Painting the armour also provides some level of anti-corrosion protection, which is an important consideration for plate armour. Both red and gold are colours of luxury, since raw materials for these colours were so damn hard to get. Lannister armour screams rich, rich, rich. However, as already mentioned, combination of mail shirt, padded gambenson and brigandine means that armor is relatively low-maintenance while still providing significant protection. It also means that armour provides extremely limited protection against arrows as well as blunt attacks (morningstars, warhammers, etc.). But once greathelms started to disappear, bascinets started gaining visors.įact that main armor consists of a series of small plates connected by flexible material helps agility. The original bascinet type helmet, which is used here and indeed had no face protection, could only get away with such setup because it had been worn under extremely protective – if also extremely heavy – greathelm. For this reason, a good idea would be adding a visor to the helmet. While this makes it easy for soldier to see what is going on (albeit not necessarily hear, as helmet has no hearing holes), it also leaves him vulnerable to arrow fire. The helmet, being of bascinet type, has absolutely no face protection. There are no obvious weak points in the armour, and it also offers protection for upper legs. Combination of gambeson and leather tunic also means that armor is warm, which makes it good for use in the cold North – although in battle, armour may become too warm. Leather, if well-made and treated, may also protect the metal inserts from corrosion, which may be an issue in cold and damp North. This armor is appropriate for a not-so-rich house: mail armour is easy to make, and leather tunic with metal inserts provides protection that is almost as good as lamellar armour but is much simpler to make. It consists of a mail shirt (hauberk), gambeson or arming doublet, and leather armor tunic which looks like it is capable of receiving metal inserts – in essence, a brigandine armor. This post will look at armour in Game of Thrones TV series.

Game of thrones leather armor