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These Freys Are Cursed.
A better look at some men of House Frey:
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And some unknown knights on the Street of Steel in King's Landing:
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Might be a story behind it in Season 4. New armor for Jaime courtesy of Daddy Dearest, same as Oathkeeper.Thanas wrote:Why did they replace the crown with the sword?
Do you mean this one? The cuirass of Melchiore Michieli (1489–1572)Thanas wrote:I think I have seen the real life version of her shoulder guards before. Maybe in the Rüstkammer in Vienna or in Dresden. They look exactly like them.
Yes.Patroklos wrote: Is this a real thing?
Enamel
Enameling refers to several techniques that use vitreous paste fused to a metallic background. Recesses on a metal object, either cells formed by soldering wire to the base (cloisonné) or simple cuts or grooves (champlevé), are filled with colored glass paste. The object is then fired so that the powdered paste will melt and bond with the metal base. Finally, the surface of the object is polished smooth. Due to the expensive and fragile nature of enamel, it is almost exclusively found on weapons for ceremony and presentation (1983.413).
Rudimentary methods of enameling seem to have been known as early as the second century B.C., and were used until the early medieval period. One of these methods involved setting cut glass pieces into the metal recesses (garnet cloisonné) and was used to adorn the fittings and buckles of Anglo-Saxon armor and sword belts. Although true enameling was a popular means of decoration during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it is infrequently found on arms and armor and is mostly encountered on the hilts of English Neoclassical presentation swords (26.145.315).
Ish. The main reason it wasn't used so much on armour here is that it's expensive to do large amounts of enamel. The various lords of the GoT verse don't really give a shit, though-- they're all about the flash, especially the Lannisters.Patroklos wrote:So it appears GRRM has been taking some liberties with its widespread use in his universe.
He might be influenced by the british armor tradition - since the foundation of the Royal Armory near Greenwich, there soon started a kind of a contest among noblemen with the permission to buy a set at the royal armory - they tried to be the gaudiest. (Most of these armors were tournament sets, so they really wanted to make an impression with the king.)Patroklos wrote:So it appears GRRM has been taking some liberties with its widespread use in his universe.
No but he certainly bears a resemblance.Elheru Aran wrote:Looks like the Dornish wear either quilted gambesons or fabric-covered mail. Kind of a Chinese influence on the upper-arm protection there.
Is that Alexander Siddig's character?