Lady Armour: A rough draft

Thank you, I have added notes. I believe they generally left some extra space regardless, so as to mitigate the risk of heavy weapons bashing the breastplate in to the point where breathing became impossible, but it's good to add that point.

Jill Bearup

Good idea, I have added it :)

Jill Bearup

The "wasp waist" is also saddle shaped but with the other orientation: vertically concave but horizontally convex.

Dr Martin Ward

Provided the space between the breasts is "saddle shaped" (horizontally concave but vertically convex) it will still deflect swords and arrows away from your body. Also: if the breastplate and back plate have a flexible, overlapping join, then you should be able to breathe without needing a gap between the breasplate and your body.

Dr Martin Ward

Regarding the "skirt" options (around 1:50 in the video): I don't think you'll find a better example than Henry VIII's tonlet armour https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-20.html

Alex Mckenzie

"More Gwyneth Paltrow" made me laugh harder than was strictly necessary. :D

Jill Bearup

Probably a question that only I thought about: how much time did you spend coming up with alternative ways to refer to female breasts?

Allan

Incidentally I think the cat bell thing is a censer. There seems to be a Catholic vibe going on there. Although wearing an incence burner between your legs is sort of more Gwyneth Paltrow.

Damien Tonkin

Narrow waisted armor also allows more side to side movement of the torso than wide waisted armor.

Dan Mackison

I like that someone else looks at armour and goes "shiny!" Which is something I've caught myself doing recently. I look forward to seeing the final version.

Damien Tonkin

Great video! You mentioned having other B roll planned. Any chance of seeing the 2005 Helen Mirren version of Elizabeth's Tilbury armour? It's just a sensible chest plate over a gown, as it would have been.

Thank you for considering that female warriors might not want to be identifiable as such in Game of Thronesish settings. Armor is supposed to protect you, not put an extra target on your back, Thanks for the Saturday Morning conversation starter.

D&BDomeisen

Every day’s a school day :)

Jill Bearup

Good stuff! I more-or-less knew about the "please don't guide the enemy's weapon right into my sternum" aspect, but hadn't at all considered the "please let me actually use my heavy weapon effectively" aspect. Learn something new all the time (at least if you're paying attention).

Karel P Kerezman

You mentioned metal on skin - I once speculated that the reason female barbarians are so pain-resistant is that they wax all their parts to be able to wear mail over bare skin. That shit rips hair like no one's business.

Anders