This same thing came up in the Pirates forum a day or so ago, and I guess the best answer that can be given is this:Īll Lego themes, be they Town, Ninja, Castle, Vikings, Western, Pirate, etcetera etcetera, are caricatures. Simply put if you're looking for historical accuracy you're going to have to make some pretty dramatic modifications to your figures. The heater shield (triangular shape) was more common in the later middle ages but would also be dropped as armour continued to improve and the use of two-handed weapons became more common. As you mentioned, oval shields were typical in the early middle ages but dropped as armour developed. ![]() Of course, when it comes down to the accuracy of costuming soldiers didn't wear a standard uniform to begin with so the idea of lining up 300 black falcons or crownies doesn't really fit with what a medieval army would look like anyhow. Whether the knight/infantryman has printed mail or a surcoat doesn't really say anything about the way they are armoured considering that it was common practice for some time to wear a surcoat over your armour a practice that was only discarded in the late middle ages. The bullet helm and nasal helm are probably meant to be early medieval helmets with a chain mail aventail though neither helmet looks particularly close to anything you would find in a history textbook. Kettle helms were certainly worn throughout much of the middle ages. The scale mail worn by many of LEGO's infantrymen would predate both. The various helmets given to LEGO's knights is probably accurate enough for a children's toy, however a Knight wearing a bucket helm would not likely be riding side-by-side with a knight who was wearing a close helm or armet which came into use centuries later. ![]() If you consider how much fashion has changed over the past 30 or so years, just imagine how dramatically things would have changed over a span 10x as long. The middle ages spanned several centuries and produced a wide range of tools and costumes which varied greatly century to century. You don't need to be an expert on the middle ages to see that there isn't a lot of historical accuracy happening within the Castle theme. I try not to think about it because when I do, I get bothered by the fact that I can't have mass spearmen equipped with oval shields (well I could, but the oval shields tend to cost more). I know this is mostly nitpicking, but I wonder if other people have thought about this. But usually the missile troops has very little armor because it hinders mobility which they need when enemies close in and chase them. but most of the missile troops have scail/chain mail while the regular infantry have just shirts with their faction logos on them? The printing looks like the missile troops are better equipped than the infantry. While for lego, the small shields is used by all infantry, and the bigger shields mostly cavalry.Īnd for armor, knights have heavier armor, and other infantry has less armor. As far as I can tell more armor = smaller shields or no shields. But that is easily remedied by removing the horns.įor the shields, I noticed when you google medieval spearmen they usually have oval shields (kite shields?), and medieval sword/mace/ax infantry use round shields or the heater shields (the triangular ones). I know the viking helmets are inaccurate since vikings did not wear horned helmets that often in real life. And I read that the kettle helmet is actually used by all infantry not just missile troops as Lego likes to associate them with. ![]() And the melee infantry helmet looks like a conical helmet but with extra protection. It looks like a kettle hat but with extra protection. There is the rimmed missile troop helmet. I have mostly recent castle minfigures so I only looked those up. And also playing a lot of Medieval 2 Total War might have made me informed/misinformed.Īs far as I can tell the knight helmets are relatively accurate. But I sometimes look this stuff up out of curiosity.
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