#Skyrim medieval knight armor full#
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#Skyrim medieval knight armor full#

This struggle dictated the evolution of armor from a soft outer garment to the knight's full metal suit. The makers of weapons and armor were in a constant struggle to keep up with the advances in each field an advance in armor was offset by an advance in weaponry. As technology advanced, so did weaponry and defenses. Padded garments were the predecessors of more intricate and protective armor.

#Skyrim medieval knight armor verification#

Thus, it is more than likely that the first type of armor used by man was the soft type, but actual verification predates written history. Most likely, prior to that time, other primitive combatants wore protective helmets and clothing made of leather, animal skins and other similar protective materials. It is known that as early as the eleventh century b.c., Chinese warriors wore armor made of rhinoceros skin. It is assumed that the use of body armor predates historical references. The plates were often riveted together and connected internally by leather straps so that they offered maximum protection, yet still allowed the wearer to have freedom of movement. The protective plates were made of metal and eventually covered the entire body. This category also includes the familiar plate armor worn by knights in the latter part of the Middle Ages.

Rigid armor was often made of metal, wood, or any other highly resilient material that offered maximum protection to the wearer. This gave the wearer some flexibility without sacrificing a great deal of protection. Mail armor was usually made from iron or steel rings that were interwoven. Soft armor was usually comprised of layers of leather, fabric, quilting or felt, and often, a combination of these materials was used. bulletproof vests), armor has traditionally fallen into one of three categories: soft, mail, or rigid armor. While the body armor used today is primarily designed to give protection from projectiles moving at high velocities (i.e. Armor is designed to ward off attacks from both sharp and blunt trauma. White-knight-helmet.jpg 12.82KB 9 downloadsĪnother thing i really like is when my players eyes are visible, but a blacked out eye part would be good to add also in case the eyes dont line up so having a variant of each helm would be niceĮdited by Insomniacway, 27 February 2014 - 07:26 AM.The Evolution of Medieval Body Armor Overviewīody armor is protective clothing that has the ability to repel weapons used in combat against the wearer.

#Skyrim medieval knight armor series#

I would also like to see this set finished because i really love the helmet on the 6th set, but it appears to have been abandonedĪnother would be to the add the fluted armor from demons souls over, many nexus useres are fans of the souls series so it would most likely be very popularĪnd finally i would really like to see more realistic knight stand alone helmets that are textured well to go along with steel plate armor with the amidianborn re texture package, i really dislike the steel plate helmet and would like to see more knight helms in skyrim More ideas would be to just take the in game steel plate armor, and somehow remove the fur part that hangs between the legs and replace it with something more like what that Witcher set has i've seen one attempt at this on the nexus, but i installed it it was very low resolution and the chain mail was very blurry

Some ideas would be take the above Witcher set (that is my current favorite set) and re texture it, lightening up the steel plating and making it shiny, almost like chrome, darkening the quilted area around the neck almost black, while still maintaining the quality of the armor itself. I would love to see more traditional medieval knight style armors on the nexus for male players.