TGW: The Darkarmar(8k visuals)
Added 2025-02-09 22:34:17 +0000 UTCReference images for the components of and equipment used by the Darkarmar(Red Cloaks)
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yep! he weaponised the refugees and planted instigators to destabilise things.
Ravenaelwood
2025-02-10 23:08:34 +0000 UTCBtw was Aemond responsible in instigating the citizens to turn against the lords? Was it a war strategem?
TyrantGod
2025-02-10 18:31:01 +0000 UTCOf course, they would still be very vulnerable to cavalry, but trade-offs have to be made and the cavalry problems is not insurmountable. Lancers are specialised units that aside from breaking hardened infantry formations are also really good counters to enemy cavalry and can easily keep them at bay if they assume a defensive(aggressive really, but you get the point) posture.
Ravenaelwood
2025-02-10 16:38:04 +0000 UTCyeah, but full plate armour is still pretty common in this era unlike when the tercios became mainstream alongside the guns THAT made full armour less effective. A knight in full suit would probably just barrel through the spikes to begin hacking the guys behind. Most of the men in tercios formation and those fighting them had at best a helm and cuirass. Not the full set to protect all their soft bits. By "breaking a charge" I mean physically stopping its momentum. Shields are interlocked so the force of a charging infantry colliding into the line would be spread across an entire line rather than being concentrated on one single soldier. Should that happen the line become saturated with enemy combatants and a chaotic melee ensues, which we don't want.
Ravenaelwood
2025-02-10 16:22:38 +0000 UTCI don't think you need shields to break a charge or maintain formation? Swiss pike blocks (which included polearms in the front ranks IIRC), Spanish Tercios, there were plenty of close order Renaissance and Early Modern infantry formations, and very few used shields in substantial numbers. I'm actually surprised Paul isn't going for Pike infantry considering how much the westerosi love heavy cav. A well trained Pike block also tends to roll over any other infantry formation except another pike block.
LtDan
2025-02-10 13:27:58 +0000 UTCkinda of a mix. it still retains a bludgeoning end. I chose war hammer because the majority of people are familiar with the term as compare to war pick.
Ravenaelwood
2025-02-10 07:53:14 +0000 UTCThe shields are a result of their battlefield training. They are trained to break adversary infantry charges with them before systematically dismantling their opponent. This is to prevent battles from devolving into a disorganised melee where their group training would prove useless. The armour is kinda meant to be mid-way there. Light enough to allow the units to fight in unfavourable terrain and manoeuvre quickly, but still good enough to provide a credible defence. Line Infantry might be a more appropriate name, but in the context, they are meant to fill the role of light infantry as opposed to their heavier, more sluggish counterparts.
Ravenaelwood
2025-02-10 07:51:57 +0000 UTCThat's pretty heavy armor and equipment for light infantry. Light infantry are usually skirmishers/scouts intended to fight in broken ground and help shape the battlefield. What you described are closer to line infantry. Also not sure about the use of large shields - there's a reason they started falling out of fashion once you had good full plate.
LtDan
2025-02-10 01:21:42 +0000 UTCAemonds’ Sardaukar are equipped to kill armored and unarmored combatants. I like that they’re using blunt weapons. One thing though is I believe thats not a warhammer but a war pick.
Skruffy
2025-02-10 00:10:42 +0000 UTC
