Stormcatcher Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Stab him in the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Ro Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, yes once you get into range, no armor is going to protect you from an arquebus shot, except if it misses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Africanus Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, yes once you get into range, no armor is going to protect you from an arquebus shot, except if it misses.There's a reason full plate and chainmail disappeared from the battlefield in early modern times. ;)Although admittingly political changes were part of that reason as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Chainmail is indeed much more labour intensive to make then Plate. All those rings you have to forge and combine...Ultimately though both chainmail and plate weren't up to scratch when arquebuses were issued among the infantry on the field. But al least the plate breatplate went on in service amongst the Polish Hussars and French Cuirassiers.Male equivalent of needlework and doubtless paid better :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Ro Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Yes, definetly paid better, make a mail hauberk sell it and you are richer then 90% of people in medievel times. Good work, but hard and you have to know what you are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Pull a Podrick Payne on Mandon Moore: Drown his ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForTheMarshal Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 You don't need to break the armour to break the man - blunt trauma (eg, mace, hammer, anything else used with enough force) will break bones and liquify organs through plate. Concussion from headshots. That's why you wear padding underneath. That, and stabby stabby knives through eyeslits, across throats, into armpits, groin, back of knees, and other joints and vulnerable areas..../ medieval re-enactor, not an expert, but been battered enough to believe the historyETA: 1942 guide to vulnerable areas, for your informationhttp://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/fs/allinfighting.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForTheMarshal Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Maille is made by alternating solid and rivetted links, normally 4 in 1 or (6 in 1 for the flash buggers).Once you have the links ready for rivetting, its a simple if labouriuos process, and still continues today:http://www.capapie.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=60_90http://www.capapie.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=59_75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyvyathan Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I think the major factor in the myth is the Whiggish historical trend in vogue at the time (and which still isn't fully dead) that from the fall of Rome onwards history represents a straight line of unalloyed progress in every respect.I agree with that - I still find it baffling that ancient Rome's secret of making concrete was lost for hundreds of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragsaw Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 have some good pointsor push him in to a lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitakon Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 pour burning pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Use the pommel and ring his bell and while he is stunned go in for the kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Darkness Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Harsh languange and critisism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Last Giant Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Reading this thread has really made me think about fighting in plate armor. A one on one fight in plate would be a lot like a boxing match. I imagine their would be a huge amount of blows landed until damage was actually done, The fighters must have been ridiculously strong and fit. But I suppose they would have trained in the armor everyday.The tactics/ weapons etc used by each knight must have depended on their own physical attributes.In fact fuck boxing and the ufc I wanna see the world heavy weight plate armor championship (needs a catchier name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal Drogo's Mighty Thighs Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Ser Gregor Clegane: Pah, I'll step on this mewling kitten's face and shift my weight slightly and then I can go home and eat a sandwich.Sweetrobin Arryn: I say *sickly cough, spews up some phlegm*, I am a rather sickly child, might you be a good sport old Greg, and just take of that ridunculously heavy armour?Ser Gregor Clegane: No. Wanna tissue?Sweetrobin Arryn: No.Ser Gregor Clegane: Good. Well. I'm gonna kill you now.Sweetrobin Arryn: Hey Greg! GREG! Look! A raccoon!Ser Gregor Clegane: I FU***** HATE RACCOONSSweetrobin Arryn: Quickly now, squire. Sansa, woman- bring Sweetrobin his Sweetbazooka.Sansa Stark: My name is Alayne Stone.Sweetrobin Arryn: Haha, as if you're an interesting POV character and I value your opinion, now hurry!Ser Gregor Clegane: Hey, I didn't see no raccoon. But if I had. It woulda been deaded. Like THAT.*Sansa returns and hands Sweetrobin a package*Sweetrobin Arryn: Come at meh, Greg.Ser Gregor Clegane: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*Sweetrobin fires his mighty Sweetbazooka*Ser Gregor Clegane: Oh HAMBURGERS*fiery explosion violently engulfs Gregor Clegane, and no more is seen of him.*Sweetrobin Arryn: Requiescat in Pace. AND THAT IS HOW YOU DEAL WITH HEAVY PLATE. I HOPE IT WAS ENJOYABLE. HODOR. THAT IS ALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostcause Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 If he's on foot - make him chase you around until he falls over from exhaustion.If he's horsed - unhorse him, and do the above.Or as many have stated, dump him in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Notch Balanter Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 The Neck the eyes and arm pits were the would be the weakest parts in the armor so hit them there also the handle of longswords are an effective weapon so bang them on the head with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night's Watchman Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I doubt that they were available then, but a pick with a trocar-style point would be effective. I've shot arrows using that style broadhead and they've pictured metal easily, as well as penetrating major bones in deer while continuing completely through. A devastating design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmholt Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 War Hammer - blunt head on one end for concussion, spike on the other to pierce plate a la Robert v Rhaegar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Pierce him under the shoulder or some other joint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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