#1400 armour

[anglerflsh]

giovanna d'arco

[artschoolglasses]

Rowel Spur, German, 15th Century

From the Met Museum

[mythawolf]

I agree with alternatehistoryhub. The 15-1700s were an underrated historical time that needs more attention, especially in media.

[bitch-pants-mccrabbyy]

[dimingwins]

head in hands trying to find a copy of one specific book

[m3dieval]

You seem to know a bit about armor. Do you have any cool facts about armor made for amputee knights? Or was that even a thing?

There was Götz von Berlichingen and his iron hand (16th century).

Image source

You'd probably like this article: "He remembered that he had once seen another injured knight wearing a prosthetic hand and using it ‘to fight as well as anyone else’. Feeling inspired and once again hopeful about his future as a knight and mercenary, he quickly seized upon this idea and commissioned a prosthesis of his own."

↑ I checked out the author and she wrote her PhD on "The Material Culture of Physical Impairment: Assistive Technology in the Late Medieval West, c.1400-1600" so she seems like a good scholarly source. It's a bit generous to call the 16th century medieval, but I'm betting that was an SEO compromise (see: corset discourse).

pursuingtheknightlyarts is a reenactor who also happens to be missing a leg. He just wears the armour as normal and doesn't bother with a greave on the one side. This also seems like a reasonable solution.

[thehandsresisthim]

“tranquility”

contains: yandere link (botw/totk) x reader, nothing too explicit, but still 18+, ise-kaid reader but it kinda just starts when you’re already in hyrule, maybe i’ll post the next ‘chapters’ the following weeks if i remember to ehem

word count: ~1400

You and him find a secluded spot in the woods to spend the night.

He thoroughly scouts out the immediate area for a moment, making sure that there are no monsters around.

It’s late into the night, almost midnight, so he hurries up preparing everything - not that there’s much to prepare. But he lights a fire, and he puts down his bedroll, and he tells you to use it. He’ll keep watch, he tells you.

“Is this really okay?” you say in a tired voice.

He nods. “I bet you’re not used to sleeping on the ground.”

“Mmh.” you would argue further, but you’re so tired that you don’t protest, just lay down. It’s not as bad as you thought. He insisted on making sure there were no rocks beneath the bedroll, not even the tiniest thing - smooth ground all the way. You pull the thin covers over you and rest your head on the pillow. You don’t close your eyes yet, however.

He looks at you and smiles. “Sleep well.”

Quickly after, you fall asleep.

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It’s early morning, around four, when you wake again. He’s laying next to you, arms tightly wrapped around you, right hand placed beneath your shirt, on your back. His hand feels surprisingly soft, although some of the callousness you’d expect due to his, uh, living circumstances, is also there. He’s breathing softly, and definitely asleep. His sword and other weapons are placed right next to the bed roll.

You find yourself not knowing how to react. Although this is definitely a bit forward, he did lend you his bedroll, and has been so, so nice to you so far. If not for him… you don’t know how you would’ve gotten along in this world. Probably gobbled up by some monsters. He deserves some rest too…

A voice - his voice - snaps you out of your thoughts.

“Darling…”

You notice that he’s sleeping - breathing as softly and evenly as before, hand still located on your back. Perhaps he is dreaming about his lover? You hope that this isn’t one of those dreams. That’d be really weird. But you guess that even if that’s so - not like that’d be his fault. He can’t help what he’s dreaming about.

“‘M… never… going to let you go,” he continues.

You can’t help but smile a little. Yes, you decide, he’s definitely dreaming about a lover. You wonder if you’ll ever meet them. You fall asleep again.

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It’s later in the morning when you wake up again.

You stretch and yawn. He gives you a friendly nod once he sees that you’re awake and waves at you.

“Good morning!” you say.

He smiles back at you, then turns back to the fireplace. He seems to be grilling the mushrooms he collected yesterday. You smile at the smell and get up from the bedroll.

He’s wearing his armour, and all of his weapons on him. You remember that he did wear his armour in bed with you - you felt the metal on his shoulders pressed against your chest - he must’ve put the weapons back on. It only makes sense, after all.

You can’t help but think of him sleeping next to you… he seems to be unbothered by it. Maybe it’s just a common thing among travellers? You decide to not think anything else of it.

You fold the blanket and the pillow, and roll up the bedroll. You have to bend over to pick up the bedroll, and you feel like he glances over at you for a moment as you do so…

Snap out of it! you tell yourself. He’s probably just making sure that you’re folding it up correctly. Besides, if you’re going with the dream he had earlier, he's already got someone else, so don’t get your hopes up!

You place all the parts of the makeshift bed together. He doesn’t look at you again, but rather, seems to stare at the fire and continue preparing the mushrooms.

You decide that since he’s made sure that the area is safe just last night, some mild exploring might do you some good. The noise of your steps is overshadowed by the cackling fire and muffled by the dampness of the forest floor.

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After a few more minutes of roasting the mushrooms over the fire, he stretches a little and decides to sit down. As he stares into the fire, he reflects on last night. Admittedly, laying down next to you was a bit forward…

But then again. He allowed you to travel with him, although you’re slower, and he allowed you to sleep on his bedroll. And he defended you against the monsters, and he’s making you food right now. He deserves a bit of comfort, doesn’t he?

‘Hopefully, the bedroll will keep her scent for a while.’ he catches himself thinking. ‘If she’s always with me… then I’ll never have to worry about that…’ a part of his mind continues.

He catches himself staring into the flames and entertaining the thought. He imagines you living with him, in a house built by him, near a village of your choosing. He imagines you and him sleeping next to each other, perhaps even more entangled together than last night.

He could make you food. Maybe you could keep horses. He could use his strong arms and knowledge of weapons for something other than fighting. Although… if someone were to get too close to you… He’ll make sure to never forget how to properly handle people like that.

But there’s a certain tranquillity in thinking about how everyday life would be with you.

You and him could design a house together: you said you’d like to stargaze, so obviously, there’d be a large balcony.

It could connect to the bedroom; he imagines a big bed where you can sleep on the proper mattress that you deserve. Next to him, of course. He could build it himself. He knows that he’s rather strong; so, since he wants it to be a place where he can have you all to himself, he’ll need to make sure that the bed is built in a way to be able to keep up with that. And it’ll need a big canopy - a physical thing to keep out the outside world. He’ll get to keep you all to himself there.

And he’ll build you a nice big closet, so that you can keep all the luxurious clothes he’ll buy for you. He wonders what you’d like to wear… He thinks about buying you jewellery. Small amber earrings. A necklace… perhaps one of those tight ones, that would go around your neck. And he’d make sure that you have a ring on, too, just like he will. He wants you to have a closet full of pretty clothes. Maybe you’d ‘steal’ some of his too… you in his tunic… he smiles at the thought. You, in the morning, perhaps still slightly sleepy - quickly getting out of bed, searching for something to wear. Maybe you’d just quickly slip on some of his clothes. You’d sit on a nearby chair and smile at him. And there’d be a big desk for you to paint and craft and write by.

You’d also want a nice bathroom, probably. A really modern one, where you could shower… perhaps with him. And it’d need a bathtub, too!

And he’d make sure to build a strong, big staircase… it could lead right into the living room. He’d like a kitchen area that would connect to the living room… just a big open space. So that he can always watch you. You could cook together, and he’d make all your favourite meals. And he’d make sure that you’d have a big sofa, to cuddle on and hang out on and maybe indulge in other activities there too.

The windows would be big and open, to always let the sun in.

And maybe, if you’d like it, you’d keep horses. He wonders what you’d name yours. He could teach you how to ride… maybe help you catch one. Or maybe you’d only have one horse, and he’d never teach you to ride, so that you’d always have to rely on him to get around. So that he’d always be around you. And you’d sit behind him on his horse, and he’d purposely ride a little faster than you’re used to, and you’d hold onto his waist.

He finds himself smiling. The thought makes him feel warm inside, in a way that he’s not used to. He thinks that you must be feeling hungry, so he picks up one of the mushroom skewers from the fireplace. He turns around to face you. His smile falls. You’re not there.

i swear if i was isekai-d (?) to hyrule i’d be killed for blasphemy in seconds - “lmao weak ass goddess hylia needing a nine year old to fight her battles for h-“ *gets struck down by lightning*

uhhh enough babbling hope you enjoyed ❤️ comments and likes are always appreciated, same as reblogs of course!! master list is here :)

18+ short fic abt link warming your strap is here if that suits your fancy hehe

[thesimline]

1400s MEN - LOOKBOOK

The simple, clean lines of 1300s male fashion gave way to a more elaborate and square silhouette come the 1400s. Armour used to consist of full body chain mail with a simple tunic over top, but come the Renaissance it had evolved into the plated armour we typically associate with medieval knights, and was worn by both army men and nobility.

You can find more of my historical content here:

1300s ✺ 1400s ✺ 1500s ✺ 1600s ✺ 1700s

OUTFIT RESOURCES

King: Crown | Hair | Beard (Seasons) | Gown | Ring

Prince: Crown | Hair (TSR) | Outfit | Cloak | Rings (TSR)

Duke: Crown | Hair (retired - direct download) | Beard (Base Game) | Armour

Minstrel: Hair (retired CC) | Outfit

Knight: Helmet | Armour (TSR)

Soldier: Coif | Outfit

Patrician: Hat | Hair (TSR) | Beard (Cottage Living) | Outfit

Merchant: Hat | Hair (Realm of Magic) | Beard (retired CC) | Outfit | Rings Right (TSR) | Ring Left (TSR)

Citizen: Hat | Hair (Seasons) | Beard (Cottage Living) | Outfit

Tradesman: Head Covering | Hair (City Living) | Outfit

Labourer: Hair (High School Years) | Beard | Outfit

Peasant: Hat | Hair (Horse Ranch) | Beard (TSR) | Scarf | Outfit | Hose (TSR) | Shoes

With thanks to some amazing creators: @simverses @imvikai @thesensemedieval @scoobysnaxsims @glitterberrysims @albumenplumbob @lilis-palace @hezzasims @igorstory @zx-ta @blvck-life-simz @wiccandove

[petermorwood]

More Sword Questions...

These are further questions prompted by a post already long enough that I’m not reblogging the whole thing.  It’s here.

@softness-and-shattering (who posted the original Ask) wrote:

Thank you so much! What Im getting is that there arent any exact rules, different people and places mixed and matched sword features as they liked. Is that more or less correct? The swords that are green, is that oxidization? Theyre very pretty. And if fullers are to reduce sword weight, what are ridges for? Thanks again :)

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(1) Yes, it's oxidation. The uncomplimentary word is "tarnish", the complimentary word is "patina". Bronze swords in museums can be various colours ranging from green (verdigris)...

...through golden...

...to shades of brown and almost black.

I don’t know why (archaeological metallurgy is a mystery to me) but at a guess it's related to the acidity of the ground in which they were found, the proportions of copper / tin / other metals in their bronze.

It may also be the point at which conservators decided they'd gone far enough with that particular artefact and further restoration / cleaning would cause damage.

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(2) Ridges on sword-blades add stiffness, is the remnant of the bar or rod of steel from which the sword was made, and are created as the blade's final form is hammered out on either side, leaving a sort of raised centre-parting.

(If this is over-simplified or just plain wrong and swordsmiths reading it are going "Nooo!", please correct me!) ;->

Here's one example with a very prominent ridge, from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London...

...and another with a more restrained centre-line from the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

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(3) Sword shapes and features changed depending on functional requirements. If a shape worked and its use didn’t change, it stayed the same. The Roman gladius and Japanese katana are two examples of not much change in shape over several centuries.

Demands of fashion also played a part in what kind of sword was worn when and with what.

While swords (not just Messers or falchions or other "fighting knives") do appear without armour in medieval art...

...swords only became a regular part of civilian dress in the mid-late 1400s.

In Germany this was called a Reitschwert - "riding sword" - for self-defence when out (riding) in ordinary clothes. In Italy it was a spada da lato - "side-sword" - for what's now called EDC (every-day-carry) not just in war. In Spain it was an espada ropera - "robe sword" - for wear with regular clothes rather than armour.

That last one, worn down, mispronounced or just plain pinched, became "rapier", and because it was worn every day, with stylish garments, it became yet another way in which to show off.

The most common Europe-wide rapier was a "swept hilt", comprising bars and loops, while Spain and Spanish-influenced places like Italy preferred the "cup-hilt", which had a different style of swordplay.

Cup-hilts are familiar from movies because it's easy to dress up a sport-fencing sword as something much older. Here's a stage-combat modern épée and two real rapiers.

Cup-hilts could be plain metal bowls like those, or beautiful examples of chiselled, pierced metalwork.

Swept-hilts could be equally impressive.

They were proof that their wearers were dedicated followers of fashion, men of wealth and taste - and, of course, always armed and just as always ready to use what they carried at the drop of whatever was just dropped.

Duelling became a craze, laws against it were ignored, any excuse would do, and Shakespeare summed it up nicely:

MERCUTIO:  Nay, and there were two such, we should have none shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou? why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast; thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter? With another for tying his new shoes with old riband? And yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling?

(That one about the doublet had echoes in 1922, with The Straw Hat Riot in New York, involving assaults on men who hadn't stopped wearing straw hats by the fashion-approved date of mid-September. At least nobody got run through...)

Oddly enough, portraits which include rapiers usually show swept-hilts, even in Spanish portraits where cup-hilts might be expected (I've seen a couple, but not many). Perhaps the artist didn’t have one to hand, or thought the swept-hilt style was more visually interesting.

The smallsword (shorter, lighter, less cumbersome to wear) replaced the rapier, and it too featured a lot in portraits. It was a piece of masculine jewellery, with a stiff narrow blade on an elegant hilt which might be metal...

...or some more exotic material like mother-of-pearl or porcelain.

Then fashion changed again, smallswords also went away, and once again the only people wearing swords on a regular basis were uniformed military types, whose swords could be all sorts of shapes and sizes depending on branch of service and function.

Even when that function is just to be part of regalia, and look good on parade.

[littlesparklight]

Okay, actually, let me do a quick, basic primer for Mycenaean fashion, if anyone would want to try this aesthetic for their Greek myth art since Mycenaean era Greece (1400-1200 is when the majority of the myths happen, and especially the Trojan war). Not claiming to be an expert at all, here, as I've mostly googled shit and screencapped images to use as ref and then read some articles, but, I figure, it might be somewhere to start!

Here's one of the panels from the Hagia triada sarcophagus, from Crete during Mycenaean control/hegemony of the island. The women are painted white, the men dark; artistic aesthetic you see in other cultures for their visual arts of the time, like Ancient Egypt.

I think the fur(?) skirts might be religious wear, but aside from that, you have one woman and one man (specifically, the lyre player, which is probably indicative of some cultural attitudes; the lyre player in the fresco from Pylos is definitely wearing a fringed skirt of some sort, similar to what women wear) wearing a long robe/tunic, and the women are wearing some short jackets on top of that. The jackets might be Cretan or merely "early" style, because here's a fresco fragment from the Greek mainland where the woman appears to wear something similar:

It's probable (but basically impossible to know) that the thing underneath is a long robe/tunic like the women above are wearing, short or sleeve-less.

Another Mycenaean/mainland Greek fresco. In this one you'd have to decide if the top halves of the women's dress is a short (but not cut-away) jacket, plus wrap-around, tiered/fringed skirt, or a long robe/tunic with really deep neckline and, again, a wrap-around tiered/fringed skirt.

Now, you don't need to make things harder for yourself than you have to! Women can wear a simpler style of dress (like what the man in the first fresco panel is wearing), basically the same as the men's, probably just longer:

It's possible these two women are wearing wrap around skirts below the edge of the chariot, but I doubt it. As you can see, their style of dress is the same as the man's above, with a plain, straight collar.

The various lines you see plunging down the sides of both the longer robes/tunics and the shorter ones are down the sides (under the arms and down) and might also/either be down the front, at least on the long dresses with elaborate bottom rim; the woman in saffron above clearly has a decorated line going down her front.

I'll put the rest of this under the cut!

Some nice art with Mycenaean-era dress and armour for some of our Trojan war characters. (Aeneas and Hektor notably wearing Mycenaean wear even if they probably wouldn't be.)

I like this site http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/index.htm for both art and a lot of pictures of artifacts when it comes to armour and weapons from the Mycenaean era.

The men don't just wear those tunics, though; you can get some (short) kilts or skirts;

(In my opinion, I'd say it's basically a given the one/two dudes painted in basically black are meant to be from further south compared to the Greek dude here. Probably not sub-Saharan Africa, however. North Africa/Egyptian might be more reasonable, despite the impossibly dark skin.)

Some examples of the clothes recreated!

This article https://www.jstor.org/stable/20627591 talks about a fresco and its possible reconstructions, and, more importantly, includes photos of some women's clothes, especially the fringed/tiered wrap-around skirts recreated, and some drawing diagrams of said skirts that might be helpful!

Hair-wise, the majority of the men have hair anywhere from around the ears down to the shoulders in mainland Greece. (The exception being, again, the Pylian lyre player.) Minoans, even mycenaean-era Minoans, might have longer hair; one of the panels on the Hagia triada fresco has a flute-player with hair down to his waist in braids (or something like that), for example.

All the women, no matter Cretan/Minoan or Mycenaean/Greek have very long hair, gathered in variously more or less elaborate hairstyles; make your best guess from looking at the frescos is my suggestion!

[ltwilliammowett]

Ship of the line - Frigate - East Indiaman

Since I keep mentioning these three here, here is a short explanation. I have already explained Unrated Vessels and you can read about them here.

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of  warship built from the 17th to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as battle array, in which the two columns of opposing warships manoeuvred to fire with the guns on their broadsides, but it was also important that these ships had several decks.

Ship of the line - HMS Victory 1765 (x)

In conflicts where both ships could fire from the broadside, the one with more guns - and thus more firepower - usually had the advantage. Since these battles were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships with the most powerful cannons, it made sense to build sailing ships that were the largest and strongest of their time.

Frigate

A frigate is a warship that had only one armed deck, while the unarmed deck below was used to house the crew. (There are exceptions here as well, because there were also large frigates with 50 guns).

Frigate - HMS Rose 1757 (x)

In the 17th and early 18th centuries, the term frigate was used to describe any fully rigged ship designed for speed and manoeuvrability and intended to be used for reconnaissance, escort and patrol. The term was loosely applied to ships that differed greatly in design. In the second quarter of the 18th century, the "true frigate" was developed in France. This had two full-length decks. Usually, only the armed decks were counted in warships - so although the frigate had two through decks by design, it only had one armed deck and is thus considered as a one decker.  

At the end of the 19th century (British and French prototypes were built in 1858), armoured frigates were developed as powerful armoured ships, which were given the designation frigate because of their single gun deck. Later developments in the field of armoured ships made the designation frigate superfluous and the term fell into oblivion. It was later resumed, however, and still exists today.

Man O'War - also Man-of-war or Man-of-Warr

Is the term for a warship. Even though ships were considered female, warships were in this sense a Man O' War and not a female of war. Because women don't fight, according to the earlier view. But after the battle, the ship was a proud lady again.

East Indiaman

East Indiaman was a general term for all sailing ships commissioned or licensed by one of the East India trading companies of the great European trading powers of the 17th to 19th centuries. The term is used for ships of the Austrian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese or Swedish companies.

A portrait of the East Indiaman ‘Triton’ (1793) off the coast of China, by William John Huggins, 1839 (x)

They were the largest merchant ships regularly built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and generally had a deadweight capacity of 1100 to 1400 tons (bm). The ships carried both passengers and goods and were armed to defend themselves against pirates. Originally, East Indies ships were built to carry as much cargo as possible, not to sail fast. Later they were based on the plans of ship of the lines and were often a merchant vessel in the guise of a ship of the line to scare off potential attackers.

[nightbringer24]

I want to know so much about your Medieval fantasy I don't even know what to ask first. Which part of Medieval is it the closest to, and how strict are you about it? Are there horses or are some other creatures used instead?

In closest terms, we're going for the period of the 1390s up to the 1420s. This is when the full plate harness or white plate armour was in fashion and style, but also when knights were still wearing jupons over their armour to display their heraldry. Handgonnes and bombards were beginning to come into the fore, though in my story, I've accelerated the development of the bombards a bit so they're the smaller, more portable variety we'd see from the later 1400s. Handgonnes are just about becoming similar to arqeubuses, but that's still a good ways off yet so they're more iron barrels on sticks lit by a hand touched fuse. And that's just for the main human kingdoms....

So kind of strict, but giving myself some wriggle room to play around with.

There are horses. Every faction has horses to some degree. Though the Indish kingdoms do use elephants. Because why not?

[marytudorqueenofengland]

i can't stop thinking about your philip short king drawing but my question is: do we know how tall //Mary// was? Because I know for a fact Philip was about 150-155cm or 4'11 - 5'0 because ive measured his armour

I am so glad I found someone who is interested about the height of Philip II of Spain ! Unfortunately her exact measurements are unknown. We know for certain that she was below the average height of an English woman for the time period as she was described as “of low rather than of middling stature, but, although short, she has not personal defect in her limbs...”.

Dr Gregori Galofré-Vilà, from the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford, in their research mentioned that the average “height of people from 1400 and 1700 were similar to those of the 20th century”. The average height for women would be around 5’2-3’.

Based on this data and the description of Mary (also her health record since she suffered from malnutrition) we can assume that she probably around the same height/slightly shorter than Philip.

My drawing was based on this portrait of them, but if it was a historical accurate Philip he would have been maybe one-two inches taller .

[gods-and-monsters04]

I was searching online for images of Van Helsing to post, and I came across a gallery of concept art created for its video game adaptation!

Here’s what I have found:

(Apologies for the grainy quality of the images, I was unable to get them in higher resolution. I’ll leave a link to the gallery below)

A trio of cinematic pieces for the game. One of them possibly a alternate version of Van Helsing’s battle with Mr Hyde in Notre Dame.

Next are some pieces of alternate costumes that Van Helsing can wear. Interesting to note (although it’s hard to see) Van Helsing has a outfit that he wears during the 1400s, said to be 400 years ago. Another weird one is that he appears to possess a gun, possibly a prototype?

Concept art for a Dwergi warrior. I kinda like it, with the spikey shell on.

Next are original enemy types in the form of these Undead warriors and archers. Gotta say I love the more monstrous appearance of these guys, especially with the more animalistic skulls and the protruding spinal cord.

Another creature and probably one of my favourite inclusions: a Gargoyle! I like how these creatures are included, given how Van Helsing makes mention of them when he chats with Friar Carl.

Last one (Because Tumblr on mobile refuses to allow me to post more than 10 images) is a colossal set of haunted armour, with Gabriel attempting to attack it.

Anyway, that’s all I can post. If you guys want to see more of these images, check it at Sierra Chest.Com. That is where I found this out.

And let me know what you think about the artwork! I don’t know who did it but credit where credit is due to the person who made this artwork.

[medievalsnippets]

Armour of the English Knight: 1440 - 1450

Source: Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450

Great Bascinet: Neckplates now quite closely shaped to the chin and throat, more closely resembling a bevor.

Cuirass: Skirts continue to shorten after 1440, especially with the introduction of the new Italianate tasset form. The english variation of the style usually includes sidetassets often of the same size as the front tassets. Hind-tasset design uncertain, but probably similar to those observed on Iberian and Italian export armour of the same period. Because of the shorter skirt, more of the mail skirt is visible, and is generally shown to be drawn down into long dags at the front, back and sides.

Pauldrons: Asymmetric fluted designs introduced, the right having either a large or small cut-out or "mouth" to accomodate couched weapons, the left fully covering the shoulder and upper arm, offering greater protection especially at the front. Arming points and underarm straps assumed to be present, although not depicted on the effegies.

Vambraces: The side-wings now take on a deeply fluted, shell-like form. Upper cannons closed with straps, lower cannons perhaps with loose-pin hinges or straps.

Gauntlets: Older hourglass form illustrated coexists with the newer type having an extended metacarpal plate.

Leg Armour: Introduction of diagonal flutes on the thigh-plates, new side-wing design to match the vambraces, and cusped uppermost poleyn lane and demi-greave.

Sabaton: Articulation lanes starting to be drawn out into points along the top of the foot. Continued and consistent use of downward lapping construction indicating use of internal leathers.

[bells-of-black-sunday]

I do actually really want to talk about Tarhos's model, because a lot of people don't know that he does have a full model up on the artist who modeled hims art station along with every killer they've worked on. That can be found here, but I am going to put Tarhos's model sheet below anyway. With that out of the way:

One of the things I remembered the devs saying over and over again back when they did actually do lore livestreams and the wiki will mention this as well is that the killers that look the most messed up are killers that are not obedient to the Entity. I'm assuming there's exceptions for ghosts obviously, but for the most part this has rang true since. Killers like the l.egion and G.hostface are unharmed on their base models and at least in terms of Danny he has been confirmed to have a sort of special connection with it. On the flip side killers like Trapper have historically been at odds with it and thus he's full of hooks and covered in wounds that don't really heal. We also know from observer tomes that this is normal, the entity tortures killers that aren't subservient to it and if they keep refusing they get discarded like the survivors that have given up hope.

In terms of Tarhos if we take his lore very literally it tells us directly that he finds the entity to be paradise and maybe even a sort of deity.

" He had found his paradise. He had found — The beauty and the horror. He had found — The Sublime. "

But if we look at his model we can see he looks like how killers that aren't subservient to the entity are and especially the faithful three where Alejandro especially has been morphed into this almost skeletal monster. You can also see Tarhos's face in certain helmets, but he does also have a body model for reference. No one would be able to live with wounds like that especially not back in the early 1400s where infection didn't have as well of a treatment.

He also has shrapnel in his face which would not be able to exist with how his armor is for the most part undamaged on his actual model itself. He did not get these wounds before the Entity took him. He did not die before the entity took him. He was fine. To quote his lore word by word again, because I'm not trying to be obtuse about it, but I know its the commonly held belief that he did:

" Amidst the carnage and chaos, the pack found Tarhos, and back-to-back, they became a whirlwind of death. Some believed their courage gave them luck. Others believed something otherworldly protected them. Whatever it was, they alone felled dozens of warriors as easily as stomping and crushing beetles. And as they butchered the enemy, Tarhos didn’t notice the strange fog rising from the fallen corpses and clattering armour until he couldn’t see two inches in front of him in any direction.

Tarhos stumbled forward, groping in the thick fog like the dark fluid his mother forced down his throat all those years ago. His coordination and sense of direction was confused as he called out for his pack. "

There is no mention of Tarhos getting seriously injured in fact if you want to take it literally, the entity was protecting them. And again if we look at his actual model in game this lines up with the condition of his armor, there's no serious holes or tears that would show these wounds. In fact most people don't know that they exist on him at all, because they're all hidden and you only see small glimpses of it. And no matter what anyone says, Alejandro would not look like a shark toothed skeleton from a battle injury. That's not possible. Same with Sander, you would bleed out in minutes from having a giant hole in your abdomen even if you shoved something in there. Durkos is the only one that looks relatively fine, but again he's burnt and yet his mask and clothes aren't.

The quote about paradise and violence lines up with a lot of contradictions between his lore and what he says, but that's a different write up. So- what does this all mean? Me personally I think maybe he thought it was paradise at first and Tarhos being a man who hates authority quickly realized he was back where he was before. Or maybe it happened really slow where he became jaded to everything. But I don't think he enjoys the the fog and calls it paradise anymore, I just don't think he'd look like that and have no damage on his armor while obviously still being alive.