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after becoming good friends with someone I had met at the armored tournament event I went to a couple of weeks back, I became inspired to build an armor kit similar to his, which is a late 13thC / ear...

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@vitalis Is it a matter of mobility? Why the greathelm was foregone in the transition to plate?

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the problem is that it was too easy to overheat while wearing the great helm because typically one would also be wearing a chainmail coif and small dome cap helmet underneath. the development of the complex bascinet meant that it was so much easier to just lift the visor to cool off and get fresh ai...