Is this shit real? When was this ever used?

>>831415
Here is a good discussion on this point OP

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=decorative+plate+armor

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>>831415
That specific helm is an SCA baton combat helm, but that said, grotesques of both ornate and practical forms have existed throughout history.

Obviously, the more ornate ones were purely for parade or tournament, but there are some that made it to battle.

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>>831415
scaring the hell out of the enemy

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>>831472
And showing wealth/badassery

There have always been edgelords, OP

Thank you for the answers.

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>>831494
Pffft. Edgenobles maybe.

A real edgelord goes into battle wearing a suite entirely engraved with various middle fingers, figged thumbs and other rude hand symbols.

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>>831415
well I mean Henry VIII had this so I guess it's plausible

>what kind of helmet you want senpai?
>I want people to know I can kill them but I can also swindle them out of their gold
>say no more

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>>831462
>>831466
>>831468
>>831470
>>831488
>>831556

I'VE SEEN SOME SHIT

It's perfectly acceptable to be an edgelord on the battlefield.

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NOT EDGY ENOUGH

>>831556
>aye siwmae

>>831690

lol'd

>>831468
And into the reaction folder.

>>831582
Not really, you'd just be that creepy guy in the platoon that nobody got along with.

>>831468

I love that helmet. I can just imagine that guy being some hulk of a man towering over most of the other soldiers, wielding some large mace and turning his gaze towards you. That face is so grim, it must've scared people shitless if it was ever used in combat

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Here is artistic yet still practical

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>>831415
>dat caption

>>831415

>he didn't study the Metal Skull Empire in high school

american education everyone

>>831795
that's some gay ass shit

>>831470
how does he even see through that

>>831601
Christ

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>>832670
I want this helmet so bad.

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>>831601

>>832670
>i want to die like the Black Knight in the holy grail, but still look wealthy.

>>831556
>Henry VIII

More like Teddy Roosevelt, amirite?

>>831556
clavicus vile?

>>832670
I just love this german style for armour and other stuff.

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>>832775
You have a giant chin and need a custom helm?

>>833407
Thats Spanish. Note the arms of Spain, and file name saying Charles V, 1540. Pic related, though of him younger. He later learned to grow a goatee and hide the beast.

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>>831415
I call that a 21st century piece of garbage.

Metalwork (and also knowledgement of the human body) were not that developed.

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>>834688
Forgot my trip.

>>834709
Fillippo Negroli and The College of Anatomist call bullshit on both counts.

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>>834801
More Negroli

>>831514
That is beautiful.

>>831795
Cute!

>>832670
Majestic.

>>834801
Scary or silly, depending on circumstance.

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>>834816
>>834827
The man was Hephaestus in the flesh.

>>831415

>useful

Why does armour have to be solely useful? Just looking cool is a significant element in the design and ownership of armour.

>>831468
[disappointment in Bauernkrieg intensifies]

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sharing some scans

>>831799
5/10 work on legibility

>>831795
>House Arryn armor

>>831601
I AM THE NIGHT

>>834843
Lovecraftian af

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"Did it hurt?"

>>831795
Griffith!!!!!!

>>831514
Maximilian was a turbo edgelord and this armor served no purpose in his times.

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>>837690
Maximilian armour is most of all characterised by the fluting, not by the symbols. This armour did not belong to Emperor Maximilian who was neither an edgelord nor someone who would have worn armour with rude symbols on them. In fact, none of his remaining armour pieces have anything of that sort.

Also, of course this armour served a purpose during his time. In the early 16th century, full plate armour was still commonly worn on the battlefields and in tournaments.

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>>836311
>European explorer charting unknown jungle
>see this looking behind a bush

>>834801
>Forgot my trip.
keep doing that

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>>837690
Beat me to it.

>>840538
suck my codpiece

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>>831415
"What we got here?"

>>831415
>Pffft... Nothing personnel... peasant.

>>831709
It was more likely used by a lesser noble, whose reign was over manlets, while sperging out in a parade or public appearance

>>834709
I agree that the helmet is probably fake, but I'm pretty sure people knew what a fucking skull looked like.

>>831470
Kawaii desu sugoi !!!!! ^^

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>>843143
>but I'm pretty sure people knew what a fucking skull looked like.
Depending on the time, you might be surprised. Gross anatomy was for the most part a mystery to people for a long time due to the religious powers that be tended to not allow most people to open up cadavers. Grave robbing for bodies was a pretty common thing for universities and hobby-scientists to do. For example, Michelangelo and Da Vinci were groundbreaking in their knowledge of anatomy as far as artists go because they got a pass to do so.

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>>843229
And here's something Michelangelo did, although I'm sure by now most people have seen this connection.

>>834709
>and also knowledge of the human body
are you implying they didn't know about skulls?

>>843240
for insides like hearts, lungs and brains. sure. but since the dawn of time everyone knows what a skeleton looked like. it's the one part of the human body that doesn't decay within a few weeks.

as for the helmet. fake reddit garbage. way too advanced and way too edgy for any civilization that still needs to use helmets

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>>844877
>way too advanced
I agree that it's a modern creation, but there's nothing particularly advanced about it. The hippika gymnasia masks would have been just as difficult to create.

>>832970
Kek