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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5408219" data-attributes="member: 4348">You might want to read up on some books instead of a retailer, but hey...who cares about valid history anyways.I pointed out about the Lord because your average knight in a charge isn't going to be WEARING such armor (edit, in fact many may prefer chain or regular plate, if there isn't gunfire, for which the heavy plate I was talking about being used, there really isn't a reason to wear it in the first place.&nbsp; Most would probably be wearing something applicable to whatever they were going to be fighting against.&nbsp; A LORD could be under fire however...gunpowder weapons were far more useful than simply putting it in front of charging cavalry, for example, blasting down walls, hitting commands, etc.Anyways, as I already said...you've demonstrated already that it's pointless even discussing the basic tactics used during the day.&nbsp; This is why I always hated these medieval reinactment groups.&nbsp; I know some professors love them because they get people interested in the period, but they spread just as much disinformation as getting people interested.&nbsp; I'm glad that you have information on armors made with modern metals...from people who make it their job to make fantasy a reality for Hollywood, but I think your Hollywood and my books are talking two different languages here.&nbsp; Very good at making modern replicas, highly suggested if you can afford them...but really a different wavelength between history and their replica business.Edit: Actually, the better wording would be that they are not talking different then what I'm really looking at...the emphasis being more on your Hollywood and my books...rather than specifically anything the Hollywood armorers are looking at.&nbsp; Your interpretation and relavance of them is the different wavelength here.&nbsp; No offense intended,&nbsp; I'm not trying to slight the armorers as they don't appear to be in the wrong...but I think (besides your lack of tactics in the situation) you are trying to apply a mass scale armor to a specific small scale creation during the age...and that simply doesn't work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 5408219, member: 4348"] You might want to read up on some books instead of a retailer, but hey...who cares about valid history anyways. I pointed out about the Lord because your average knight in a charge isn't going to be WEARING such armor (edit, in fact many may prefer chain or regular plate, if there isn't gunfire, for which the heavy plate I was talking about being used, there really isn't a reason to wear it in the first place. Most would probably be wearing something applicable to whatever they were going to be fighting against. A LORD could be under fire however...gunpowder weapons were far more useful than simply putting it in front of charging cavalry, for example, blasting down walls, hitting commands, etc. Anyways, as I already said...you've demonstrated already that it's pointless even discussing the basic tactics used during the day. This is why I always hated these medieval reinactment groups. I know some professors love them because they get people interested in the period, but they spread just as much disinformation as getting people interested. I'm glad that you have information on armors made with modern metals...from people who make it their job to make fantasy a reality for Hollywood, but I think your Hollywood and my books are talking two different languages here. Very good at making modern replicas, highly suggested if you can afford them...but really a different wavelength between history and their replica business. Edit: Actually, the better wording would be that they are not talking different then what I'm really looking at...the emphasis being more on your Hollywood and my books...rather than specifically anything the Hollywood armorers are looking at. Your interpretation and relavance of them is the different wavelength here. No offense intended, I'm not trying to slight the armorers as they don't appear to be in the wrong...but I think (besides your lack of tactics in the situation) you are trying to apply a mass scale armor to a specific small scale creation during the age...and that simply doesn't work. [/QUOTE]

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