English Armour c. 1430

[James Arlen Gillaspie]

I found this on Flikr by a fellow whose handle is Artem Portnoy. It's me at a little event in Brooklyn with my infamous mismatched gauntlets and showing a lot of linen crossing blades with someone in lamellar. My voiders hadn't arrived yet. You can tell I hadn't fought in three years or my leading leg wouldn't be in quite that position. Pic still doesn't look too bad, though.

[lorenzo2]

Very nice Give us more pics of that helm!

[RandallMoffett]

Thanks James! I think the harness looks great. AS always the few pictures floating around just are not enough. It looks great. Thanks for placing this one up for us.

RPM

[Mac]

Those damned long "first quarter o' the 15thc" faulds always ruck up when you take a deep stance.

You could be the "before" picture in an advertising campaign to sell mail skirts.

That's a very handsome helmet!

Mac

[Sean Powell]

Those damned long "first quarter o' the 15thc" faulds always ruck up when you take a deep stance.

You could be the "before" picture in an advertising campaign to sell mail skirts.

That's a very handsome helmet!

Mac

I guess that's going to happen to me to. Add maile skirt to the list of gear I need.

How does this style of fauld lay when in the saddle? Same issue or does it hang correctly?

Sean

[Murdock]

i LOVE that rig

As i get older i plan on progressing my persona too

so by the time i'm in my mid 40's i should be wearing that more or less.




If i start now i might finish it by then

[chef de chambre]

Very cool. How's the vision through the soup-strainer? I have a hat with a sprinkling of similar vents, and they seem to improve my near-sightedness slightly as I peer through them.

[Kilkenny]

Very cool. How's the vision through the soup-strainer? I have a hat with a sprinkling of similar vents, and they seem to improve my near-sightedness slightly as I peer through them.

Smaller aperture equals greater depth of focus/field. In other words, it effectively does improve one's vision.

[white mountain armoury]

very nice looking !

[MattB]

Great photo, James: i've said how much i love this armour so many times on different forums, so i'm keeping quiet this time!

Matt

Ps. Just seen the shot of you with the visor up, made me chuckle

[James Arlen Gillaspie]

Those damned long "first quarter o' the 15thc" faulds always ruck up when you take a deep stance.

You could be the "before" picture in an advertising campaign to sell mail skirts.

That's a very handsome helmet!

Mac

I think I'm going for the mail briefs - better for ground combat. Thanks for the compliment on the helm!

Chef, the soup strainer (which is, of course, based on that weirder-than-hell armet in Berlin, for those who didn't recognize it out of context) is not quite as good as a three weapons mask, but it's close. My usual strategy is to wear my spectacles underneath it and keep the visor down as much as possible to hide them - or whip them off quick if I have to raise it.

Boy, does wearing linen make a difference, or what? I was MUCH cooler inside the ol' tin than usual.

[Jiri Klepac]

James,

really magnificent kit! I like the period and would give anything to bring more extant pieces from the time machine...

Jiri

[James Arlen Gillaspie]

Thanks, Jiri! I look forward to seeing more of the harness you are making for Marc van Hasselt. Yes, we really need a time machine to see more English armour from the time of Henry V and Jeanne d'Arc. I'm a bit miffed at Henry VIII for cleaning all that 'old junk' out of the Tower!

[Otto von Teich]

Thats lovely James, Great job on that, I'd like to see more pics as well.

[Young Knight]

That's gorgeous. The only thing I can think of that's more under represented in 15th century reproductions than non-gothic or Milanese armours is armour from the first half of the century. Sweet job.
-Wilhelm

[Anubis]

I sure do like how that helm looks with the visor. Whoever took the pic really did a great job!
Grant