Western Knight Series 01
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In the promo images for Western Knight, the knight is shown using his shield with the pointed end uppermost and the broad, flat edge downward. Is this realistic? I've never seen images showing a heater shield (the name given to this type of shield) this way.
I know that one of the problems of the heater shield was that its shape meant that it didn't effectively protect the wielder's legs, but I suspect that this was also one of its advantages: shaped the way it was -- and used with the pointed end down -- it also didn't obstruct their legs, could be used effectively on horseback, etc. I can't imagine there'd be any advantage to using it inverted (unless your armor looked like this, in which case you could probably use the extra leg protection).
I'm curious about the accuracy of the armor as a whole. Individual parts look fairly realistic, but he seems to be wearing a leather jack over a coat of mail -- but with full plate armor on his legs. I've never seen this particular combination before; any medieval history experts care to weigh in and say whether this is a plausible arrangement?
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This is the first place I would go to research armour - at least for England.
https://collections.royalarmouries.org/#/objects
I agree the leather over mail along with the metal leg and arm covering seems - odd. I'd say from two different levels of soldier. Leather/mail would be really lucky, well off, Serf, armour more a Knight. And if someone could afford armour the chest would probably be the first part covered, not the legs/arms. It is almost like he hasn't finished suiting yet to put on his breast plate - I could accept the leather and chainmail under a breast plate - added padding. I noticed the weird way he was holding his sheild too.
It is currently in my wishlist as I am not sure about it. Could be good for kit bashing.
The shield is upside down and far too short, since the point is to protect the legs of a knight on horseback. Before horses, the shield would be round, this is something for mounting on a wall to diplay the knight's crest. Another problem is that the knee guard isn't a separate piece, so your knight can't bend his knee without presenting a leg target to the enemy. As a stationary guard though,the armor is not so bad, just get a shield elsewhere or give him a halberd.