Req:Medieval Armour Plan

Hi,

A mate of mine wishes to build a scale model of a suit of armour, can anyone suggest a source of plans ?

Aprreciated.

--------- Rich

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Rich
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A few questions. What scale? What time period? Armor period lasted from Carolingian "France" (AD 750) tp Rennaissance (AD 1600) How intricate? Chain mail all the way to full plate armor.

That being posed, does your library have any books on medieval history? Check also the kids' section. Also run down a search through Yahoo or Google or one of the others under "Medieval Armor Knight Combat" and see how much comes up. You should get plenty of ideas.

You can also go to eBay and run down "IMAI Knight"; they had a set of a half-dozen suits of armor in 1:12 scale that are very intricate, well-detailed and accurate. Hope this helps,

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The Old Timer

Look for your nearest SCA group. Many of these people actually hand-make full scale armor, for re-enactors. Surely, they can point you into the right direction.

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Greg Heilers

I don't know about plans as such. However, go to doverpublications.com and search for "armor." Lots of stuff for kids and serious adults both.

You might find the following title of interest.

The Armourer and His Craft: From the XIth to the XVIth Century

Charles ffoulkes Our Price $12.95 Availability: In Stock Format: Book ISBN: 0486258513 Page Count: 256 Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 Standard reference offers comprehensive, detailed record of 500 years of European armor-manufacture, materials, tools, cost, weight, etc. Over 100 illus. Bibliography.

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SamVanga

In article , The Old Timer writes

Actually, you are looking at the 1400s BC(E) for top-to-toe plate armour (albeit in bronze): the Mycenaean panoply found at Dendra in the 1960s was probably designed for a warrior fighting from a chariot.

Sound advice. Peter Connolly's books on Greek and Roman military stuff were aimed at the "educational" market, and are superb. Ewart Oakshott's book on Dark Age weapons was also aimed at younger readers.

IIRC there's also a series of volumes on military subjects with titles concluding in "recreated in photos" which include some Ancient and Medieval volumes. There was also a large format hardback similarly titled (cost me a fortune, was sold off cheap shortly afterwards, and now I can't lay my hands on my copy :( ) which was co-authored by the surviving Embleton brother and which is an in-depth look at late medieval soldiers using (Swiss?) re-enactors.

I've got one of those waiting in case I ever acquire the skill to use Bare Metal Foil properly. I don't know if the old Airfix Black Prince, Richard the Lionheart or Charles I kits ever re-appear these days, but the first at least should make a good starting point for a large-scale model despite its age. Similarly, I believe the old Aurora "Knights of the Round Table" re-emerge in various guises on occasion.

As an aside on scale, I had the good fortune to meet the late H. Russell Robinson when he was Keeper of Arms and Oriental Armour at the Tower of London. He was of the opinion 1:12 was the smallest size of figure which could be used to display the intricacies of armour while keeping the details near scale, but preferred larger figures where possible. (Actually, I don't think he was really happy with anything less than

1:1!)

Regards,

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Moramarth

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