Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Brigandine: Armour of The Medieval Soldier" video.

  1. To secure the plates to a fabric.
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  2.  @carebear8762  I know. That's the reason of my post.
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  3. Blue was actually extremely common. It was obtained by woad, a common plant. Every color could be easily obtained. The three staples of the European dyeing industry, were woad (blue) weld (yellow) and madder (red). What was different for the nobles was the quality of paint.
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  4. Matt Easton has a black one.
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  5. Pretty easy. Tin has a melting point of only 231.93 C°. Not enough to ruin steel's heat treatment. You heat the steel over that point and then can either, rub a rod of tin on the steel or paint the steel with a brush with already melted tin.
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  6. Brigands were originally the soldiers of small 25-30 men mercenary companies. The way the meaning of the word evolved shows how they were considered.
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  7. the Emperor's new brigandine.
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  8. I've always considered brigandine and barbute my to-go armour for late medieval / early modern age. the better compromse between protection and comfort for most of the situations that could happen.
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  9. Middle age was actually very colourful. The staples of European dyeing industry were woad (blue) weld (yellow) and madder (red). It was difficult however to obtain very deep and bright colours. Those were reserved to the more refined and expensive dyes only the rich and nobles could afford. Woad blue is like this: https://burgschneider.eu/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/f/r/freya-waidblau_2.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/136f54afd7cc88fd13b1720b7c2b07ba/tumblr_nnh8i66J0G1syvcrdo1_500.jpg
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  10. It's a mith. Blue was obtained by woad, a common plant, and was so cheap that the robes of servants were normally of that color. The staples of European dyeing industry were woad (blue) weld (yellow) and madder (red). It was difficult however to obtain very deep and bright colours. Those were reserved to the more refined and expensive dyes only the rich and nobles could afford. Woad blue is like this: https://burgschneider.eu/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/f/r/freya-waidblau_2.jpg https://64.media.tumblr.com/136f54afd7cc88fd13b1720b7c2b07ba/tumblr_nnh8i66J0G1syvcrdo1_500.jpg The very expensive blue, that originated the mith, was the one used for frescoes because, to make them deep, bright and durable, was obtained by crushing lapislazuli.
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  11.  @sevenproxies4255  Dark or light depends on the quantity of dye used and the material of the fabric. https://64.media.tumblr.com/136f54afd7cc88fd13b1720b7c2b07ba/tumblr_nnh8i66J0G1syvcrdo1_500.jpg https://www.happydyes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Woad2.png The "shiny" effect is given by the velvet, especially a silk velvet like that one. This is a silk scarf (not velvet) dyed in woad, As you can see the color point is very similar. http://www.woad.org.uk/assets/images/db_images/db_woad2804_71.jpg In Europe woad had been replaced as a blue dye only by Indigo, in XVI century. Indigo gave a less "greenish" and more "reddish" blue, but overall was much easier to apply.
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  12. There are presenved samples covered in leather and standard fabric.
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  13.  @THESPATHARIOS  a little overlapping spares you to carry a lot of weight if it allows you to not wear the mail.
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  14.  @thoughtheglass  Yeah. Tin can be mirror polished after application.
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  15. It's easy to remove oil and grease from metal. Just soak the mail into gasoline, or any cheap basic supermarket degreaser.
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  16. Can we know what dye had been used for the velvet? Because historically, I think only two dyes could have been used in the period that brigandine was in use. Woad (if the velvet had been dyed in Europe) or Indigo (if the silk had been dyed in China and then imported).
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