armored war skirt

kaiÃ¶ · Post by **kaiÃ¶** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:11 pm

Was there ever such a thing? I've seen a few people with them on sca battlefields and ive tried one myself, and fighting in it was great.

Does anyone have any ressources on things like that? I'm looking to build my own and not quite sure where to start.

audax · Post by **audax** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:44 pm

kyo wrote:Was there ever such a thing? I've seen a few people with them on sca battlefields and ive tried one myself, and fighting in it was great.

Does anyone have any ressources on things like that? I'm looking to build my own and not quite sure where to start.

NOt sure what your talking about. Do you have any pics of what you are referring to?

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:23 pm

I think he means a tonlet.

amirite?

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:33 pm

And Kyo, from about the sixteenth century, you'd see Italian and German armored men adorning their faulds with an overskirt of rich cloth -- more decorative and perhaps quieting than a piece of actual armor, which was all underneath the skirt. It's a good look, though, and one not much done, perhaps because there's not all that much 16th-c. style armor out in the field yet.

Tim Curry's Richelieu sported it in the Three Musketeers movie he played in.

kaiÃ¶ · Post by **kaiÃ¶** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:29 pm

here's some pics, the guy on the left

audax · Post by **audax** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:46 pm

Ah. To make something like that I would just make some panels of brigandine. Take some pieces of leather or fabric and rivet some rectangular plates to them.

Nissan Maxima · Post by **Nissan Maxima** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:01 pm

Those are Animal Weretiger's boys. Find his profile and send him a message. he knows lots of shit.

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:52 am

kyo wrote:Was there ever such a thing? I've seen a few people with them on sca battlefields and ive tried one myself, and fighting in it was great.

Does anyone have any ressources on things like that? I'm looking to build my own and not quite sure where to start.

What is your persona?

There is evidence of such "tasset" defenses being used on some armour and in some cultures. It kind of depends on what you want.

Ie, lamallar, there is evidence of side strapped lamallar that extended down to the knees, thus making tassets for leg protection.

Corrizana, that 4 piece globose style breast plate had faulds or vertical tassets that hung down over the hips to the upper thigh

There is evidence of a scale skirt being worn with 14th century globose armour

Mail voiders had skirt sections to cover the waist/crotch area

The Persians/mongols had a coat called "the coat of a thousand nails" that had long flared tassets that hung down to the knees.

Now, I have never seen any evidence of a brigadine extended to below the waist like the one you pictured. Nor have I seen any evidence of really wide Petruges that incircled the waist like the guy on the right.

You might do some research on a "trellus coat" I have seen them and heard people talk of them before.

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:18 am

The guy on the left looks more to me like a set of rectangular Hai-date plates but they are riveted not laced effingham can probibly telll a bit about them.

Norman · Post by **Norman** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:40 am

kyo wrote:here's some pics, the guy on the left

Those folks look like they're going for some generic "Eastern Barbarian" look.
Yes, very generaly speaking in Eastern Europe and Asia armoured plates reaching to the knees or lower were used.
But they would need to do some work to get the armour look less generic.
For East European/ Asiatic materials, you should be able to find quite a bit in the links at my sig.

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