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Video by bigbowbrum from youtube.

Antique style half-armor.

Half-armour, produced in Milan in 1450. It looks like lorica squamata.

Apropriate "antique" shields.

Armor detail, pauldron.

Half-armor of Henry III

Half-armor of Henry III and his helm.

Pauldron.

Half-armor made for king Charles IX.

Charles IX was King of France in sixteen century. He is famous as king at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. He was in age of ten when he become a king and he was twenty in November 1570 when married Elisabeth of Austria. In 1572, Charles IX witnessed the massacre of thousands of Huguenots in and around Paris and did not long survive the Massacre because of he had always been fragile, both emotionally and physically.
Charles was not yet twenty-four years old when he called for Henry III of Navarre, embraced him, and said, "Brother, you are losing a good friend. Had I believed all that I was told, you would not be alive. But I always loved you...I trust you alone to look after my wife and daughter. Pray God for me. Farewell."

Half-armor of king Charles IX. Now in Invalides in Paris.

Helm.

Lance rest.

Armor's part. Guard of the vambrace.

Amathing Lion armor.

Three quarter armor :). Looks like half-armor with arms defence.


Lion helm.


Breastplate detail. Angel, demon and shells. Perfect gold inlay.
Now this armor in Paris.

Large army of small soldiers II.

Top helm.

Horsemen XIII - XIV century.

Voulgers, archers, crossbowmen (XIV century).

Crossbowman. Louis XI (1450).

Part I. To be continued.

Large army of small soldiers.

In Invalides thay has a room with a models of warroirs of all the times. At least till imperior Napoleon :) Thay are about 12cm. high and impressively detailed.

Greeks. 1100 B.C.

Romes, Fracs, 150-450.

Normands, 1000-1200.

To be continued.