Knights Templar Armor (Leather & Fantasy)

Prince · Post by **Prince** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:17 am

Imposing rendition for a custom Knights Templar armor.

Barbute variant helmet with horns and horse hair.
Breastplate
War Belt
Articulated arms
Fingered Gauntlets
Greaves

[img]http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/307/7/7/knights_templar_armor_by_azmal-d32301v.jpg[/img]

Odd · Post by **Odd** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:34 am

Complete with neck snappin handles!!!!

I kid, it's fantasy, and it looks great.

Prince · Post by **Prince** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:36 am

ah you jest, but while you're fruitlessly spinning the helm harmlessly around on the opponent's head you've left yourself wide open! The victor is clear! : )

Odd · Post by **Odd** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:45 am

Ah, the old no chinstrap gambit, eh... Then I shall stop halfway, and while you are blinded, I shall leash 5 angry dogs to the belt, and close to your rather undefended nethers!

It does look good, I especially like how there are no undyed bits of the inside showing. Nothing annoys me quite the same way as seeing beautifully made armor, dyed perfectly on the outside, with bright veg tan ruining the effect when an elbow is bent.

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:17 pm

I wonder what a real Templar would have thought of it...

ThriftyKnight · Post by **ThriftyKnight** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:15 pm

If you can believe some of the more 'risque' rumors about templar practices, they might have liked it very much... :wink:

Smilingotter · Post by **Smilingotter** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:17 pm

Frazetta would be proud.

If Templars were essentially paladins (in D&D) then that looks like a blackguard.

Kel Rekuta · Post by **Kel Rekuta** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:41 am

Josh W wrote:I wonder what a real Templar would have thought of it...

After a moment to utter a prayer of thanks to God for placing Satan's minion within his reach, the Templar would have sliced and diced this character to little bits. Then he might have ordered a serjeant to have the corpse stripped of any psuedo-Templar insignia and then burned.

Why don't people read something about the real Templars instead of buying into all this cartoon fantasy / conspiracy crap? Sheesh! :roll:

Steve S. · Post by **Steve S.** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:37 am

There's nothing wrong with fantasy, Kel Rekuta.

The armour is clearly billed as "fantasy". Why get upset about it?

The workmanship is absolutely fantastic. Extremely high quality stuff, and very professionally made.

Steve

Kel Rekuta · Post by **Kel Rekuta** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:46 am

Guess I needed some more smilies in there Steve. I used to read Heavy Metal magazine, used to play SCA too - so yeah there's nothing wrong with fantasy. :lol: