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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 68000" data-attributes="member: 893">A friend of mine was wearing a suit of 17th century english civil war currassar armour (basically this <a href="http://www.varmouries.com/cuir_01.html" target="_blank">http://www.varmouries.com/cuir_01.html</a> ) once that was finished in gunblack in 35 degrees celceus.&nbsp; We were doing a demonstration and he ended up dropping from heat exaustion.&nbsp; I was just about ready to pass out myself and I was wearing a cavelier harness with a pot helm, about 1/3rd the total metal.I can honestly say the single most comferterable suit I wore when it came to heat had to be the Roman Lorica Segmentata.&nbsp; Breazy, just like a kilt.&nbsp; Only downside was all the weight was on my shoulders which got painful after a few hours.All things concidered though full plate armour doesn't get too bad heat wise, as long as you make sure you drink lots of water.&nbsp; If there is a bit of a breaze it helps alot since air passes through the suit quite easally.P.S.&nbsp; The suit of armour that Rob has up on his site there happens to be one of the ones that I hate the most.&nbsp; He finished the entire thing with gun blue, which though it was historically accurate I think is really ugly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 68000, member: 893"] A friend of mine was wearing a suit of 17th century english civil war currassar armour (basically this [url]http://www.varmouries.com/cuir_01.html[/url] ) once that was finished in gunblack in 35 degrees celceus. We were doing a demonstration and he ended up dropping from heat exaustion. I was just about ready to pass out myself and I was wearing a cavelier harness with a pot helm, about 1/3rd the total metal. I can honestly say the single most comferterable suit I wore when it came to heat had to be the Roman Lorica Segmentata. Breazy, just like a kilt. Only downside was all the weight was on my shoulders which got painful after a few hours. All things concidered though full plate armour doesn't get too bad heat wise, as long as you make sure you drink lots of water. If there is a bit of a breaze it helps alot since air passes through the suit quite easally. P.S. The suit of armour that Rob has up on his site there happens to be one of the ones that I hate the most. He finished the entire thing with gun blue, which though it was historically accurate I think is really ugly. [/QUOTE]

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