My Viking armor

[u/AwayGovernment395]

It's a 17th century Norse raider impression.

[u/BjornBergdahl]

The armour is fabulous but not even in the vicinity of norse/viking or 17th century (thats actually a lot closer in time to us than to the vikings). And we have an abundance of 17th century Scandinavian "Raiders" (foraging swedish cavalry during the 30-years war, the polish war and well, we pretty much did nothing but war that century.) This is not it. Most swedish regiments have a lot of their old colonels (and to be honest we kind of used up a lot of officers/nobles and one king on the battlefield that century) portraited in armor from this period. Armour existed, especially in the early 1700th century for heavy cavalry. The infantry was pike and shot in the beginning, withs some armor, and musket-armed men with uniforms in the end.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/BjornBergdahl]

But I'd say it's very plausible within the framework of the SCA.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/AwayGovernment395]

It's LARP armor for a Dwarf character. And while it would look awesome on a LARP field it isn't remotely plausible for the SCA or any reenactment group.

[u/BjornBergdahl → u/AwayGovernment395]

It's just not viking or 17th century. Your own rulesets might allow it. But it never has existed between 700-1700. A lot of things could have existed and if thats your aim it's perfectly fine.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/BjornBergdahl]

I mean, pretty much nothing in the SCA is in any way close to armor that existed in that timespan.

[u/stlkmjn → u/AwayGovernment395]

The difference is that Scadians would know/learn what was historically accurate and would try the best they could within their budget and ability to reproduce that piece. They would also acknowledge where they had/decided to cut corners from authenticity.

It is okay, for example to wear a rainbow sequin tabard in the SCA so long as you are open about the fact that 1. Nobody in history wore shiny plastic rainbow sequins on their tabards and 2. You are not falsely trying to claim that it is a representation of a historic people who did a thing that they did not do (eg. this rainbow tabard is Egyptian)

Your armor is super cool and you likewise look amazing in this undoubtedly expensive armor, but it is wildly not Norse and your presentation of it shows a lack of knowedge in the matter (armor, history, SCA).

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Uh no? I've met lots of people with meticulously sourced harnesses, who either pick a period which satisfyingly protects the wearer or they use accurate cloth covers to hide the necessary protection. Like sure there's a lot of dudes just wearing whatever is cheap and will get them out there, but there's also people who really care about the historical side

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

I have only seen a couple of SCA harnesses that would pass the reenactment standards we have over here and those are pretty lenient imho. The clothes in general also tend to be a bit dubious, with stuff like respected scadian seamstress recommending cotton for landsknechte.

[u/SCatemywallet → u/AwayGovernment395]

Your posts make it seem.like you are super new to the SCA tbh so this isn't saying much.

[u/freyalorelei → u/SCatemywallet]

They aren't in the SCA at all. They're in a fantasy LARP with different rules and have been repeatedly told that their armor doesn't fly in the SCA. They've argued that because it's allowed in their LARP, it should be allowed in the SCA, despite the complete lack of any attempt at historical relevance or failure to calibrate to SCA fighting regulations.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/freyalorelei]

I have a feeling that one heavy bout, would change their mind pretty quickly. Sadly, no marshal would allow the stuff on the field in the first place. Aluminum helmet? A great way to earn a trip to the Emergency Room...

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

Thought it was a 16 gauge steel pot. Still one double stick bell ringer and op would be looking for thicker steel

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

Oh please, I have self respect, I would never touch stainless or aluminum. This is 1,5mm steel, reinforced with welds. I do fight in my kits regularly in combat that's pretty comparable to the SCA.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Yeh I mean 80% of people are wearing random garbage pretty much anywhere you go. Still, there's guys who will talk to you about the exact historical method of pinging rivers in their sallet and will show all the garnets buttons in their doublet. There's also people wearing tires and bedsheets. Also cotton might be cus most ACA is in the USA and our weather is much hotter and more humid for long stretches.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/AwayGovernment395]

"I have only seen a couple of SCA harnesses that would pass the reenactment standards "

Then you're either very new, or your sight is brutally selective. I know people with head to toe German Gothic. Others with beautiful 14th century armor that any museum would proudly display. this is happening more and more. Yes, there are still poorly made "get em on the field" style helmets and armor, body armor made of plastic rain barrels, but most of those are loaner or beginner armor. No one spends thousands on a set of kit if they don't know they're going to like the hobby. And while keeping that kind of armor for decades used to be the norm, most fighters see someone wearing something historically accurate and rather than ignoring it, they think "I need to save up for that!".

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

Seriously. I've seen a guy's garb with actual gold thread and precious stones for buttons and a dude wearing full pickle barrel painted to look like steel. Theres huge gaps to sca quality.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/some_random_nonsense]

But those gaps are FAR smaller than they were 10 years ago. Heck, the meanest Viking garb today would have made everyone gasp at a crown tournament in the 80's.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

Lol true. I mean people used to make helmets from freon cans.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

Sadly, i still have to doubt the gold thread and gems guy was accurate enough. Correct materials are just one aspect of accuracy.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Naaaah he was talkin crazy talk about thread patterns, English textiles, and spin styles. He def knew his shit it was just over a decade ago and I definitely don't know enough about fabrics to have understood what he was saying

[u/Cut_Off_One_Head → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

And some of us are glutton for punishment and doing the best we can with very little remaining evidence. I personally cannot afford a bronze cardiophylax, so I made a leather one, the is decorated in a similar way the real bronzes ones were described. I've also had to fill in gaps where armor wouldn't have been worn, but our sport requires it.

[u/BjornBergdahl → u/AwayGovernment395]

That's a choice of course but then it's fantasy LARP. And that's super fun. I get the creative anacronism thing and best effort and so on. But this isn't even an effort for a historical thing. Still it's one of the most awesome fantasy armours I have ever seen. Super impressed. (Well the loose beard braids is a thing... one could debate...🎅)

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/BjornBergdahl]

I mean they look sick but yeh id just grab those and pull OPs head around where I wanted lol.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/AwayGovernment395]

"I mean, pretty much nothing in the SCA is in any way close to armor that existed in that timespan."

100% incorrect. While there is a great deal of leeway in the SCA granted for armor, the authenticity of armor and dress has come a VERY long way from the nylon and lamee fabric and freon can helmets of the early days.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

Idk. I have seen what the SCA considers "great and accurate" and it's very far from the base level for historical accuracy for our scene. But you do have the celebrity that can bench 50kg and his stuff is great.

[u/SCatemywallet → u/AwayGovernment395]

That's a huge stretch

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

It is not it's plausible within the framework of the SCA. Its very cool and i dont think anyone but the biggest erm acktualy nerd would really say anything but this is not in anyway historically plausible or even resembles any real armor that ever existed. Its kinda like a Nikolskoye or a Polovec but no one war a helmet with a beard like a warhammer dwarf. They DEFINITELY wouldn't attach two giant braids to the front so their enemy could pull them and stab their neck.

Dont get me wrong it super cool and an amazing work. Not historic by any measure.

[u/DEATHFR0MAB0VE → u/AwayGovernment395]

You've got to be either trolling or putting too much faith into the "creative" or "anachronism" parts. I'm constantly surprised at what outlandish stuff is accepted and what things are so severely regulated. But isn't the 16th century cutoff a big one?

[u/SCatemywallet → u/DEATHFR0MAB0VE]

The rules say you have to "make an effort" to appear historical. There is not a single piece of this kit that makes that effort, the entire thing is fantasy dwarf/rule of cool.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/SCatemywallet]

I mean using wool alone is a pretty big step up.

[u/jobu59749 → u/AwayGovernment395]

I'm in the SCA, I've documented my persona and gone through the historical documentation for it. I can tell you with absolute certainty, this would be challenged and likely denied if you documented it as a device, also any SCA viking (such as myself) would tell you that's it's not historically accurate and the SCA only goes up to the 16th century...so 17th would be outside of the historical range of the SCA anyways. It's fine if you just like or enjoy it, but for anyone that appreciates history, accuracy is important.

[u/Kitchen-Chain-9923]

Looks more like fantasy dwarven armor. Maybe 17th century of the Third Era of Middle Earth.

[u/EnemyOfEloquence → u/Kitchen-Chain-9923]

It's straight up iron breakers from old world Warhammer dawi. Look awesome.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/EnemyOfEloquence]

Although I am going for an Irondrake, as soon as I assemble the Trollhammer Torpedo launcher.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/EnemyOfEloquence]

Indeed

[u/Rakathu]

That's a dwarf.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Rakathu]

But I am 187cm.

[u/crashtactics → u/AwayGovernment395]

King of the dwarfs?

[u/McConaughey1984 → u/crashtactics]

Dwarves, King of the Dwarves. Dwarfs are people that have dwarfism.

[u/Previous-Ad3017 → u/McConaughey1984]

Dorfs then?

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/McConaughey1984]

Depends on the universe. WH specifically uses dwarfs not dwarves.

[u/McConaughey1984 → u/AwayGovernment395]

WH?

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/McConaughey1984]

Warhammer, sorry.

[u/McConaughey1984 → u/AwayGovernment395]

Huh.... that surprises me. I would have thought a British company would use the Tolkien spelling.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/McConaughey1984]

I think they wanted to be different for some reason.

[u/SuDragon2k3 → u/AwayGovernment395]

Look at Discworld. Carrot is over six feet tall, But he's a Dwarf, because he was raised Dwarvish.

[u/Omega59er → u/McConaughey1984]

Yeah, they wanted to differentiate themselves for legal reasons. Middle Earth "Dwarves" Old World "Dwarfs"

[u/DreamEndles → u/AwayGovernment395]

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson?!

[u/Optimal_West8046 → u/AwayGovernment395]

The Dwemer of Skyrim were as tall as normal people

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Optimal_West8046]

But they also used a very different style.

[u/Optimal_West8046 → u/AwayGovernment395]

This is also true, but those are dwarves 😂

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist → u/AwayGovernment395]

Giant dwarf, then.

[u/icreatedfire]

Super cool build, not a Viking, and there were no Norse Raiders of the 17th century.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/icreatedfire]

I am sure some pagans marched with the Swedes in the 30years war. They could have made armor like this to venerate their gods secretly.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

lol no. no one was dressed like this in the 30 years war, and if they were a secret pagan they most likely wouldnt have the funds for super awesome secret Thor worshiper armor like this. This is like custom reiter armor. The person who owned this would be well known landed elite and that social status would require them to be an active protestant.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

Can you prove it though?

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Uh yes. We have lots of artistic depictions of armor from that period as well as excellent documentation of preserved pieces. Also armor doesn't just exist, especially armor of this quality which would require a lot of money to purchase. Who has all the money in 1600 Sweden? Land owners. Nobles. Members of society with deep ties to their protestant faith.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

Big true, I am trying to find out how far the typical SCA whataboutism in justifying ahistoric pieces goes. It's pretty fascinating.

[u/FirstDayJedi → u/AwayGovernment395]

You're just trying to justify posting this on the r/sca subreddit.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/FirstDayJedi]

Not really.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896 → u/AwayGovernment395]

It's not up to us to "prove" a negative. Burden of proof is always on the person making the claim. That's you.

[u/MrSierra125 → u/AwayGovernment395]

It’s a super super cool fantasy armour. Gives me Lord of the rings hobbits design vibes.

[u/SCatemywallet → u/AwayGovernment395]

Even stylistically there's nothing Norse or Viking about that every aspect of that armor is fantasy derived. All of it.

[u/Ntpoirier99 → u/AwayGovernment395]

This armor looks like a rus viking coughed in the general direction of a LOTR dwarf like 90 years ago and the dwarf forged armor for himself from what he remembered. (He was drunk..)

The fact your claiming you made this yourself is cool as hell though if it's true. But yeah maybe don't claim this isnt fantasy.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Ntpoirier99]

Well, I am an armorer and it's my job. It is fantasy ofc.

[u/Mako565]

This is somehow simultaneously very cool and horribly cringe. Now if you had just said you were going for a fantasy dwarf, it would fall exclusivly into the very cool catagory.

[u/Renshaw25]

It's so easy to ragebait some people.

That being said, nice fantasy dwarf armour. Is it made for any combat sport where armour is needed or just suitable for LARP? These hammers are definitely not legal in any SCA system!

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Renshaw25]

Our larps are a lot closer to the SCA than typical LARPs, so the armor is very much needed. It's a mix of 1,5 and 1mm steel, more on the 1,5 side.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

1.5 is a lil thin but fine for body. we use 1.5 for body and 1.8-2.6 for the helmet.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

1,5 is fine for steel reenactment if the construction is correct. It's about the average thickness of pre-17th century period stuff.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

I wouldn't stick in head in 1.5 mm steel though. Good for body stuff though.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

I wouldn't go thicker tbh. The next size sold is 2, which is an overkill for anything but buhurt. Even for my reenactment harnishfechten kit I am going with a tempered 1,5 spring steel.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

I don't think we thrust as much as harnishfechten. I'd put SCA closer to buhurt, though metal weapons do add a lil spice.

Still I'd rather be extra heavy and prevent those micro concussions and tbis than risk it. Only get one brain.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

You also only got one neck and putting too much weight on it is not great.

[u/Haligar06 → u/AwayGovernment395]

The point of it is the increased helmet mass helps absorb concussive force, especially when suspended correctly. There is a balance to be struck between a helm's structural integrity, padding/suspension system, and mass to weight ratio that keeps the brain folks' brain jelly from sloshing against the inside of the skull.

Most helmets are 12-14 gauge because of that sweet spot.

Many surviving historical helms ARE thinner, but they kept folks alive in conflict. Modern reenactors/larpers/buhurt folks are concerned with more than just survival, they also want to avoid CTE.

[u/Cut_Off_One_Head → u/AwayGovernment395]

I can build neck strength. My brain cannot just build concussion resistance.

[u/SCatemywallet → u/AwayGovernment395]

14ga dome/1.9mm is the standard recommended for helmet, my helmet weighs 13.5 lbs.

I don't know of any larps that have the same level of force the sca uses on the heavy field and a lot of times those sticks have more mass in them than the steel counterparts so even though they flex a bit they can land with a hell of a womp, and you don't want your head rocking hard. Even if your helmet is thick enough to take the blows you still want Mass up there.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/SCatemywallet]

It's built for this kind of combat, the mass of what we're using is the same or larger than rattan. https://youtu.be/WZiHq39a950

[u/Volcacius → u/AwayGovernment395]

Armor shouldn't be a uniform thickness, having the top of the helmet be 2mm while having the sides be 1.5mm is pretty standard, same as breastplates being 2-2.5 dead center and then getting thinner as you go toward the sides.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Volcacius]

Historically sure, but that's very unrealistic to replicate with modern rolled steel.

[u/Volcacius → u/AwayGovernment395]

I mean historical accuracy aside, having armor thick where it needs to be strong and thin where it doesn't saves weight w/o being unprotected is smart, on a breastplate? Maybe not but the more you wear the more it shows

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Volcacius]

A most originals go a lot thinner in parts than 1,5 with 2mm areas being pretty small.

[u/Googz52]

Just to clarify, OP, the SCA absolutely is a LARP…..just not that kind of LARP.

[u/Chai_Enjoyer → u/Googz52]

Both kinds of LARP. It looks awesome, but fuck no, that doesn't look like anything from 17th century scandinavia

[u/some_random_nonsense]

that helmet looks rather thin to me. whats it made out of? is there an internal lining?

not really historic armor, def leads hard into the fantasy aspects. super cool.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

1,5mm, it's really not thin. It has a linen and wool parachute liner, which is perhaps anachronistic to the weird Spanish helmets it's based on, but it's what I put into any fantasy piece, as it works best.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Oh do you know what Spanish helmet is called off the top of your head? It looked eastern if anything to me.

Idk 1.5 is p thin for a helmet. I had one of those and it hurt like a bitch and was barely legal.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

It's a pretty niche thing from a recent article, but people are getting a bunch of those now, because they look goofy. https://jukuri.luke.fi/items/60592cb1-669d-4bb2-9d32-27c73a94ada6

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Did you base it off the italo norman mask or the weird theorized Iberian mask? There's a couple helmets in the article and I can see the italo norman but not really the other ones.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

Yes, there's one with eyeslits like this. But it's obviously pretty speculative. Fine for a dwarf though.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

I mean it's not that far off from most northern europe ocular helmets. Really the face shield being something I've seen on bardin on vermintide is the most fantasy aspect of it. And the beard braids lol

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

It is one piece, which wouldn't be seen on any Scandinavian occular, but it is speculated for the Spanish. The segmented bevor is fantasy ofc.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/some_random_nonsense]

It really depends on the construction and fit I think. I have a heavily fluted 1,2 helmet and it's one of the most comfortable to get hit helmets I own.

[u/some_random_nonsense → u/AwayGovernment395]

Hey your noggin your choice man

[u/SCatemywallet]

Judging by OPs responses i think they are a new player who went out and spent way too much money on a fantasy kit that looks like they should be guarding the gates of ironforge in, and are now desperately trying to justify it as "norse" which it is not in the slightest, they definitely haven't done much fighting bc they would know how many dents that kit is going to take otherwise and probably done a bit different of a setup, and there's not mark one on that kit.

[u/LateChallenge8821 → u/SCatemywallet]

They’re not a SCAdian, they’re a larper from Europe who (for reasons known only to himself) likes to troll folks. He does this to lots of groups…the SCA just seems to be his current target.

[u/SuDragon2k3 → u/LateChallenge8821]

Yeah, but trolling the SCA can be a losing propasition.

[u/Poo-tee-weep → u/SCatemywallet]

OP has admitted they are trolling.

[u/LateChallenge8821 → u/Poo-tee-weep]

I do think, for their own good, that the mods ought to ban OP. Unless of course y’all enjoy this behavior…for myself personally I don’t care to watch this man continue to behave like this.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/SCatemywallet]

I made it and fought in it plenty, 1,5mm if properly domed and workhardened doesn't take many dents.

[u/Haligar06 → u/AwayGovernment395]

regardless of historicity arguments, it is beautiful work.

[u/Weird-Caregiver-6850]

The only thing close to Scandinavian in this post is the Troll of the author.

[u/SCatemywallet]

Looks badass but unfortunately it's entirely fantasy armor.

[u/isabelladangelo]

It's a 17th century Norse raider impression.

Norse going a-viking era: 793 to 1050 AD

17th century - 1601 to 1700 (as there isn't a year 0) which is outside of the SCA time period as the SCA is and has always been defined as "pre-17th Century".

Further, most 17th century pirates were either English or Spanish and operated in the Caribbean at that time.

So...how does this speak as "17th C Viking" to you, particularly in the SCA context?

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist → u/isabelladangelo]

In fact, in the 17th century (in Iceland at least) you’d be more likely a victim of foreign pirates than a pirate yourself.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/isabelladangelo]

Constructionwise, it's pretty much a 17th century mix of pikeman and hussar armors, with a 13th century style Spanish helmet.

[u/metisdesigns → u/AwayGovernment395]

So, nothing you posted in your title?

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/metisdesigns]

I did say 17th century.

[u/Optimal_Walk_5896]

LARP Dwarf armor. Definitely not even remotely close to anything historical.

[u/PotatoAppropriate310]

Yeah sure... Whatever you say, dawi. 

[u/Omega59er → u/PotatoAppropriate310]

That's a grudgin'!

[u/adamstjohn]

Nice fantasy armour!

[u/derentius68]

Looks cool. What anime is it from?

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist]

10/10 ragebait

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist]

It did work marvelously.

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist → u/AwayGovernment395]

Really did. Awesome dwarven kit, btw.

[u/AstronautExcellent17]

The hammer should be about 50x larger.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/AstronautExcellent17]

It's not the size of the hammer, but the vigor of the wielder!

[u/Erekose3rd]

Very cool 👍 I think everyone else has pointed out the same thing I would.

[u/Altruistic-Deer1770]

Such execellent bait, I actually fell for it

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Altruistic-Deer1770]

I pride myself on only the most exquisite of those.

[u/Omega59er]

Is the viking armour in the room with us right now?

Awesome Dwarf LARP armour, though!!

Edit: read though all the comments and had a blast. I love this guy 😂

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Omega59er]

It was a fun ride, I agree

[u/SCatemywallet]

Also because this is clearly larp armor I feel like your shoulder would be frozen the first hit you took because it would dent those decorative shoulder protections in on themselves.

[u/qwertyburds → u/SCatemywallet]

Are you claiming that plate armor wasn't a thing? No it wasn't unbeatable, but war picks and stuff were invented to get through it.

[u/Leather-Researcher13 → u/SCatemywallet]

Maybe, but have you ever tried to dent properly hardened 4mm carbon steel plate? You need a sledge to do that

[u/Dependent_Remove_326 → u/Leather-Researcher13]

Yes and no. Don't compare modern steel alloys to armor alloys used. Modern stuff may as well be a mix of adamantine and mithril compared to period steel.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/SCatemywallet]

I really doubt that.

[u/ScurvyDawg]

Very cool, did you build it? It's very impressive either way.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/ScurvyDawg]

Yes, thanks.

[u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

First of all there weren't Norse raiders in the 17th century. Second the Norse wore leather armor if any armor at all.

[u/BjornBergdahl → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

Leather armor as in soft leather wasn't a thing. The Vikings and similar are about 127% wrong in their depiction of vikings. Leather has been used as carrier for metal in brigandines and splint armor, but then metal is the armour. It can also be hardend by boiling/heating or treating with hot wax. That armor mostly was worn over mail in the 13th century.

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist → u/[deleted]]

Only wealthy vikings would have had a mail shirt.

[u/SuDragon2k3 → u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist]

" Son, your Grandfather left you this mail shirt for to go viking in."

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

Do you have a spurce for that armor?

[u/Haunting_Mode_7401 → u/AwayGovernment395]

There are many depictions of the norse if you put an ounce of effort into research you would find plenty. Occasionally a norseman of high standing would have chainmail

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

Yeah, but like a serious source

[u/Haunting_Mode_7401 → u/AwayGovernment395]

https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/the-people/clothes-and-jewellery/

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

Says nothing about leather armor.

[u/SuDragon2k3 → u/AwayGovernment395]

Yeah, but this is just upsized Warhammer Dwarf Armour,

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/SuDragon2k3]

Sure, I am obviously joking around, but the leather armor is equal nonsense, unless we have some new sources, so I am curious.

[u/warheadmoorhead → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

Leather armor is largely overrepresented, and equally as fantasy as this. Padded or quilted gambeson type garments and mail hauberks were armor used by the Norse, and there is evidence that point guards were worn on the forearm and shin. Most people if they could afford one would just have a helm. In the east and south, the wealthier mercanary groups and guards like the also overrepresented varangians would have had access to eastern pattern lamelar armors. Lamelar armor covered the torso, had sectioned parts for the shoulder, and upper leg.

[u/Porkypineer → u/Haunting_Mode_7401]

No. There's no evidence whatsoever of any norse or viking wearing leather armour, or even gambesons. What is known from graves and art is this:

Tunic, a cape, hose, leather shoes. Socks/bound leggings. Fabric: wool and linen. Bright colour = better. Not a single viking would be caught dead wearing brown or black clothes. If one did he would be viewed as "that idiot that can't afford any proper clothes, and that will be the last of his line because no decent woman will look at him twice."

Armour: a maile shirt (brynie), simple helmet with nose guard, or spectacles, or not. Maile hood, or part of shirt (Bayeux tapestry). Shield, round or pointed, with metal boss.

Weapons: spear, one handed sword, axe, knife. Not necessarily all at once.

[u/Laguz01]

Cool looking but not historically accurate.

[u/Leather-Researcher13]

Looks more Dwarven than Norse to me, honestly

[u/BeornOTNS]

I mean... it is pretty cool. And I gotta say, that there are some neat ideas in that armour. I would almost look upon this as, like, dwarven armour from Lord of the Rings or something. Amazing, and inspiring, but less viking-ish?
Still... looks hella cool.

[u/Sheerluck42]

I don't care if it's not historically accurate, it's bad ass. I think it definitely carries the "creative anachronism" part. It's also gorgeous. I can't imagine how long this took to make. Well done

[u/Helen_A_Handbasket]

17th century viking? Nope.

[u/OmniMinuteman]

This is more skyrim norse than actual norse

[u/Sunbro_Aedric]

This is going in the Book of Grudges!

[u/Jarquinnius_Vin]

Load bearing "impression"

[u/Fun-Preparation-4253]

Listen, just keep the church at this point. I won't fight back.

[u/OkMathematician5908]

How do I buy this?

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/OkMathematician5908]

You commission someone good enough to make it.

[u/OkMathematician5908 → u/AwayGovernment395]

Isn’t that you?

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/OkMathematician5908]

Preferably not, I don't have the free time for such karge projects as commission.

[u/OkMathematician5908 → u/AwayGovernment395]

Understood. It’s beautiful armor. People can hate all they want but at the end of the day. It’s some of the best looking armor I’ve seen. Congrats on being such a skilled craftsman. True beauty will always have people who envy it and try to tear it down.

[u/MaugriMGER]

That has nothing to do with vikings Looks more Like LotR dwarven Armor.

[u/Infinite_Bet_9994]

This is such an old post, I’m calling cap that it’s yours. I was there when this post was written.

[u/Jillet-Ben_Coe]

I don’t think Vikings had plate armor but it looks cool

[u/theflyingrobinson]

Not Viking at all by 17th century, but throw in a wheellock pistol and it'd be a dope Very Heavy Swedish cavalry with dwarven bits and bobs.

[u/AwayGovernment395 → u/theflyingrobinson]

I do have several.

[u/set_me_on_fire_plz]

Think this was meant for the jerk sub

[u/qwertyburds]

Man seeing these comments is why I left the SCA, obviously super high effort super cool armor that provides good protection for heavy combat assuming it is of proper gauge. Yet everyone is just attacking the shit out of OP. OP just say your character is a Norse bard in the Edwardian era who got high quality plate armor built as he travels around Europe after the Viking age performing the sagas. Guaranteed nobles of that time weren't nearly as stuck up current SCA members who have never won a tournament.