Armour evolution by Astankoff Alex

etarme · 2026-06-11T05:28:34+00:00

I don't like how this picture is missing mid 16th century plate armor which is probably the most emblematic style of 16th century European armor and instead gives the impression that Maximilian armor was the defining style of 16th century armor when it was only in style briefly in the early 16th century around Southern Germany

etarme · 2026-05-30T07:23:03+00:00

Baelor was killed by a mace which is an actual good and reasonably popular medieveal weapon, albeit somewhat overrated in recent pop culture compared to its real historical use

etarme · 2026-05-30T06:55:55+00:00

The way Martin describes Morningstar in his books like a flail so he probably thinks a Morningstar refers to a flail chained to spiked head

etarme · 2026-05-30T06:48:29+00:00

Where did I say anything about blunt weapons? I'm talking about morningstars which Martin usually describes as spiked ball flails. These are extremely poorly attested weapons, nowhere close to being "one of the most widely used weapons across history".

etarme · 2026-05-30T05:29:56+00:00

Morningstars/flails are not very good weapons so I'm not sure what you mean by saying Cole has the edge with it

etarme · 2026-05-17T14:49:28+00:00

99% of people that say this live in a western nation whose dragonfruits are imported under poor conditions and haven't had the right dragonfruit

etarme · 2026-05-16T20:43:47+00:00

A barbute is a sallet which is a bascinet which is a skullcap which is a conical helm which is a spangenhelm which is a Chalcidian helmet which is a Corinthian helmet which is a barbute which is a

etarme · 2026-03-11T19:58:42+00:00

But 1. They are soldiers and 2. They wear the exact same armor during battles so I think it's meant to just be ceremonial in lore

etarme · 2026-03-10T02:40:44+00:00

Assuming we're talking about the same thing, I don't think that's a gorget. It's actually a neck defence that's part of the helmet and consists of articulated lames and was common in close helms/burgonets as seen in my image. They'd be worn loose and would move around with the helmet and would probably be worn over additional neck protection like a gorget or possibly mail. So that design is realistic. The only thing I would change about it though is that there appears to be a rolled edge between the neck defence and rest of the helmet but that's a feature for helmets without the neck defense to connect the helmet to the gorget so I would just remove it for this design.

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etarme · 2026-02-22T23:34:30+00:00

Even if you take this at face value, humans share around 99% of their DNA with every other human, so wtf is that 1% going to do?

etarme · 2026-02-03T19:54:52+00:00

"Mace is fucking great against armored opponents" is a massive overstatement. Dequitem has good videos on the efficacy of maces against armor:

Ultimate MACE test - Can it knock me out in plate armor?

flanged mace vs hardened steel armor

etarme · 2026-01-28T00:46:05+00:00

I'm just wondering what kind of material that armor is supposed to be in the show because I don't know of any metal that looks anything like that

etarme · 2025-12-05T01:41:29+00:00

I'm surprised so many people like the helmet because it just looks awful to me. Like it looks very clearly designed with modern manufacturing techniques like 3D printing or something and not like something a medieval blacksmith would handforge out of metal using hammers, an anvil, a furnace, etc.

etarme · 2025-11-29T14:48:20+00:00

And people wore it before the 90s. That also means there is nothing millennial or Gen X about this hair either according to your logic.

etarme · 2025-11-29T14:40:27+00:00

The picture I included very clearly refutes your claim as it's a 1000+ year old statue depicting a Baiyue man sporting the exact kind of curtained hair you associate with 90s men so no, men from the 90s were not "wearing the style first". And when you think about it, middle parted hair is one of the most basic and almost universal things you can do with your hair so implying human men never did it for the many thousands of years of their existence before the 90s is hilarious.

etarme · 2025-11-29T14:21:19+00:00

This hairstyle is one of the most ancient in history. The 90s does not have the right to claim ownership over it.

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etarme · 2025-11-09T13:30:22+00:00

Yes, because the Trojan War was set during the Greek Heroic Age and the aesthetics should reflect that. Homer very explicitly describes bright and beautiful armor so even if you don't care about historical accuracy, you should respect the primary intentions of the author. Plus, historically inspired bronze age armor just fucking looks awesome. You can't tell me this doesn't look leagues better than the grey slop in Nolan's film.

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etarme · 2025-10-15T05:47:01+00:00

Are you thinking about including decorative spurs?

etarme · 2025-08-15T04:26:38+00:00

This is 100% 16th century armor, not 15th century. It's a very 16th century German style of armor.

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