Armor sites?

[Nathan McCartney]

Hey guys. I was wondering if any of you knew a good website to research historic plate armor. The style doesn't make to much of a difference.

I mainly just need to be able to see individual pieces and how they connect to each other to make a full suit. Also the range of motion would great to have.

Thanks all. =D

[Ian Mac Pharlaine]

Hi Nathan! I cant think of a specific site, though there are these patterns for a typical gothic harness

http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/gothic_darvis/

You can also check out Ewart Oakeshott's amazing short book, A Knight and His Armour, which you can buy here.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... sandarm-20

Very handy little resource for the armour enthusiast

Hope that was of some help.

Regards,
IMP

[Nathan McCartney]

Thanks Ian, this is just about perfect for what I need. I have a question though if you or anyone else would have an explanation. I'm looking at the picture for the breastplate and I see that the bottom where the stomach would be it kind of bows outward (like a beer belly =D ). Does anyone know why they would make the armor this way? I've seen it on lots of different armors and haven't really heard an explanation. Looking at the way it gets put together I'm thinking it would be so you can have more torso flexibility but thats just a guess.

[Sal Bertucci]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOWU1puxqhk

Ask and you shall receive.

[Nathan McCartney]

Thats kind of interesting that they modeled it off of just regular fashion. Never woulda guessed.