Reconstructed Knight's Face

[Mike W.]

I've always found these forensic reconstructions to be both amazing, and yet slightly creepy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279306/Face-mystery-medieval-knight-finally-revealed-modern-day-CSI-skills.html

[Ian]

You should check out the book Blood Red Roses.  It's got more of that in it, all based on the grave finds from the Battle of Towton.

[Sir Rodney]

I love this kind of discovery and research, thanks for posting it!

This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).

'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'

But enough nit-picking, this is really cool. 

[Sir Nate]

Awesome, amazing what technology can do these days. The future is key to the past.
Makes me think of braveheart. Yet people forget that men like wallace would have been fully armored.

[Sir Edward]

This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).

'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'

What? They didn't weigh 20 lbs?

[Sir James A]

This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).

'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'

What? They didn't weigh 20 lbs?

If they weren't heavy enough they could never cut through 12" doors with steel braces, or cut through tanks with them. Something like that.

[Sir William]

Almost looks like Sir Ian!  lol

I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy.  Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall.  Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol

[Sir Douglas]

Always love forensic reconstruction of historic individuals. In a way, it's also a little spooky, especially the exceptionally life-like ones.

Also, leave it to us to immediately notice the "heavy sword" faux pas.

[Sir Nate]

Almost looks like Sir Ian!  lol

I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy.  Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall.  Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol

Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.

[Thorsteinn]

Wasn't this the same Knight who was killed with a Mace and they discovered his Knight status due to his back injury?

[Sir William]

Almost looks like Sir Ian!  lol

I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy.  Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall.  Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol

Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.

Could you cite that reference, Nate?  I'm not disbelieving, I'd just like to read it.  It is comical to us who know better but the unwashed masses had to get that idea from somewhere and it wasn't from us.

[Sir Nate]

Almost looks like Sir Ian!  lol

I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy.  Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall.  Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol

Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.

Could you cite that reference, Nate?  I'm not disbelieving, I'd just like to read it.  It is comical to us who know better but the unwashed masses had to get that idea from somewhere and it wasn't from us.

On my Camelot dvd the extras says it. I can find Nowhere online stating it.

[Stanislaw]

I feel like stuff like this should be done more often. It would be excellent to incorporate the research for facial features in games set in a specific time period, as well as other computer-generated images.

[Mike W.]

I found one for Richard III. It was made shortly after they dug him out of the parking lot.

[Mike W.]

Facial reconstructions have a way of making the subjects feel more human and less like a name on a page. It makes it a lot easier to connect with the history.