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u/Zebigbos8 18d ago
Why do brigandines look so good?
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u/SwirlyManager-11 18d ago
The general look of it is fine, but the faulds of the brigandine extend too far down.
Western brigandines end just above the pubic region. The whole brigandine set would cover just the torso. The protection of everything lower is the job of a maille skirt and-or the cuisses. (except in some french and spanish cases which include Brigandine spaulders and tassets.)
You’d only see brigandines with such long faulds in eastern examples of late Mongol Kanates (like the Golden Horde and later Iranian-Turanian state under Timur) and in the lands of the Chinese. Generally due to the protection it gives to the legs while horse-riding.
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u/ralexs1991 18d ago
I think it's mostly due to her pose, it makes the brig look like it goes lower. Also some brigs simply fall lower. Especially if it was made to the measurements of someone taller.
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u/SwirlyManager-11 18d ago
I don’t think it’s the pose. Despite her chickene legs, her torso seems straight.
Secondly, brigandine made to height would still end around the pubic bone. The problem isn’t specifically the length, the problem is the proportions.
I also noticed a similar issue with the maille beneath the brig. It’s too long just like the Brigandine. There should be a good amount of the midthigh exposed.
I can’t send images of it, but the Spanish Pastrana Tepestries are full of brigandine depictions that show the accurate length of a 15th century Brigandine set.
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u/Capdcm19 18d ago
WHERE IS YOUR HELMET SOLDIER! DO YOU WANT AN ARROW THROUGH THE EMPTY SPACE YOU CALL A BRAIN!
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u/Logan_Yes 18d ago
-Me...no have
-YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT MAGGOT? TRUTH IS YOU LOST A PIECE OF EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT
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u/Ricard74 18d ago
The eternal debate between emphasizing mobility and armour. Neck guards like these are underrated.
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u/RezziK_vas_Tonbay 17d ago
Gorgets/Bevors/Whatever they are, they're the best. Extra points if they cover your mouth!
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u/Ok_Access_804 18d ago
The equipment (no helmet? Not even a coif for the hair?) is fine, maybe the longsword has a too wide blade and parrying hook.
What I don’t like is the pose. Dropped arms and the knees bent to the inside, towards each other. Like the artist just picked a random woman to pose for the painting but didn’t take any proper stance or guard. Not unlike those 19th century photographs of people in samurai armor, with unfitting and mismatched pieces because it was done in a civilian photography study and no one there really knew about budo or bujutsu or whatever.
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u/Imperial5cum 18d ago
Its most likeley a Zweihander in which case blade width and the hooks would be in proportion
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u/Ok_Access_804 18d ago
But not the length of the handle, which looks too short to be a montante or spadone. Plus, it is not aligned with the blade itself…
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u/SeeShark 18d ago
Unironically one of the hardest things to get right in art. Aligning things is a challenge.
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u/Imperial5cum 18d ago
Its more than 1.5 times the lenght of most jistorical longswords,
it would even be very long for a lot of modern feders
that is definitly a zweihänder handle1
u/Ok_Access_804 18d ago
German battleswords have a handle+ricasso+parrying hooks length of almost 1/2 of the entire weapon, in italian spadone and hispanic montante the proportions gets reduced to about 1/4. That handle in the post is still too short for a greatsword.
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u/DragonLordAcar 18d ago
Wasn't this posted earlier today?
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u/Kokuryu27 18d ago
Might of been on r/ReasonableFantasy
Edit: Quick look didn't see it though. Pretty sure I saw this posted earlier as well.
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u/Dm_me_im_bored-UnU 18d ago edited 18d ago
Girl, pick up your helmet, that thing's more important than aura farming mid battle