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Knight errant, 15th c. France

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Catalan gentleman, 1395 (inspired by an altarpiece of the Serra workshop in Paris MAD)

1400 Northern Germans, from the "Chapelle Cardon" portable altarpiece

Gathering little friends

Collaborative scene by @eol4242.bsky.social @eggman and me

French knight, 1460s

Based on a statue of Dunois (presumably) as a military saint, from Châteaudun (down below)

Little Big Knight

Third quarter 14th century gentleman. Loosely inspired by the effigy of Charles II d'Alençon at St Denis.

Survivors killer

Culveriner
France, Flanders or England, late 15th

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Follow-up of the last: franc archer ("franc arbalétrier" [crossbowman] in this case) in gear, from a rich or generous commune, usually affording brigandines.

Only missing is the hoqueton or livery jacket that would cover the brigandine and display the arms of the company.

Franc archer undressed. Armed, he would put on a brigandine, brigandine guardbraces (shoulder armour), the other elbow guard, and a sallet.

Then of course the belt for dagger and sword; and the belt for arrow/bolt case, or gauntlets if he is a vougier or pikeman.

The same but painted

Not in a hurry to

Vougier, late 15th

In practice, they could commonly have a maille gorget and some plate elbows. As infantry legs were unarmoured.

The memorandum wanted jack over supposedly-less-convenient brigandines. That part of the reform didn't hit everywhere, probably following a form of lobbying from communal armourers.

Little doodle of a bowman franc-archer with the ~1466 memorandum specifications.

Asides from the accurately-described jack, of 25 to 30 layers and an optional deerskin; these guys carried bow and arrows in their bag, dagger, a short sword and an optional buckler. Their sallet was to be visorless.

to anything they want, as long as you have a strap or a lace you can attach it somewhere.

The knight and his page

Late 15th c. man-at-arms wearing a hooded jacket or short mantle

Looking for an opening

Man in armour

Lames, fixed attachments and red cloth aren't bad per se but you never know what some rules may consider fraudulent or not.
Metal shield is one of those things that's considered an unfair advantage/hurt the nature of the game in some way. It was ruled out for a joust organised by Bouciquaut in 1389.

To clear up the confusion, it is corrosive against skin and especially the eyes and presumably airways. It isn't intended to melt down any of the armours ^-^

Fiore de'i Liberi ~ Wiktenauer, the world's largest library of HEMA books and manuscripts ~☞ Insquequo omnes gratuiti fiant Fiore Furlano de’i Liberi de Cividale d’Austria (Fiore delli Liberi, Fiore Furlano, Fiore de Cividale d’Austria; fl. 1381 - 1409) was a late 14th century knight, diplomat, and fencing master. He was b...

The powder is described in Fiore de'i Liberi's fencing treatise (Getty Museum MS Ludwig XV 13) in the pollaxe techniques section.

The recipe involves spurge sap and a ground down flower used to coagulate on skin.

You can look up the full texts here : wiktenauer.com/wiki/Fiore_d...