Human Armor

[Sultan 3953]

A gambeson (or aketon or padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambeson are produced with a sewing technique called quilting. Usually constructed of linen or wool, the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair.

An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armour, particularly plate armour, have arming points for attaching plates and may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate, full plate arming doublets.

Boiled leather, sometimes called cuir bouilli, is a construction material for armour. It consists of thick leather, boiled in water (some sources hold that oil and wax were used as well, others posit the use of ammonia from fermented animal urine]). The boiling causes the leather to be harder but more brittle. The boiled leather can be fashioned into lames or scales to make lamellar or scale armor. The leather remains flexible for a short time after boiling, allowing it to be molded into larger 'plates'.

Mail (maille, chainmail) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

A brigandine is a form of body. It is a cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric.

The form of the brigandine is essentially the same as the civilian doublet, though it is commonly sleeveless. However, depictions of brigandine armour with sleeves are known. Many brigandines appear to have had larger, somewhat 'L-shaped' plates over the lungs. The rivets, or nails, attaching the plates to the fabric are often decorated, being gilt or of latten and often embossed with a design.

Plate armour is type of personal armour made from iron or steel plates. the coat of plates worn over mail suits full suits of plate armour worn The most heavily armoured troops are heavy cavalry, but elite infantry troops also take to wearing lighter suits of "three quarters" plate armour, leaving the lower legs unprotected.

(I need to add more to this and make it into a more organized post.)

[Agnub 605]

Forgot to add silk, My Liege. While it doesn't offer any defensive attributes it does look quite dashing!

[Viscen 356]

(Don't forget about tabards and surcoats! Such clothing items were often used in conjunction with armor to display heraldry; quite an important piece of equipment in Renatus, to say the least :))

[Coaster 2086]

COD PIECE! COD PIECE!))

[steelersfan1221 300]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.