When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Restored 15th-century Italian armor that's now on display at The Met in New York City. But could ...
In a faraway village, in the kingdom of Avacal, lives a smithy named Ivar the Black. This smithy works not in iron or leather, but rather in high density polyethylene. He makes neither horseshoes nor ...
Samuel Lee is the founder and leading construction artist for Prince Armory, a design studio that produces wildly imaginative, fully wearable armor suits modeled after comic icons like Batman, Joker, ...
I've been working on a nice 1350-1400 suit of armour, and this is the base of it all, a 12gu 3/8" butted aluminum ring chain hauberk. I know aluminum really is not period, but I'm going to be wearing ...
Be careful. This terrifying, fully wearable set of "Star Wars" inspired armor is so good it may tempt you to the Dark Side. Samuel Lee is the founder of Prince Armory, a costume and prop design ...
Treadmill tests of volunteers in medieval armor revealed that the extra work required to move in the suits may have outweighed their protective benefits. Cynthia Graber reports Medieval armor ...
Fantasy has remained a preoccupation in the video game sphere since its inception. And while there are many different signifiers of the aesthetic, it is the suit of armor that has become the most ...
Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In this video he reacts to the armor and combat in 10 games featuring ...
A Ukrainian company that manufacturers medieval armor for sport is now using its materials to produce "caltrops" — or "sharp, six-inch spikes that date back to ancient wars" — in service of the war ...