These images are from a current website/ company that make bespoke Armor for re-enactment and similar. Really good for getting ideas about shapes and construction. I'm not trying to.be historically correct, as it's more about the idea of what armour represents.
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| love the craftmanship on these gloves, not something I'm ready to attempt to make at this point. Its a real skill, I'm aware I'm making sculptural armour, just an idea, I don't pretend to have the skill to recreate these things |
Below are images I took myself on a research visit to Hardwick Hall.
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| noting how the front and back plates are fastened together |
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