Hello!
A new painted knight for my Hussite Wars collection.
I wanted the armor to look like it had come straight out of the filth and stench of battle.
I think it turned out pretty well.
And what the creators themselves say about the model:
The "Kasten-Brust-Knight. He's based in parts on a few real armor pieces and the Konrad Witz-Painting from 1435. This is how an actual German or rather a Knight from the Holy Roman Empire would have looked like during the Hussite Wars (1419-39).
Heavily armored, because most battles were - contrary to popular belief and contrary to the English in France - still Cavalry-focused. Therefore German Knigths took a more 'antiquated' or rather specialized approach to armors, reinforcing the look.
The box-shaped armor were set upon some very unique Gambesons that were almost stiff and would support the box-shape.
The Grandbascinets were great for protection, bad for visibility, the tonlet protected the legs, but were hard to move in, as it was more stiff than sliding plates.
The helmet is for one part based on the image and for the other based on the Leoben-Grand-Bascinet-helmet.
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