sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 29 days agojousting armor commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I around 1494, housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1imagejousting armor commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I around 1494, housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·29 days agoYeah but the lance is held up by the armor. Lift it yourself you pansy.
minus-squareBev's Dad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·29 days agoFrom other angles it doesn’t seem to be connected to the armour though? Just an oversized fancy lance guard. Another one of his jousting armour sets shows it better too
minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·29 days agoYeah you know how bad it would be if you had to shift your whole body on a horse to adjust the aim of the tip of the lance 10ft away?
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoYeah dropping the lance was a common way to be defeated. Source: been to many renaissance festivals
Yeah but the lance is held up by the armor. Lift it yourself you pansy.
From other angles it doesn’t seem to be connected to the armour though? Just an oversized fancy lance guard.
Another one of his jousting armour sets shows it better too
Yeah you know how bad it would be if you had to shift your whole body on a horse to adjust the aim of the tip of the lance 10ft away?
Ahh that makes more sense.
Yeah dropping the lance was a common way to be defeated. Source: been to many renaissance festivals