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vitalis · 3w
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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Kinda want a 13th century set of mail with a coat of plates and great helm myself. I think people forget that armor was expensive af so some people would have worn what they had if they couldn’t buy a man’s entire year of paid labor every time someone comes out with something new. pretty sure people wore bascinets under great helms initially as well?
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vitalis · 3w
yep! while early style great helms (you can tell if it has a flat top) was worn with just a maille coif and a steel skull cap, the later 14thC style great helms with the more pronounce dome top was worn over a simple bascinet