My new leg armour, and a fitting for the breastplate
Vložit
- čas přidán 19. 02. 2018
- An armour fitting back at the White Rose Armoury, this time to pick up the finished leg harness and be fitted for the back and breast plates.
Support me on Patreon: / lindybeige
Thanks to Jeremy Lawrence for help with camerawork, and Mike Tongue who held the greave while the pin was hammered into place.
Buy the music - the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track...
More weapons and armour videos here: • Weapons and armour
Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make.
▼ Follow me...
Twitter: / lindybeige I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads.
Facebook: / lindybeige (it's a 'page' and now seems to be working).
Google+: "google.com/+lindybeige"
website: www.LloydianAspects.co.uk
/ user "Lindybeige"
When they say, "wear your most expensive suit to the interview"
Leo Edwards looooooool.... So funny
And what, Mr Lloyd, makes you think you are well-qualified to be a riot policeman?
your reply would be "Well sir I know how to do murder-strokes with the pummel of my sword and I know medieval war tactics."
Introducing Sir Loyd of the House of Beige, Errol of Lindy-hop!
Lindybeige 😂 "have you ever heard of HEMA my friend?"
Interviewer: "Hired!"
I - for one - would be best suited as teabrewer-in-chief in a riot squad. Nothing overcomes hardship and bothersome days at work as a nice cup of tea. Oh, and a hot cocoa for Lloyd.
Suggestions:
- Participate in an aerobics or yoga class
- Visit the London Tower
- Try to get through security at an airport
- Get lifted by an industrial grade electro magnet at a scrapyard
- Play a game of paintball
- Just have a walk in a public park
Walk in on a comedian and slap them with a rubber chicken.
Can I add "photobomb a BBC news crew" to that list? That'd be hilarious.
Get lifted by an industrial gradeelectromagnet... Definitely have and will try that :D
Pogo stick
Don a knights of st. John tabbard over it and reconquer Jeruzalem!
"I demand you let me inside; what sort of "Knight Club" does not admit proper knights?"
ahh, the knight puns.. but that was a pretty good one, thanks for a chuckle.
This is actually from another video and I was surprised to se who published it
Have at thee.
Aim for the collarbones!
scholagladiatoria collarbones are notoriously easy targets
now I know how to take him out if I ever meet him in a dungeon
But, they're also easy to defend
He should have edited that part of the video
dint the smith say there were gone be some wide pouldrenes protecting that earea, can't imagine him cutting it of to leave a gap. i still say aim for the loins, seems the biggest gap in a armor set this well made. ( of horseback, if on, attack the horse)
you should walk into the shot from the left, shout lindybeige, then exit on the right
Nice one!
Don't forget to brandish a weapon
preferrably a pollaxe
Agreed, that would be awesome for a new outro... though I still like the lego figure!
Maybe have a stop motion sword fight with the Lego figurine for dominance over the end card :D
Thing to do with armour: be seen briefly at night in car headlights near a ruined castle.
incredible
sneak out into the surf at a beach with a snorkle hidden in your helmet and walk out of the water
Be seen briefly riding a black horse in the middle of the night.
Looking forward to see the complete suit of armour on you pal :)
hah, only got one like
William Barclift Yeah it's a one size fits all and is quite cheap in terms of plate armour
One year later...
@@Magnanimoose think he's waiting for dramatic effect when he had a fulllllll suit
A panoply no less.....?
Things to do in armour:
Challenge Matt Easton to a rolling-pin duel
Take a ride on a tank, and demand to be driven closer so you can hit them with your sword
Stand athwart a bridge and challenge all who wish to pass to a dance-off
DRIVE ME CLOSER I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!
wh40k reference XD
None shall _pas de deux!_
I really want to see Lindy go to France in that armor and ask a bunch of Frenchmen where the seige is.
That would be AAAAAAWESOME!
Or wander around a castle asking to see their grail.
LOL
And ask them about elderberries :)
*YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMSTER AND YOUR FATHER SMELLED OF ELDERBERRIES!!!!*
I imagine this exact exchange took place in many a medieval armorer.
Client: "This hits my collarbone here"
Smith: "No problem, we'll cut it off"
Client: "That's such a shame though"
Smith: "You won't see it anyway"
Client: "But can you try to do this way?"
Smith: "Okay, I'll try that, but if it doesn't work I'm cutting it off."
Would be a shame to cut it off, a collarbone is pretty useful, you know. :P
lol
Then they cut the collarbone
Oddie Yang Id give my eye teeth to spend time in that workshop.
If the breastplate cant go over the collarbone, sharpen it and make it go under the collarbone, saves the leather straps!
Lindy, walk into a petstore and proclaim: "I require a horse!"
A horse! A horse! My youtube channel for a horse!
I've never been happier watching someone else open their presents. This is seriously wicked cool.
Lindy, you need to just go up to random people and ask what year it is, then when they tell you run away muttering about "That damnable wizard Merlin"
I lolmaorofl'd
None of the people who wore this would be able to speak common english so it woudnt make any sense.
Bart Bols shhhh the commoners dont know that
Bart Bols I had the same thought but going around asking it in authentic commoners English french, or whatever, I feel that be too much work for what would then be an inside joke
Just do that on a university’s language department
This to do while wearing the armor:
- Shop for groceries
- Try to drink a cup of tea
- Stand still somewhere in a historical museum
- Dance with the lovely Laura Halttunen
- Challenge Matt Easton to a duel
Johannes: Lloyd drikker ikke the. Varm kakao, men ikke the. Ja, jeg blev rystet i min grundvold . . .
Matt will just hit him in the collarbone x_x
Go into the McDrive on your battle horse and order a Big Mac.
@@thomasraahauge5231 who is Johannes?
"When they got it on him, they called him Volvo"
dead
FaceEnjoysVidya lol, knew a guy with a 72 inch chest and a 52 inch gut. man showed up in a new kit and no one called him anything. till a but into drinks afterwords and now he is officially known as peterbuilt. fitting since he is a trucker and all.
I dont get it
0.09 Lindy: "Yes, I think that I have some..." sudden intake of breath as he sees it. Glorious.
Lloyd,
Here's an idea. When it's finished, get yourself scanned wearing it - laser or photogrammetry - and get 3d printed miniatures made that your fans can buy.
splurge 72 this would be awesome
lol
That would be even scarier if you could buy 3D printed lindybeige dolls . . .
3d scanning shiny armor like that, while not impossible, is very, very tricky.
Thomas Raahauge+ Inflatable lindybeige dolls would be even scarier . . .
A suggestion for the things to do: Lindyhop in it.
and get slapped by a lady too
sulk about with a rubber chicken
Then they need armor for his partner too
I would actually like to see that
I was about to comment this
I like this armor guy. He knows what he’s doing he’s kind of gruff and he just keeps Lindys “school boy with a new toy” type enthusiasm (not that I blame him, I’d be the same), in realistic practical space. Which I imagine is something armourers throughout time have had to do for clients. So good job!
Hey Lindy! I have just become hooked on your channel. I have been learning and researching about Medieval weapons and that's how I came across your channel. I love it! Thank you for your work. I wanted to share a great experience I had today...
I went to my local art museum today, Philadelphia Museum of Art. I wasn't expecting them to have an Arms and Armor area, let alone as big as it was. The arms and armor ranged from the 8th to the 18th century, a myriad of history from all over Europe, from the "Vikings" to Saxony to Bohemia to a beautiful sword of Oliver Cromwell's. It was things that I never thought I'd see unless I traveled to Europe!
Now, most of the weapons and armor were "dress" swords/armor, ceremonial, or just never used. But the 8th and 9th century swords and the collection of Halberds and Bills from 8th to 14th c. were used in battle. Being so close to these weapons dripping in history filled me with so much emotion. Thinking of these weapons being used by the men of their time to defend their land/country or being used to conquer new lands for their kings made me go numb. I stayed in that section for 6 hours and will be going back as soon as I can!
Go grocery shopping while wearing your armor. It's the ultimate practicality test.
Trust me, the views from the people are unforgettable. Especially when I get something to drink from the store near the park where we fight. "Oh our Knights need something to drink again" Just one of the phrases from the cashiers. :D Just an awesome hobby to have!
The best test of armour is seeing how well your calf’s hold up to old ladies and their shopping carts.
We don't have "grocery shopping" in the UK. And it's spelled "armour" not "armor".
Fucking yank.
Jake Kennedy steady on son he isn't French
If you dont have grocery shopping who do you survive? Does UNICEF have to do some air drops?
Go on a castle tour, and then at some point stop and pretend to be a regular suit of armour and then start dancing.
Don Corleone good one.
Jump scare Matt Easton along the way
Mad respect for this craftsman. The excellence of the work and the pride taken in it is nice to see
yeah...have to respectfully disagree after the last update.
Go to Buckingham palace, face down the guards, call then lowly curs and challenge them to a duel.
AlphaChocolateTruffle well the end result would still be funnier than hell, just for different reasons
AlphaChocolateTruffle No, but some of their rifles are loaded at all times... and their bayonets will certainly do you a stabbing
Harry Ward. Can't stab lindybeige in his armor.
@@sheeplord4976 you gotta aim for his quite pronounced collarbones
He could go to the Houses of Parliament and see if they still enforce the law that no one can enter while wearing a suit of armour.
A few centuries late, but you could try to take back the holy land.
The Spanish Inquisition I didn't expect to see you here.
No one expects The Spanish Inquisition.
> A few centuries late, but you could try to take back the holy land.
General Edmund Allenby already did that, in the First World War.
nuke the holy land
Welcome to the Great War !
I've heard legends of this Sir Volvo. So robust was this brave knight that he had 5 men in his baggage train dedicated to provisioning foodstuffs solely for him each evening. And 20 for drink.
"Excuse me, but I seem to be a bit lost. I'd stopped to have a new suit tailored and really just lost track of time. Anyhow, I don't suppose anyone here could give me directions to Constantinople? I was going to meet some of my mates there after the fitting."
I think this model of armor was designed even later than Constantinopole was taken
Роман Гогешвили
"I've *really* lost track of time. By the way, is Innocent III still the pope?"
This is late medieval time period. Around 15th century full plate armour. The Crusaders didnt have this.
he took so long feasting after a battle that when he went to order a new armor, melee weapons were already falling out of active use on battlefield
Ascender2306
Woooosh
The fluting on that cuirass looks like gothic plate. Love it.
Sees a glorious Englishman in armor
*French men quivering and preparing the white flags
mot likely, the local medieval fencing club will line up for mutual beatings.
That man is an artist.
That guy is an artist. I know just what it takes to form steel into different shapes and to get it that nice that guy must have spent many years practicing. I have always wished i could go back in time just to talk to the armourers and watch them work.
Absolutely disgraceful how long this armour is taking. If I was Lindy I’d be raising hell
Once you have the armor you need to test the RPG myth of people wearing armor all day long.
THIS! Go for a hike in the lake district or something, then set up a camp - I wanna see if Skyrim is chatting poop!
I missread and thought for a second you were suggesting testing a RPG against the armor.
It is certainly possible... it is far from pleasant though. Might even gather some injuries
Take a look at the illustrations of _The Beauchamp Pageant,_ and look for the pair of young men, squires probably, in plate harness. Both are standing hipshot, in exactly the stance armor wearers get into after a few hours standing around in plate. Conserves remaining energy, as it does take a bit of effort merely to stand up in armor. But hours armed up are doable.
Lord Lindy of beige.
Stand still in a museam/castle/art gallery, and yell 'boo' when people get close/photobomb their selfies
Hold a metal rod in a lightning storm (use a tesla coil/van de graaf generator)
Visit a film studio and wonder about the sets/ wonder onto shot. (bonus if you get in as an extra)
Visit a scrapyard and lay a wreath in front of the crusher
Visit a scrapyard and get picked up by a giant electromagnet
Pose in the window display with the other mannequins. (clothing store)
As above- but an 'adult' store such as Ann Summers
Pose with the furniture/statues in a garden centre.
Follow someone around the garden centre, and freeze whenever they look at you.
Go to the supermarket and lay a wreath in front of the tin openers
Go to the supermarket and buy all the tin openers
Go to the hardware store and test swing the hammers/axes.
Convince a hardware store customer/staff member to push you around on a trolley while you 'joust' with a broomstick
Leave bits of the suit a home, put the rest on and walk about the beach with a metal detector.
Go to the pub
Hitchhike a lift (to France)
(if you can drive in it) go though the drive-thru at McDonalds
(if possible) Skydive
Bungee Jump
If the suit isn't likely to rust- try swimming in it. (or scube dive)
I would suggest if your gonna try swimming in armor... do it in shallow water.... and in a pool with a hard surface floor.
1:52 makes you think about the briefing an actual knight would get, during his first fitting.
If the breastplate isn't good enough you can always fetch the breastplate stretcher
how many ppl do you think will get that?
i did, gave me a chuckle.
Zurviver _ 15 apparently. Lloyd should since he has Jeor Mormont on his wall lol
look, GOT is a mainstream show. Not the biggest one, but it definitely has a name among most people
You're too far for your armor
By the time it's done it'll have been 2 years from the start, but it looks fantastic so far. Can't wait to see it fully assembled
For the last weeks we have been watching Lindybeige getting prepared for battle with a new sword and armour. Maybe he knows something we don't? O.o
6:34
Lindy: Actually, i'm not putting-
Leg armor: Crumch
Lindy: Prays he didn't break the armor due to the pressure he just put on it
You’re having a Breastplate made, in Chesterfield. Are you also having a Codpiece made in Groinington by any chance?
Knutsford probably.
Or in "Wetwang"
Nah Penistone is where its at
There is a Churchil museum in Fucking Germany
No no the best armoured codpieces come from Bollockshire!
I see Lindy in armour, I click like
You absolutely need to make a dance video while wearing that armour.
Oh my gosh, if I went in to see armor like that for myself... I would lose my mind. That is soooooo awesome!
Find somewhere its illegal to wear armour at and go there in armour, just to see if they still remember.
Like the English parliament?
Don Corleone I’m pretty sure there is only one place and Lindy is definitely not getting in the parliament buildings
Real men shopping for clothes!
Now i do feel like a peasant! Bloody nobles!
next time someone asks me to go clothes shopping again i might use that. "what is this squsie crap, where is the fluiting?"
Things to do while wearing armor:
- swimming
- marathon
- window-shopping
- parkour
- anything that involves electric cables (with current in them)
- dating
- visiting a medieval museum
- renewing your passport at your town hall
- entering a jewelry
- taking an international flight (feel free to come invade us in France. We'll exchange cuisine for humor)
- going into a tank, of course!
- sewing and all kinds of needlework. Helmet and gauntlets required.
- jousting (because it sounds like such a healthy thing to do)
- and finally removing said armor and spending a zillion hours cleaning it and fighting the rust off it.
Nick Stone i like the electric one :)
"Aye, now that's some fine armor. Good old-fashioned steel."
Beautiful armor.
check if you roll faster without armor, also, see how many times you can roll until your stamina bar runs out, how many points did you put on endurance?
Pedro Vanderlei Just use Havel's ring or FAP ring, then put all your points into strength so you can swing that Zweihander around multiple times.
Don't forget the ninja flip ring!!!
Creature Plays Games you dont need more than 16 strenth if you want to go tryhard LUL. The legend never dies.
Eiferius Nah, if you only put points in strength then you'll never be able to put points in dex
Creature Plays Games But the legend build uses dex.
That's incredible work. Especially on the leg armor.
Absolutely beautiful work. Amazing craftsman. Very very nice suit...👍🏼
You should go out to conquer France, obviously.
And fail times and times again like in the good ol' days
Why? France is worthless...
Joan of Arc isn't going to help a republic. Let's go! This time we can do it!
Peter Davy Please do, she might come back to restore the crown like she did the first time!
Robin
Because the moment we got friendly with the french things started going downhill. I say we buy 50 000 tickets on the Eurostar and invade France.
Oh the New Calendar joke got a real good laugh from me. Well done sir, I see what you did there.
Hahaha, got me too. But now there’s a severe lack of boobage in this video.
That gasp when he shows you the first piece of armour is just pure childlike amusement coming through. Excellent work!
The smith is something I don't see in the USA much. At one point he says "not in my shop you're not" but when he is holding the mirror he is taking commands from Lindybeige without being annoyed. This respect for both the customer and his own product is commendable. Respect for the customer in the USA is smiling big and saying "how are you" without actually giving a shite.
check out quiverstock for the arming doublet, they make tailor made ones in various historical styles.
Isaac Howell upvote!!!
+
or alternatively wear a lendenier, an arming corset, puts all the weight on your hips if made correctly...see Knyght Errants channel.
Armoured Lindy Hop
Fantastic I love knights this is fantastic to watch a set getting made with a mild explanation really take you back in time love it. Looks great can't wait until it's done
The worksmanship is incredible! No gap at all in the articulations!
First we gotta see him try to get into a night club, then we need to see him try to pick on ladies in the night club. Doubt any women could resist he's armored dance skills.
"Get away from my virginity, harlots!" *swish swish*
Knight club
I heard women like shiny things...
dance all knight long?
Also, literally any normal activity you do would be extremely entertaining in a full suit of armor.
I'm super excited to see the finished suit. I hope there is a part 2 coming!
Maybe after the plague has left Europe.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. It is exciting.
Get knighted by the Queen and become her sole protector!
Never skip leg day
You are going to look so great in that stuff when it it all finished! Can't wait.
Glorious craftsmanship!
Shout blasphemy from a mountain during a thunderstorm.
"Get electrocuted on a mountain during a thunderstorm" isn't a great suggestion :P
Josef is right. Electricity takes the path of least resistance, and the suit would be a lot more conductive than you, so the electricity wouldn't bother going through your body.
+Caramel Johnson While that experiment has not been done with lightning and plate armor, it has been done with tesla coils and mesh, and those results show that the metal keeps you completely safe.
a medieval harnas is not a faraday cage, altho a lot of electricity will be deverded by the metal the straps and buckles will burn into your skin or even cash fire.conductive heat will pop rivets and can even fuse parts of the armor. your going to the morgue or the hospital to have a destroyed set of armor taken of u with a rotary saw. people looked into it for making the jackass movie, turns out being hit by a bull or getting magliftet is a lot safer.
That smith sounds a like Sean Bean...... RUN! LindyBeige Run! (with the armour of cause ;) )
So I guess it’ll only be a good video if he dies in it then.
Beautiful craftsmanship
That armor is absolutely beautiful. What an artist!
In honour of a certain former coworker, may I suggest taking a Ryanair flight with it?
Security might take a while.
Oh the metal detector went off sir, would you mind stepping aside?
Lindybeige go 5h early
Sir, you know a morning star is not allowed on the hand luggage right?
Just say its for security reason, the air best is not trustworthy
I had thought of some bowling
Well, that's bloody amazing leg armour, and I'm glad that you're able to have such nice things, Lindybeige.
Awesome armour! I've always wanted a suit too. Been fascinated with Knights and Armour, Swords ever since I was a kid.
I'd definitely be wearing that at my local Renaissance Festival. I envy you!
So amazing, this is going to look great!
When the armour is complete, please: Climb a siege ladder, practice swordplay, ride a horse, and finally, when you can ride a horse without annoying the hell out of it, try jousting practice with a swinging target that bops you on the helmet with a padded leather pouch if you don’t do it right! ;)
You should do a documentary where you go to public places like a park, a movie theater or any place where lots of people are and see their reactions to your suit of armor. Maybe leave the sword at home, I don't know what British law says about sword-carrying, but I wouldn't want you to get into trouble because of us.
Lord Baktor if the blade is less than 3inches should be ok, so battle axe/pole axe might be a safer bet.
Oi is dat an unlicensed butter knife
Would you mind accompanying me to the station sir. Clatter, clatter, clatter.
What about a blunt sword?
We here in switzerland can carry swords axes and anything thats not a 3 edge dagger in public. Weapon laws in switzerland are realy open. We get to keep oir army weapons as well
Everytime I see an update on this I don't feel much urge to click the video, but yet when I do I'm so enthralled by the content. Must be my old black-smithing genes waking up. That's a real beauty right there my friend!
The moment when he bent that leg piece gave me chills
I once saw a commercial where a guy tried to pass through airport security wearing a full suit of armour. Maybe you could try that.
Once upon a time, long ago, a guy I knew flew into a small airport on a puddle jumper, on his way to an historical melee recreation event. Since the flight was delayed he started armoring up while still in the air. The other passengers had looked at him kinda funny for the padded hose he was wearing when he got on, but stopped laughing when the chain mail and greaves came out.
His weapons (padded, not real) were checked, but all the armor was in his carry on luggage. Oh how times have changed.
I so wish there was a video of that event unfolding.
It would be nice, but it predated youtube and camera phones.
*GO FIND THE BREASTPLATE STRETCHER*
*GODS I WAS STRONG*
Psychosmurf5471 ON AN OPEN FIELD NED
Go to an airport in it, and when you see a plane shout in the most noble voice you can muster "GOOD GRACIOUS, A STEEL DRAGON!"
go to the job centre looking for work for a recently made redundant Knight
What I'd like to see you do in the armour is land in france with 20.000 men, and reclaim the french crown for England.
You'll find out that even if the state surrenders, the french are quite unruly and will make your life impossible. It's not worth the effort. Do not let the occupation last longer than it takes you to learn how to properly cook.
Show up for a LARPing event terribly overdressed
that's not possible
William Webb I have seen many people with plate armour at LARPs so I think he would fit right in.
But thats mostly stupid looking cheap costume armor.
I highly appreciate the fact that these people are able to make historic armour in this modern age. And amazing workmanship!.
7:27 I'd buy that helmet in a heartbeat! ONLY ONE POUND!
Oh DAMMMMN
Tailored clothes have disappointed me so many times!!! Glad to hear others have suffered too..
go for a bike ride in your glorious armour , oh Sir loyd of the beige
"Lets just show you how it moves"
*proceeds to break Lindy's leg*
What beautiful craft-man-ship....That's something to behold......Just w0w....Thanks so much...!
How about a game of football in that suit?
Manguy dude regular or American?
You must be referring to hand egg
*Football* football?
Or Rugby-with-armour-and-forward-throwing football?
Armoured Lindyhop. Please.
That is one of the most beautiful works of art I have ever seen.
It's beautiful Lindybeige. I can't wait to see it finished. I'm working I making a suit of Milanese myself out of 16 gauge steel. I hope I can make my armor as grand as yours. Congratulations friend!
Turning out really well, good video :)
Can we get an insight/documentary on the LARPs and reenactments you attend? I've never been to one or know what they consist of, would be awesome to get an insight
"In my workshop ya are!" You tell em craftsman!!
That is some seriously beautiful work