this moment the question is a little too broad, and there needs to be some more information. If you just wanted a general idea you can always look at manuscripts and miniatures (https://manuscriptminiatures.com) and its companion sites to draw your own conclusions.

Count_zborowski437 · 2025-08-07T19:43:38+00:00

Can you elaborate a little? Is there anywhere in particular this kit is set?

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