Based on feeling, aura, sovl, zoz, etc; what is the best iteration of the fighting man? modern Knight? ancient hoplite? viking? shield? 2hander? barbarian? full plate?Post your favorite fighting man. For me, it might be...
>>98757918>modern Knight?What?
>>98757918...something weeb like erdrick armor + crossguard classic sword. Though from the OP's pic, it is hard to top the flow of the 1300s one
>>98757921old knights: x century, mail, cone helmets etcmodern knights: xv century, plate armor and suchi meant modern in the sense of the historic modern era that starts at 1492
>>98757918That 1500's armor SHOULD by all rights get the same flak here as boob plate (except not because inly retards complain about the practicality of boob plate), that green codpiece thing is like waving a flag saying "stab me here." Not just because there's no armor, but because it's the only green thing on him, it draws attention to itself.Anyway, I prefer armor that has fantasy elements to it, but not some obscene Warcraft pauldroncore, and looks like the character can move more easily in it, they're an adventurer who has to deal with a huge variety of challenges, they're not marching on a battlefield being attacked from all directions at once, so something as encompassing as full plate isn't neccesary.
>>98757963>That 1500's armor SHOULD by all rights get the same flak here as boob plate (except not because inly retards complain about the practicality of boob plate), that green codpiece thing is like waving a flag saying "stab me here." Not just because there's no armor, but because it's the only green thing on him, it draws attention to itself.It's cavalry armor you absolute retard. No need to armor your groin if a horse is in the way
>>98757977Right because there's no way you'll ever not be on a horse.
>>98757950Your broader point is well taken.That said: the transition from the Middle Ages can't be pinned to any one particular date. One historian might fix it at the fall of Constantinople, and the diaspora of Greek scholars therefrom. Another might see modernity as intimately tied to protestantism, and fix 1517 or even later as the definite end of medieval Christendom.
>>98758062discovery of america nigga, 2 worlds collided. humanity became one, also jews expelled from spain
>>98758109>discovery of america niggaDidn't exactly have a huge impact on European culture, politics or technology within the first few decades. Especially not on the "fighting men aestethic" that OP's on about.>>98757963>>98758007Oh look, an attention whore.
>>98757918Future psychic warrior who carries a laser rifle but mostly does battle on the mental plane by having deadly arguments over philosophy.
>>98758292Veterans of the psychic war, very metal.
>>98757918I'm a sucker for the classic period aesthetics.Probably why I can't get into moderns, the uniforms all suck from a hobbyist standpoint.
>>98757977>No need to armor your groin if a horse is in the wayRoman cavalry had most of their wounds in the groin because it's a natural weak point in armor due to the need to move your legs and it was easier to stab than the body.
>>98757918>zozI do not speak zoomerish
>>98758062Except it's 1492, rounded up to 1500 if you're being loosey goosey.
>>98757977It's not so much a "don't need it" issue as a "can't sit on a horse while wearing it" issue.>>98758007Steel codpieces were in use for that.
>>98757918Anything drawn by McBride
>>98757936>>98757918I like early 2000s korean MMOslop. Particularly early concept art for Lineage 2
>>98757918Modern day jeans-and-raid-plates operator.
>>98758062Literally zero historians refer to the end of the middle ages as 1517
>>98758765I can't think of anything relevant happening in 1492.1453 is a better date - fall of byzantium, Middle Ages begin with the fall of rome and ends with the fall of rome
>>98761473>I can't think of anything relevant happening in 1492.Blame your history teacher and your own ancestors for selecting curiosity out of your genepool.>Middle Ages begin with the fall of rome and ends with the fall of romePoetic, certainly. But it's 1492.
>>98759846Osprey art is great but should never be taken as historical fact. They have a tendency to make errors or propagate ahistorical memes.
>>98762252Okay?
>>98762252Your mom has a tendency to make errors or propagate ahistorical memes.
>>98761473You never heard of the Fall of Granada?
>>98763365Local incident irrelevant outside of Spain.
>>98763398To be fair, it's also an important event of African and American history.
>>98762252nta but the thread is not limited to historical/real life periods
how would you describe this aesthetic?
>>98763569artsy and ahistorical
>>98757918a knight with some stylish cloth over full plate and a big sword is peak
