LANDSKNECHT Style ARMOR at the Wallace Collection with Dr. Capwell 

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You two and Tod Cutler are the real treasures of youtube 🙌

Imagine this armor in blued steel with the sparkling effect, wow.

I can't just pop over to the museum to have a informative chat with the expert. This is such a lovely thing to have access to. Thanks.

Always great when Toby makes an appearance. It’s clear how much he enjoys his work & how knowledgeable he is on the wonderful collection at the Royal Armories.

I live in the old "German Armor Triangle" Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Innsbruck (now Austria), so this was quite nice. Cheers Matt & Dr. Tobias Capwell!

That armor is beautiful, an actual work of art

I’ve had a the pleasure of attending a couple of The good Drs lectures at the Wallace collection and it’s always great to see and hear him talk.

I absolutely cannot wait for my trip to the UK next year, The Wallace collection is going to have me like a kid in a candy shop.

The armor behind Matt looks sick

I love these in-depth discussions on single pieces of armor and weapons from the Wallace Collection. The knowledge i received has changed my mind on many popular myths. Myths that are not true but are widely spoken. Dr.Capwell is such a joy to listen to and his expertise is unmatched. That fact he takes time to educate and discuss history with your audience speaks volumes to his character and how he is truly passionate about his profession. The etching on the armor is incredible! Without the close ups I would have never known there was sooo much detail put into this functional armor and incredible work of art. There is so much going on with this piece it's a historians dream. Not only does it give us information on its creator, materials, and technology used in creating it but it also tells us who's using it, their fashion styles, their wealth, and how they fought. It tells the story of its crafter and its user while also telling us about the whole of people in the German region at the time.

2:39 I love your humour! Only history nerds can appreciate this exchange

The brass gilding within each slash is just amazing.

I imagine that the “puffed” parts made it a pain to land a solid hit on whoever wore it.

I’m not so sure about the ‘most of them wore no armour at all’ part. For one thing there are a few illustrations of what looks like plate armour like this (but less fancy) being fabric covered. Secondly, it was fairly common at this time to wear a hauberk under civilian jackets if you expected to be attacked (by bandits or someone you were at feud with) so I have often wondered how many Landsknechts wore mail haubetks or even trimmed down breastplates under those baggy costumes of theirs because they weren’t about to wear armour on top of baggy clothes like that. Not saying *all* Landsknechte wearing no visible armour wore hidden armour but quite a few may have.

I don't even know why I'm here or why this was recommended but this video was so much fun! So many thoughts, insights, realizations! Felt like a girl in a muesuem of a hobby she just became passionate about. I love when two passionate people geek out on things on such a level it becomes infectious! I'm hooked!

That's beautiful. I'd love to see that used in a movie. But can you imagine how many people would complain about it?

It's interesting that the most common form of armour worn by the actual Landsknechts in the engravings featured here seems to be a sort of mail poncho. I've seen something similar, also from the early 16th century, but it was supposed to have been worn by a Spanish Conquistador. Would be interesting to know more about those poncho things- it seems an odd form of protection to prioritise, but they must have found it useful.

Wow, the skill and workmanship that went into that kit is increadible. Konrad What'sHisNamer?-) was a genius.

I like the vibe the Doctor is putting down! Screw modern affectations of Gorget use! Great video!

They liked to look fancy even when fighting.

Extreme level of craftsmanship that armor is

Just to comment; thanks for your info. I once worked at the John Woodman Higgins Armory Museum, in Worcester, Massachusetts. The collection now resides at the Worcester Art Museum, but their collection is wonderful, and “Diverse “. This certainly adds to that!

I went to visit the Wallace collection when I visited London in April 2019. I saw many wondrous things, but I don't recall seeing that armor. I guess I'll have to go back!

this is a really breathtaking design, the slashed look and the attention to detail through verious techniques. its truly a work of art made with various sub arts while also being a usable tool. A masterwork that deserves some real respect. I found the super tight inner elbow layering very interesting as well. I wonder how they work? do we have any recreation/imaginings of how it looked when it was fully ornamented? Id love to see a visual of it. I would like to see one of these videos on some of the very late masterwork armors from the later 1500s during the very peak of armor crafting. Edwardian, Elizabethan, Greenwich and gendarmerie style stuff. you and Capwell do a great job communicating all these elements about historical items in a way that you can really appreciate them more fully.

The "rolls" look like they'd add a lot of stiffness to the armored pieces, especially against blunt weapons.

Id love to sit and chat to Dr. Capwell for weeks on end, what a gem to humanity he is.

I went to the Wallace Collection for the first time last Saturday after hearing about it in yours and Tod's videos and I spent quite a while looking at this armour. It's a fabulous place and the extent of the collection has to be seen to be believed.

"Based on some recent testing" is the scholarly way of saying; "I've seen firsthand how a Rondel Dagger treats maille, and frankly, I am scared"?

Holy crap. I knew they went ga-ga for armor shaped like fashionable clothes, but I didn't know they went to the deeper extent to model the sewing pattern of the clothing. Dayum! Yeah I agree with the assessment that with the gold inlay and everything else going on, this guy would certainly have -sparkled- Awesome.

The talent and artistry of smiths 600 years ago, truly a stunning piece of work....is it fair to say probably a bit gaudy when new? Or is that just because I'm used to plain steel?

It would have been good to see the articulation working - next time please ask Toby to manipulate the joints so we can see how effective they were. Great video.

That amour is so damn cool! I love these videos with Capwell. You always learn some interesting things with him.

Super, fascinating video. It would have been great to see the elbow (and waist?) articulation in operation when the suit was out of its cabinet.

My favourite type of armour

John Dark Souls on the left there also looks amazing.

I really love how much passion both show. 😊 I could listen to them for hours... Which I have already done, I guess 😅

I was really hoping they would flex the articulations, or shown the inside, so that we could see their design.

Awesome episode, thanks for this!

For anyone who's curious and doesn't know, the skullcaps they mention that were worn under broad-brimmed hats were known as a secretes or secrets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrete_(helmet)

The Wallace Collection is now on my must visit list.

Has anyone done a computer recreation of different color combinations that may have been on this armor along with the different options for gauntlets helms what have you would have finished the look? I'd love to see what it would or may have looked like at its birth.

8:25 impressive. Great video man! keep them coming!

Man, very cool looking armor.

Toby should make more documentary films. Cause he also has experience fighting in armour it gives him this leverage over book smart historians. Anyone knows where one can find them? I know he filmed some already..

The level of artisanship is mind blowing !

I bet after closing time and everybody goes home Dr Toby dresses up in all these amazing suits of armour. (I know I would)

Very cool! It would be AWESOME to see some sort of reproduction this with the bluing and guilding in a movie or show.

Wow! Landsknecth style Armor, I Never seen this before. Never thought it even exist. Armor Atribute: Chad points +99

That's what we call bling. However I would think that all that ropework/puffy bits would provide places for something like a bec de corbin to catch and concentrate it's force.

Due to victorian sensibilities of what was appropriate and not, codpieces tend to go missing once armors are in the hands of victorian curators. Armor is displayed without the codpiece, and once separated and forgotten it goes missing.

Extrude these Ribs and you are the Michelinman.

Too bad part this of the armoury was closed (apparently because of lack of staff) when I was in the Wallace...

some body should put that beauty with flamboyant hats landsknecht wear in a game

Interesting! I need to visit England sometime! :)

Imagine the Landsknecht mercenaries reacting to seeing one of the nobles arriving to the military camp wearing this. I wonder what they would've been thinking... 😄

Love these videos with Dr. Capwell. Pop a mic on him though.

14:20 The helm you describe sounds very much like kabuto.

I want to thank both of you for another good video it was really informative

Very nice piece of amor. It would be pretty cool to see illustraions/3D renderings of wheat it might have looked like back when it was complete and new next to it.

I always liked the falling buff and burgonet look

Fascinating!

Going to the Wallace Collection tomorrow to see the Richard III exhibit.

Damn it Matt. You two have done it again. Now I have to go bc my wife is divorcing me bc she says all I do is watch these vids all day!!! Lol

Can we get a version of this with the Spanish Tercio/ conquistador weapons/armor

This really reminds me to finish the version of it I started, even if it's nowhere near this pretty 😭

Amazing Ta

This is an awesome set of armor!

EYYY its Dr cap well!

Landsknechts were true "have pike, will travel" mercenary soldiers. A lot of their money went in to their arms and it was a period of high quality which you would expect for guys whose lively hood was their weaponry. Would have loved to have seen this armour in all it's glory but it's wonderful that this much still survives

Fascinating

Hi, I'm from Augsburg and would love to see it in person ;) I wonder if the 'Landsknecht' style has a functional component, like better absorbing some impact...

Well-now. Ain't THAT a thing. I wonder if we'll ever know more about it.

I wonder what function the puffy shirts of the Landsknecht served, where they just fashionable or did they serve a military purpose at the time.

My codpieces always go missing too!

Fantastic video and great insight! Just wondering if you know what they use, in conjunction with the cases, which I assume are humidity controlled or something like that, to keep the armour and weapons rust free?

Such a difficult job, wow!

Imagine... imagine... heeyy!!! We don't have to >imagine< no more! Today we (humanity) can make a 3D render of existing pieces and another curated complete one with missing pieces added. Without messing the surviving exhibit, we can simulate with high 90's % probability, it's original appearance. And it's possible to do versions of it, different heat colouring like blue or red, also only etched metal version. Everything done based on the knowledge gained from research on the exhibits.

The armour is beautiful but I think that roping is dual purpose - that design will add a huge amount of protection and strength to that armour (in addition to looking pretty)

I’m putting together a Landsnecht outfit and weaponry for my Renaissance Garb. Got the dagger off Todd already!

On this episode on Scholagladiatoria, Matt finds ancient pieces of the Skull Knight berserker armor.

11:10 now your going to make a girl swoon. Reminds me of my character on Alliance WoW!! Blue with gold trim holy cow! With a sparkling shiny moons everywhere! wooooow! 😍🥰🤩🤩🥰🥰

Beautiful !

Would like to see a video on sword laws in the UK, specifically what kinds are legal or not I know he's done vids on curved swords, but what about arming swords, gladius, khopesh and any other sword. For example, the Pompeii gladius is straight, but the Mainz gladius has inward curving, would 1 be legal and the other not? Would both be illegal? Would a khopesh be illegal? The curve of the blade is sometimes less than 50cm, while the straight on the blade adds extra length For someone who wants to get into collecting swords and the obvious stat padding by the police in unnecessarily harsh enforcement of laws makes me worry

this must have cost an absolute fortune !

How big was the man who wore this? It looks like a pretty small through screen.

The stars shining Italian velvet thing is called what now? Tried to Google but cant find it

Every nice program . Can you talk about horse armour ? More information about armours for horses

I need that in my life

I was about to ask if straps of velvet could have been stuck to the plain surfaces, but looking closer they are not plain. They are ornamented. Was it painted?

How goes it fellows Landsknecht?

Lol that armor looks like Robbie the Robot lost some parts

I would guess that handling this piece is discouraged to protect it, but it would have been good to see the arms bend to show how that spectacular elbow protection moves.

That armour is just begging to be made a replica of, complete and with the original colours and gilding.

It is funny to think about, if there still was knights in steel armor today, they might have steel bow-ties on their armor. xD

I see Dr. Capwell I like

13:57 A cascatuell? Kaskatell? Quascateil?

I'll bet, not many can imagine "Flamboyant Germans" ;)

Could this have come from a Georg von Frundsberg like character? A noble leading Landsknecht attempting to be identified with them?

very intersting.