how does armor fit together

[chrispowell]

hey there,
i am a video game artist and am going to model some armor for my next project. I need to know how things fit together for... some sort of plate mail knight armor. especially the glove elbo shoulder and how it attaches to breast plate.

I cant seem to find anything online. I figured you guys might be able to point me in the right direction??

Thanks!

~ cccp

[Gene Tausk]

hey there,
i am a video game artist and am going to model some armor for my next project. I need to know how things fit together for... some sort of plate mail knight armor. especially the glove elbo shoulder and how it attaches to breast plate.

I cant seem to find anything online. I figured you guys might be able to point me in the right direction??

Thanks!

~ cccp

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[Jeremiah Backhaus]

Chris,

I would re-direct you to http://www.armourarchive.org

They should be able to give you a bit more for your work.

-Jeremiah (GFS)

[Jeffrey Hull]

I would direct you to check out how one of the best modern armourers, Jeffrey Hedgecock, makes his replicas of 15th Century German, Italian & Flemish harnesses

Historic Enterprises
http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart ... list&c=150

Get enlarged views of all those different suits. You can see how the parts fit together really well on the body of the man.

Some of the ARMA harnischfechter may have comments to offer you concerning proper fit of plating allowing proper movement of body.

[Jonathan_Kaplan]

Also... if there will be names of armor anywhere, try not to do the victorian-isms (and now D&D-isms) of "Scale Mail", "Plate Mail", "Ring Mail", and such...

[Jeffrey Hull]

Also... if there will be names of armor anywhere, try not to do the victorian-isms (and now D&D-isms) of "Scale Mail", "Plate Mail", "Ring Mail", and such...

That, JK, is an excellent point. There is a modern vocabulary made up of terms via RPGs which in turn derived from a sort of "curator-speak", a vocabulary that is not necessarily historically correct.

It is understandable that antiquarians & academics want descriptives for various artifacts etc., but some common modern terms for arms & armour are just plain wrong.