I really like armour. On the Game of Thrones show, we get to see many diffrent kinds, from every Major House. In this video I will share some thoughts on the armour in Game of Thrones, especially about the Knights of the Vale.
Near the end of the Video there is a spoiler for season seven, about how Queen Cersei Lannisters Kingsguard will look like. Dont worry, I warn you in advanced in the Video.
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A Song Of Ice And Fire
Game of Thrones
Season 1 -6
Maester Atale
George R.R Martin
Explained
Knights of the Vale
House Lannister Army
timdella92
27.06.2022The Lannister armour looks like Samurai armour.
thomas west
25.06.2022Perhaps the only reason the show only has one variation of armour for each house or army is just to help viewers easily know who is who. To many variations would just confuse some viewers
Fi Godwn Ni Eto
25.06.2022In Battle all would wear their armies colours and carry the standard of who they'd be fighting for. The knights and lancers would not all wear their own family sets as that would cause confusion on the field and would also look as if they do not support their lord, King, Queen etc as they should. Only in battle where it would be their own personal men would they use their own, however Knights were not lords and would not have their own armies as a Knight serves a lord and the lord serves their monarch. That is why all men of the vale wear the armer and standards of the highest lord as that is who they serve.
Here in Wales where these types of battles and games for thrones actually happened in history the lords would only wear their own standards when fighting for themselves, but if they were fighting for one of the Prince's of Gwynedd then they'd carry the colours and standard of him.
Alexander Chrystall
25.06.2022You sound depressed
gvo_Z_den
25.06.2022Grayjoy dont use armor cuz they are sailors and armor only slows them down and prevents them to swim if they fall into sea
Jack Guest
25.06.2022No offence, but your voice is extremely boring. Please put some emotion and effort into it
Joseph Mama
25.06.2022Good vid, I love GoT armour. I think the lack of variation in armour is most likely due to the fact that we saw soldiers, not knights. The knights seem to have varied and more impressive armour.
Daniel Kim
25.06.2022Good content and could've been interesting, but your voice ruined it and I stopped watching half way through. :/
Baumer
25.06.2022This guy really knows his shit but I feel like I need a spirit animal to watch it does that make me a racist or is it respect idunno
LvD
25.06.2022I think the foot soldiers have the same armour, because they are an standing army and not levies or mercenaries, so they get armour from there Lord
Mac Stories
25.06.2022You guys need to give him a break. He's a maester. And last I checked a lot of them are ancient. So maybe that's why he sounds depressed/out of breath/tired. 😅
hassan khan
22.06.2022Your voice is mezmorizing.
Agent Cobalt
22.06.2022You should check out the seven kingdoms mod for total war attila
Reggie Rhoden
22.06.2022Favorite is the Kingsgard armour in season 1.
My least favorite is Kingsgard armour now.
What the fuck. They look silly and adorable like black turtles or some shit. The Mountain looks more like a robot from Power Rangers than a warrior. Fuck hollywood.
Boulbaggies
22.06.2022i cant stand it when everyone has different armour…..
NghtHawk
22.06.2022Armor*
Bill Hsu
22.06.2022Thousands of extremely complexed Lannister style helmets…
G R
22.06.2022You said "I would like to talk about" a lot when introducing the next topic.
infinati
22.06.2022I think factions have the same armor because of budget and filming schedule limitations as opposed to any in story explanation. As for the prediction at the end, interesting theory. Although proven to be wrong, it does raise questions as to what the breastplate pattern means.
kingkusnacht
22.06.2022I think it's very simple most soldiers have standard armour produced in masses in their kingdom, the rich or professional knights have special armour, for both the prestige in look and the fact they usually fight in tournaments.
makamaka livata
22.06.2022"I've seen lots of battles, just outside Flea Bottom, I saw a man stab another in the neck. They were wearing armour."
madhatten00
21.06.2022U forgot loras armor
And brienne
MrMacrofl
21.06.2022The standardisation of the armour, I think, is to benefit people who can't follow such convolution on the screen. However, the in-universe explanation for this is that when lords call their banners they all fight under one banner, and thus fight in one standardised armour provided by their liege lord but paid for by each soldier depending on how much they can afford. I can't remember when or where but even Michelle Clapton confirmed this is why they all wear the same armour apart from unique characters such as Ser Vardis and Ser Hugh who wore they're own armour as it was not wartime. The comment about Ser Hugh being rich must be wrong. Firstly, he has no surname and thus we must conclude that he is in fact low-born. And in the show it is directly referenced that a man like that could not afford such fine armour as basic as it is and that he must have done something unorthodox to afford it. Furthermore, I too picture the armies of Westeros in a variety of different armours with different sigils. But I do think that armies dress in the style of their liege right up to the top. But this has its limits – Randyll Tarly's troops in season 7 wore Tarly armour, however in the past when the Tyrell's would have called their banners I imagine, following Clapton's explanation, they would have worn the standard Tyrell armour that we see that Tyrell soldiers wear. Therefore house Tarly and all houses sworn to them wore their own Tarly style as opposed to Tyrell or Lannister styles. What still confuses me is that we see no Tyrell soldiers in season 2 at Renly's camp, only Baratheon. I imagine a strict budget is to blame, however, I like to believe that we just didn't see any at the time or the far less likely that Mace had all his men dress in Baratheon armour.
Just my two cents, enjoyed the video but believe there is so much more too it. There could have been a video on each of the kingdoms and then for kingsguard and even individual characters. Would have made a great series.
Kiya Lee Levy Runaya
21.06.2022I've always wondered how they recognize friend from foe on the battlefield. Usually the emblems are small parts on the armor and easily missed. The recurring color is grey chainmails/armor in the south and black/brown leather in the north.
The only real distinctive army/force are the lannisters in red, King's Guard and the Gold Cloaks.
Example: Battle of the Bastards. You see two armies in practically the same colors. The only things that differentiate them are their shields and small embroided emblems like the wolf on Sansa put on Jon's new cloak.
And then they clash in the mud. One brown/black leathered army vs another.
They can't possibly know every face in their army, right? And who even notices the small embroided emblems in the heath of battle? And once they lose their shield there's no real proof to which house they belong.
The only real difference are headgears.
But then there's the Karstarks who, just like the Starks, fight without headgear. And yet they know who to kill.
I'll never understand that. Have wondered the same thing in many other series/movies.
Count Dooku
21.06.2022Arryn Armor: Vardis and Hugh were both wealthy, yes, but I believe they were also a higher class of Knight (the exact name of which is eluding me at the moment), so that might be why they're permitted their own coat of arms.
ignition.
21.06.2022Ser Hugh of the Vale was not wealthy. He died owing a debt for his armour. By memory, Eddard covered the price.
Bluediamond Diamond
21.06.2022The lannister armor look like from princess mononoke by hayao miyazaki
Aaron 1621
21.06.2022The variation is due to some being tournament armor which is heavier compared to battle armor which is lighter.
flying weka
21.06.2022someone tell me the song name that starts at 4:44!!! please!!
Hazardous 088
21.06.2022I don't know if anyone mentioned this but in season 1, we actually get a brief look at Roberts armor (or at least his cool stag helmet) whenever he's in his tent getting ready for the joust.
Hayden Ho
21.06.2022Why Thier armor had a Eastern look? Some of them look like samurai.
Dylnnn
20.06.2022Please don’t make videos when u can hardly keep your eyes open, bc u sound tired af and it’s annoying to listen too
LR5398
20.06.2022Its an interested topic. Tip: speak with your normal voice (if that's your normal voice, try to speak with more energy)
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Calvin Bottoms
20.06.20220:56 Medieval power rangers.
100mm tube of justice
20.06.2022well, this was "interesting" but one point, armor IS NOT a uniform,,
Sam Robinson
20.06.2022Actually, you can see that the logo on the chest resembles Cersei's Crown which to me could be a replica of what the old Westerlands crown looked like
Erad TA
20.06.2022The rest armies of the houses of the Westerlands destroyed in the battle of the whispering wood and the battle of the camps
AI Duff
20.06.2022Dislikes are probably coming from folks who don't like the tone. Just drink a couple cups of coffee or an energy drink and don't sound like you're reading (even if you are). Great content though.
Mark467
20.06.2022I really liked this format.
Anon Anon
20.06.2022what's your accent?
young hirsch
20.06.2022Damn your voice is annoying as hell can't watch this…
tHeWasTeDYouTh
19.06.20225:16 that helmet LOOKS RETARDED!!!!!!!
jasper budiono
19.06.2022lannister armor looks like samurai.
Frankda tank
19.06.2022Can you breath any harder?
ugandan knuckles
19.06.2022Lannister army is the worst out of all, just look at kings landing, let’s put the Lannister army against a army from Ancient Greece , they would be destroyed in seconds, , the Lannister
Soldiers armour cannot stop spears, sickles, arrows, and here’s the thing, in real life, and depending on the thickness, the Lannister’s armour would basically make sickles and swords bounce of if they hit with their blade, the blade would bounce of, but in game of thrones, if their armour cannot stop a direct hit from a tip of the spear on the chest plate, whats going to stop a kitchen knife going through and killing the wearer of the of armour.
ragnarok ivae
19.06.2022I love the design of "a song of ice and fire miniature game", looks much batter than in the series
Lord Baelish
19.06.2022Your so sleepy
Serafim Cabral
19.06.2022Damm starting the video with "Master" as a soundtrack, immediate like button <3
BigotGaming
19.06.2022remove random crit
S JM
19.06.2022Or the one real explanation for everything; the show is shit