Your character wouldn't get much sleep, as its very hot in full plate armor when it's hot out, and it's very cold in it when its cold out. Big plates of metal are incredible heat conductors so they react to ambient temperature. I'd doubt anyone could actually get a full night's sleep in it
I showed this video to some of my DnD Buddies and they said: "Ah, so that's why you need a squire." "Envy." "From silly to killy." And: "I bet just when it was all put on, that's when he needs to go to the loo." Nice timelapse, me like :)
Uhm, achtually 🤓 Knights were worth more being kept alive and ransomed. So, whenever possible, the enemy would try to refrain from killing knights, unlike with mere normal soldiers or levies.
fun fact, squires could help in donning of the armor but squires weren't servant primarely more like companions who also got to fight, pages were primarly servants that would help with doning the armor checking the quality and all of that
I'm cheating a bit here with modern leggings, but by this period they'd be wearing joined hose. So you'd just have to unlace the codpiece to take a leak. Beyond that, best to have settled that business beforehand.
You misspelled “dumb question” Seriously though, how do fire fighters go to the bathroom? How do modern soldiers go to the bathroom? How do YOU go to the bathroom after you’ve put on a bunch of layers, snowsuit, and boots to go snowboarding?!
@@alexanderren1097 Adult diaper sales skyrocket in wartimes. The army buys a lot of them, especially for convoy people who stay in vehicles a lot. You are not stopping a 50km long convoy for a piss
Yo imagine a midevil knight going to his fellow knight and going "Excuse me Alexander may I be given assistance?" "Of course Mandrel, now stand tall so I may tighten your leg straps."
People, men, women and everything in between, may I have your attention for just a shortest while. Learn from this wise man of many blades, get yourself a partner who enjoys helping you out with your shenaniganary, however dumb it might be. It is truly a priceless treasure
What period is that suit of armor? Because you have no c belt and attach the legs straight to the sublet but your wearing a haubreck of chain rather than voiders. Do you run the straps for the arms and paldrons through the chain?
I'm aiming for mid to late 15th century. This suit is a budget build, so I'm gradually tweaking it towards being progressively more accurate as funding permits upgrades. My next goal is to get a full cuirass so I can trade the hauberk for voiders.
Nights: Medieval plate armor is the best armor in the world! Wannna fight? Wait wait let me suit up first no wait wait nooooo…….not fair You have to let me suit up first so I can crush you.
Why I prefer Brigandine & jack chain as it takes fraction of the time to don & you don't need a squire. Full plate is nice but try putting it on if jumped in the night. I'd rather less armour that is always at hand & why shields are so much better then people give them credit as even naked it is perfectly viable instance action armour. If you can't slap it on in under a minute on your lonesome, then I don't like it.
No crotch armor? I understand the need for mobility, but at least something hanging/wrapping under I mean come on... I can only imagine the amount of cheap shots way back when 🤢
Why do you need full chainmail for your torso when most of it is going to be covered by armour? Isn't the historic trend to use one of those padded jackets that are only chainmail in the exposed areas?
I only have a breastplate and not a full cuirass, thereby prompting the full hauberk. I'd use mail voiders if I got a cuirass as there'd be no point to hauling the extra weight then.
So out of curiosity, what is your base layer called? Like I know it’s “shirt pants and shoes” but like what are they ever called or am I over thinking it?
I'm wearing an arming doublet which is unpadded. It's stout to help with supporting the armor and prevent chaffing, but offers no actual padded protection. With enough solid plate coverage, padding becomes largely unnecessary. Especially complex armors are actually hindered if you try to pad them out as their articulations have such tight tolerances to the body underneath.
The cords? Arming points. You lace the armor to them. The straps secure it, but the points are doing a lot of work to keep them in place. If you've ever had to wear a kneepad and it keeps sliding down over time, arming points prevent that sort of thing.
How comes there's no plate or mail etc behind the legs? Plate would obviously reduce mobility so i can see that as a reason, but not even mail? Would this just make knights super vulnerable to attacks from behind in a battle field situation?
@@Kingdomkey123678 Yeah you're right tbh, I didn't mean he should be wearing a codpiece every day of the week in a 3 year campaing while on horseback; I meant more like a slightly longer chainmail
