Game of thrones northern armor full#

In the North they have some kind of coat of plates with steel pauldron and vambraces, but since the rivets are not overlapping the armor of poor Robb is not that effective against thrusting blows: real brigandines and coat of plates didnвЂ™t leave any spaces between the bits of metal: The KingsвЂ™ Landings guards also wear a type of plated mail, more similar to the knights of the Ottoman Empire: Stannis armor is based on вЂњplated mailвЂќ, a type of armor were plates were interwoven in the links of mail, used throughout East Asia, his suit is especially similar to that of the moro people in the Philippines: вЂњArmure aux LionsвЂќ from Museum of the Invalides vs Lannister Armor Lannister armor was based on an Italian style called вЂњHeroicвЂќ orВ вЂњGrande ManieraвЂќ and mainly used in the late 1500s for parades: The thing I have to give props to the show is that most of the armour looks believable enough, and has some historical precedent:Д®s. It was mainly used in civilian duels and for self-defense: Only some soldiers (more lightly armored) or civiliansДЄdopted the buckler, a small round shield,metallic and between 20вЂ“40 cm in diameter. foot soldiers also slowly began to abandon it, in favour Genoese crossbowmen used a large rectangular shield called Pavise to protect themselves while recharging

Game of thrones northern armor full#

When full plate armor makes its entrance in European warfare, the shield, at least for the mounted knight, is obsolete.It remained a staple for some of the infantry though: The shield becomes smaller and smaller and is left to protect only the shoulder area (heater shield). (segmented torso armour consisting of overlapping metal plates riveted in cloth) for the torso. with the addition of the couter ( elbow protection), splinted and plate armour for the limbs and the coat of plates Transitional armor was used in Europe around the 14th century, when simple mail hauberks began to transition to full plate I.E. Norman knights with kite shields from the Bayeux tapestry. The shield for mounted warriors was used in various form (round, rectangular, kite-like) from late antiquity since about the period when simple mail armor began to be substituted by transitional armor (1300s)Д®s. (Through I never understand why the hell they donвЂ™t bother with leg protection at all, which, in the case of a mounted warrior, is an essential line of defenseвЂ¦) This type of armor, which allowed a better protection for the upper body and limbs, slowly but inesorably made the use of the shield by mounted knight obsolete.

The vast majority of armor used by knights and nobles in GoT (and even in Asoiaf, as destribed by Martin) itвЂ™s plate armor, a kind of armor who encases the body completely in steel, which began to be used in the late middle ages and throughout the Rennaissance and over. Instead, I tend to think, itвЂ™s one of the few aspects of the show regarding fighting/armor or battles thatвЂ™s kinda realistic. Well, to be fair to the show (that I donвЂ™t really like since around s3), the fact that Brienne or other armored knights donвЂ™t use shields that much itвЂ™s not terribly wrong.