Armour choices
Armour choices
Im flexable, tall and skinny, whats a good armour setup for fast fighting, i know i like center grip shields with a short fighting weapon. i have armour now and would like to mod it to be more comfy. Im not bothered by taking shots(although they hurt) i just want max protection with max mobility, any suggestions on what pieces to select that are median on this scale
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Stefan ap Llewelyn
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I think I can come up with "a good armour setup for fast fighting" for any century and culture from 410 to 1600 AD in Europe. If you really don't care then 14th century transitional plate is one of the easiest to do well. Otherwise, please name a time and place.
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Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
Hardened leather, hardened steel, linen, natural fiber padding, riveted chain, rawhide-edged birch plywood:
Cool lightweight medieval technologies for superior combat performance.
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As was said, we really need to know what group you are fighting with. It makes a big difference. Most groups have minimum armour requirements.
For SCA combat, your armour provides no competitive advantage in terms of the level of actual physical protection it offers. Thus, all else being equal, you will likely be more mobile wearing a kit that satisfies the minimum armour requirements - generally knees, elbows, cup, helmet and kidneys. Many people, especially in the South, wear variants of this minimal setup. Sometimes these are refered to as "generi-celts" - their armour generally consists of some kind of bar-grilled spangen helm, a leather body bracelet covering the lower torso, knee cops, elbow cops, a cup, baggy pants (trews), and a tabbard or tunic of some kind. This is about as minimal a kit as you can wear for SCA combat.
Whatever kit you decide to wear, try to make it look like an armour befitting a man of noble station. To paraphrase the good Sir Vitus, "No one is impressed with the speed of a naked man."
Steve
For SCA combat, your armour provides no competitive advantage in terms of the level of actual physical protection it offers. Thus, all else being equal, you will likely be more mobile wearing a kit that satisfies the minimum armour requirements - generally knees, elbows, cup, helmet and kidneys. Many people, especially in the South, wear variants of this minimal setup. Sometimes these are refered to as "generi-celts" - their armour generally consists of some kind of bar-grilled spangen helm, a leather body bracelet covering the lower torso, knee cops, elbow cops, a cup, baggy pants (trews), and a tabbard or tunic of some kind. This is about as minimal a kit as you can wear for SCA combat.
Whatever kit you decide to wear, try to make it look like an armour befitting a man of noble station. To paraphrase the good Sir Vitus, "No one is impressed with the speed of a naked man."
Steve