The Armour Archive

Im starting up a new project, or to say so in the first phase of building my take on Gunther von Schwarsburgs armor based on sources, pictures of the statue in Frankfurt Cathedral


This is the man to be- my plan is right now to start building legs and arms next week. I have bought ss410 plates from Zach/Gaston and I will get the patterns made for the greaves and the cuisses and then start. My plan is to make a new set of knees to match the ones found on the Statue of Gunther von Schwarzburg- short proclaimed King of Germany during 1330´s.

Need to sort out some designparts to start with the legs and the looks from the different sources

Greaves: type of Rivets?

Metal straps on the outside or is it decorations made in the leather?, what is your ideas on the circular rivets alternating with what I see as splints on the outside of legs and arms

Buckles for the legs- type and position?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/8602415024/

This is a great flickrgallery-that I will use alot- but Im looking forward to your ideas and thoughts on designelements, and what to avoid.

That is a phenomenal set of pictures! It's quite possible they're trying to show alternating splints on the outside and inside. The ones on the inside may be attached by popping them through a sort of fender washer and peining on the outside, or the circles we see may be the rivet heads, and they're peined on the inside. This is how I handle most of my rivets:
http://burgundianhours.blogspot.com/200 ... orial.html