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Where to begin? New Kit in the working..
Sir Jason Simonds:
This weekend will be my current stuff. May get some items in before then but no Armor pieces ordered as of yet. I am hoping to maybe have some stuff for VARF, but I am not holding my breath. Still need to locate and order Arms and Legs of the more plate type variety for mid 14th.
As well as decide on Helmet to go with it.
I believe that a Coat of plates would be more correct for the mid 14th, please correct me if I am wrong.
Sir Brian:
A COP was pretty typical for mid-14th. They were about 24 variants alone from the Visby excavation IIRC.
Sir Edward:
They were in use before that as well, with examples around the start of the century, but the earlier ones were designed a little differently. They tended to have fewer plates, and longer "tails" of fabric, going with the theme of a longer surcoat.
Aiden of Oreland:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2014-05-07, 00:00:55 ---They were in use before that as well, with examples around the start of the century, but the earlier ones were designed a little differently. They tended to have fewer plates, and longer "tails" of fabric, going with the theme of a longer surcoat.
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Even before that, they could be found a little past the mid 13th century. Here is what they generally looked like. Like Sir Edward said, they almost resembled a surcoat with plates attached.
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-05-07, 00:13:56 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2014-05-07, 00:00:55 ---They were in use before that as well, with examples around the start of the century, but the earlier ones were designed a little differently. They tended to have fewer plates, and longer "tails" of fabric, going with the theme of a longer surcoat.
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Even before that, they could be found a little past the mid 13th century. Here is what they generally looked like. Like Sir Edward said, they almost resembled a surcoat with plates attached.
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Yep, those were the ones I was referring to. I didn't mean to exclude the 13th century. :) Thanks for the clarification.
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