Why do we play games? Do we need a reason to enjoy playing things we love? So why not, just play. Just having fun and lovin' it... somewhat.
This is the third account of the terminated Pyroguekenesis, which originally had 450 subscribers.
A gaming/voice-acting/narration/fun channel - I hope you enjoy the content or find it worthy of white noise... XD
This and my other channels were created with the notion for nostalgia among my friends and myself. As a way to reflect and see how we used to be when we were younger and as a way to preserve memories of myself for when I get older.
chinese armors are very interesting, since they have such a long history and so many different version/generations of armors worn by the soldiers of different dynasties, designed for different enemies...but it is hard to find good resources on these armor so they are less well known.
I know this is a bit late, but can you check out the Ghost Of Tsushaima armors? I know it has mostly Samurai armor, it does feature distinctly Chinese and Korean armor.
A hoi hoi Michelle, The leather I used is 3-4mm thick veg tanned leather. This was mostly due to me using the leather I had on me at the time, but also because I was a bit worried it wouldn't have enough structure as a newbie. This was my first large leather project. I made a bow holster using 2-3mm thick veg-tanned recently based on the Met Museum's Tibetan Cavalryman's bow holster to pair with the quiver. It's definitely sturdy enough but I would not go any thinner, especially if there's sewing involved.
Altogether, like Mulan and many Chinese historical drama that do the most minimal research on period armor, they'll most likely mash up armor from various dynastic periods. Seeing leather armor in the Ming dynasty, or having brigandine in the Warring states just doesn't work, and is extremely inaccurate.
Sadly the chinese themselves screwed up all the time on the armour department. Always included fantasy theme. Only a few thats stayed true. One of which were Longest day in chang’an.
13:43 the robe belly, made to keep swords scabbard or any equipment around the waist from interacting or damaging the armor itself. Notable depictions: Shui hu zhuan (the water margin) Fall of Ming (2013) Or any chinese dramas that are staged around the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. However, artist interpretation can be wild sometimes.
Hi from Australia! Thank you, this was fascinating! I'll be looking up some of your references. The youtube algorithm threw your video up at me after I looked at a short video by Weta Workshop about the making of armour and weapons for the Mulan movie. You are probably aware of Weta Workshop in Wellington New Zealand, famous for making the armour, weapons, costuming props, miniatures, devising programming for mass army battles, and digital special effects for The 6 movies of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. The also did armour, weapons etc and special effects for The Wall, and Mulan. I don't know the extent of their involvement on Mulan or whether other workshops made some as well. It would be interesting to look at the features you have highlighted or queried to discover what were the director's instructions or the design and production constraints around those features. I can imagine the initial constraint is the budget they are given to work in that pays wages teams from design concept to finished product. I highly recommend to anybody wanting to see behind the scenes, that they do a tour of the public area of their production facilities in Wellington, New Zealand. (I have no affiliation with Weta whatsoever - just a fan). The've produced books on designing The LOTR and Hobbit movies. There's also a design book for The Wall, through armour, weapons, the wall itself, and the Tao Te. It introduced me, to the possibilities of Chinese military design, and got me interested in the real thing. The same with Mulan. As just another movie-watcher, Western of European descent, I found both movies fascinating in introducing me to historic China, however fictionised, in a way that made it compelling, fascinating, and left me wanting to know much more - a gateway to another world. Thank you again - new subscriber, and I'll look forward to seeing more of your videos!
Mulan was actually Xianbei so the Mongolian looking lamellar armor is actually correct. However, Mulan should have been a cavalry archer as described in the story. Her father was a very high ranking officer as the court requested him six times to join the military. Any other person would be executed after rejecting the first offer. Also, the military was fine with women fighting especially the Xianbei.
The best overview of Asian armor I have seen here on RU-vid! Nowhere else have I seen Mongolian and Tibetan armor on RU-vid even though I subscribe to many of the channels you mentioned.
