[Were] Dog/Cat Armour

[Spec8472]

Was wandering through some weird art gallery in Queenstown... dude has a total obsession with anthropomorphising dogs and cats.

He's also got these suits of armour done, here's one I managed to take a shot of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/willhughes/4474030121/

(For scale, that's about 6.5 foot tall)

[garion]

ok that's just strange lol

[Mad Monk]

During the late 15th century, many pieces of armour were painted, even for combat use, with fierce animals often used. Much of this paint was scrubbed away during the 19th Century to produce the shiny armour we see today in most museums.

Decorative armour for tournaments was also often patterned after fantastic beasts. Examples include http://collections.royalarmouries.org/i ... ldCI7&pg=1 from the Royal Armouries in Leeds (the glasses are a later addition) and this one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/23.141

Sometimes the helmets would have face plates so that the competing sides could be distinguished - Saracens and Crusaders was one popular theme, but animal faces were also used.

For more modern work, its worth checking out Jeff de Boer's work on armour for cats and mice. http://jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/Catsand ... fault.aspx

[Sancria]

During the late 15th century, many pieces of armour were painted, even for combat use, with fierce animals often used. Much of this paint was scrubbed away during the 19th Century to produce the shiny armour we see today in most museums.

Decorative armour for tournaments was also often patterned after fantastic beasts. Examples include http://collections.royalarmouries.org/i ... ldCI7&pg=1 from the Royal Armouries in Leeds (the glasses are a later addition) and this one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/23.141

Sometimes the helmets would have face plates so that the competing sides could be distinguished - Saracens and Crusaders was one popular theme, but animal faces were also used.

For more modern work, its worth checking out Jeff de Boer's work on armour for cats and mice. http://jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/Catsand ... fault.aspx

After seeing the mice armor, I immediately thought of splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. heh