New Online Article - Mail Armour - Page 2

ed_209a · 10-26-2009, 09:53 PM

Very nice article. I hope you get the chance to write many more.

nanoboy · 10-26-2009, 10:15 PM

In one section, you talked about jousting mail. It occurs to me that a knight at in a joust wouldn't need to be armored on the back, so one could double the weight on the front without changing the overall weight. Has anyone considered this or looked into it?

nik1979 · 10-27-2009, 01:26 AM

Just Finished it, Great article :D.

Dan, after reading up on all your load outs what do you think is the typical enc of a warrior?

DanHoward · 10-27-2009, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nik1979

Just Finished it, Great article :D.

Thanks guys.

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Dan, after reading up on all your load outs what do you think is the typical enc of a warrior?

What culture? What time period?

DanHoward · 10-27-2009, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by nanoboy

In one section, you talked about jousting mail. It occurs to me that a knight at in a joust wouldn't need to be armored on the back, so one could double the weight on the front without changing the overall weight. Has anyone considered this or looked into it?

We know that jousting mail existed. Nobody has any idea what it looked like. There are no surviving examples, no iconographical evidence, and no hints in the sources.

Azinctus · 10-27-2009, 01:19 PM

Great article Dan, thanks for posting it.

I was interested to see the use of experiments. What experiments would you suggest to improve our knowledge of the ability of medieval and earlier mail to resist various weapons?

Anthony · 10-27-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

What culture? What time period?

Does it matter that much? From more recent examples, it seems like, while what is carried changes considerably, the total weight doesn't vary by all that much.

DanHoward · 10-27-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony

Does it matter that much? From more recent examples, it seems like, while what is carried changes considerably, the total weight doesn't vary by all that much.

Not really. The Romans carried more than most. Low Tech has a Load Out of a Roman legionairre and the weight of armour and clothing came out at about 51 lbs., which seems about right. You need to add weapons and travelling equipment to that.

DanHoward · 10-27-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Azinctus

I was interested to see the use of experiments. What experiments would you suggest to improve our knowledge of the ability of medieval and earlier mail to resist various weapons?

For mail armour the best was done by Dr Williams and is published in The Knight and the Blast Furnace.

Hannes665 · 10-27-2009, 03:44 PM

Very good article! Excited to read more from you (and others) about armor and stuff in Low Tech 4e!

Btw, Gurps related, how would you stat a common type of 11th-13th Mail armor in Gurps 4e? DR? Wgt? (for a 180-200lbs 6 ft warrior)?

10-26-2009, 09:53 PM	#11
ed_209a Join Date: Sep 2004	Re: New Online Article - Mail Armour Very nice article. I hope you get the chance to write many more. __________________ “Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"

10-26-2009, 10:15 PM	#12
nanoboy Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Edmond, OK	Re: New Online Article - Mail Armour In one section, you talked about jousting mail. It occurs to me that a knight at in a joust wouldn't need to be armored on the back, so one could double the weight on the front without changing the overall weight. Has anyone considered this or looked into it?

10-27-2009, 01:26 AM	#13
nik1979 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Philippines, Makati	Re: New Online Article - Mail Armour Just Finished it, Great article :D. Dan, after reading up on all your load outs what do you think is the typical enc of a warrior? __________________ GMing Blog MIB#2428

10-27-2009, 01:19 PM	#16
Azinctus Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lyon, France	Re: New Online Article - Mail Armour Great article Dan, thanks for posting it. I was interested to see the use of experiments. What experiments would you suggest to improve our knowledge of the ability of medieval and earlier mail to resist various weapons? __________________ "wars and storms are best to be read of, but peace and calms are better to endure" Jeremy Bentham

10-27-2009, 03:44 PM	#20
Hannes665 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland	Re: New Online Article - Mail Armour Very good article! Excited to read more from you (and others) about armor and stuff in Low Tech 4e! Btw, Gurps related, how would you stat a common type of 11th-13th Mail armor in Gurps 4e? DR? Wgt? (for a 180-200lbs 6 ft warrior)? __________________ In the Griffin World I play Agriana Trotter, here is the GURPS crunch. Darth Vader "Luke! I am your fathers second cousins sisters best friends brother!" Luke Skywalker "Nooo... eehh What?!" Last edited by Hannes665; 10-27-2009 at 06:48 PM.