Finally I took some time to show my updated Viking armor and clothing in better detail. The last "Viking armor" video I made has many mistakes in terms of realism and historical accuracy. I have fixed some of these issues and this is my current setup for reenactment. If you have any questions let me know. Comment, subscribe, and thanks for watching.
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This is so much cooler than those armours that Ubisoft give us in assassins creed valhalla
If only that had a props consultant equivalent to the language consultant that is Dr. Jackson Crawford
I loved AC Valhalla but I agree, the design team did a really bad job. At Least the Saxon's armour were good tho.
@@ajayavsm7476 Valhalla sucked
@@mortemssoul6342 Not really, gameplay wise it was meh, but story and lore wise it was AMAZING. There were so many callbacks and tie-ins to the og games, and they explained and finished so many plot points after many years. Not to mention this is the best modern day we've had since Brotherhood.
@@ajayavsm7476 whatever your opinion is I just can’t stand grinding shit filled with micro transactions and historical revisionism to fit a 21 century political agenda
What society wants men to dress like: *suit and tie* What men actually want to dress like:
I prefer to dress nothing
@@luiznunes1404 that is the way forward
This is what I pretend to be dressed in every time I go in for work. Does amazing things for your confidence as long as there's no mirrors around
@@luiznunes1404 😏😏
I like both. Remember that suit and tie is an evolution of 19th century military uniforms
What perplexes me about shows like "Vikings" is that there's so many people out there who would probably be willing to either lend the studios their time,. experience and equipment or at least instruct the prop department in what was actually worn. Instead you get leather vests...
The guy above me made a good point, imagine how difficult it would be to edit out the metal clanging and bring forth the dialogue audio for every single scene. Let alone when there are hundreds upon hundreds of them in scenes. Idk sounds horrific
@@deathsticks1776 they have loads of background noise etc anyway. Plus no film does "live sound", they always re dub
From what I've heard these types of shows do have consultants for these things, they just choose to ignore what they want. TV shows don't want to look accurate, that's a documentary. They want to look "good" and believable enough to the audience while having a splash of reality thrown into it. And from what I've gathered it's a lot easier to frame an actor's face at every angle if they're wearing neutral dark colors and things that don't get in the way of the cameras, such as shields.
@@zedre7633 realistic vikings look 100 times more badass than any series or movie vikings in my opinion fucking horns and useless leather padding just looks silly there's nothing more scary than those 2 dark eyeholes they looked like some kind of undead warrior's a ghost in chainmail
Tha last thing Hollywood cares about is reality.
you know something is wrong when the anime depicted the viking armor more accurately than the Live action TV series and Movies..
Exactly why I love Vinland Saga. Historical Authenticity is pretty high level.
The fun thing is how you can see historical accuracy degrade over time, for an example as much as I find Skyrim to be "meh" the Hold guards and Stormcloaks wear what looks to a layman like me pretty accurate Viking-inspired armor. Yet in AC: Valhalla iirc they seem to wear the shitty leather tunic / literal medieval biker jacket that's prevalent in TV media, and this fuckin kills me dude. The only thing that I hate more is when a show or game sprouts the usual "hurr durr moving in armor hard" bullshit, which even most people who don't know a lot about armor know is bullshit: if the armor was so constricting, why was it used? BECAUSE IT WASN'T CONSTRICTING YOU IDIOTS
Imagine watching that shit though
Based vinland saga enjoyer.
@@YTDariuS-my6dg well it is, just not to the degree some take it to be. There's a reason why there were so many styles to compensate for its restrictions balancing pros and cons
A very historically accurate portrayal of Viking armour combined with a cover of the Fields of Ard Skellig is one of the best things ever!
Historically Accurate? He is wearing a tablet woven belt, something only found in female graves.... a later Medieval era padded Coif, and leg tubes on the trousers which is a modern re-enactorism..... All this over looking the obvious brigandine style gloves and maille face curtain added to the Gjermundbu for full contact re-enactment
You can see some good things here, but also others that definitely need to be questioned. The helmet is not without controversy, just like the goggle helmet itself. Not having a spear, but having an axe, a sax AND a sword is probably not really historically viable, and certainly not for the "normal" peasant who goes Viking. ...
Thank you for showing the REAL use of sword and shield in the early middle ages, and not that modern show fighting stuff. Nice gear. Greatings from a german archaeologist and viking-reenactor.
@@aaronsmith3484 wrong, fighting manuals, And manuscripts.
Herr Rittmeist... leben Sie noch?! Dann war der Reise nach Stralsund ganz OK!
@@marcoalimandi6013 "Herr Major" wenn ich bitten darf! Tja, so schnell kriegen die Franzmänner einen dann doch nicht klein! 😁
@@ferdinandvonschill4512 Ach! Entschuldigung. Sie haben Recht, Herr Major.
What about axe
Beautiful kit. I see everything is ready for Ravensborg next month.
Correct!
To the what? I am interested
@@canadiandoughnut8605 Ravensborg Viking longfort. We attend an event there every spring and fall. This year it's limited attendance but it may change to allow more people to visit.
@@teutonicpenguin9593 cool
@@teutonicpenguin9593 Hello, can you tell me what your pants are made of - linen or wool, and could you share a source for these pants? A pattern would be ideal, but this is not necessary.
But... but, where is your head to toe tooled leather Viking biker "armor"? Also, no sword on your back? Also, also, the side of your head isn't shaved.
I'll have to make some further corrections for the new "leather biking armor" video 😉
He doesnt even have horns on the helmet...
You forget the leather protection in the forearms!
@@captare And the "Powerlifter Belt"? Why is his belt so thin?!!
My commentors are the best ever haha. You guys are killing me 😂
An extremely rich Viking, sir you must have made quite a lot to afford such luxuries as a full mail tunic that looks to be custom tailored to your body, not to mention the helmet or sword!
Certainly! Haha
I don't think he's that rich. Probably a great / experienced warrior. Or a bodyguard for a rich "Viking". Because I didn't see any details of gold or silver on his helmet. Or any jewel, especially some kind of string with symbols of some god of theirs, like Thor's hammer.
@@captare Good point, probably would be a bodyguard of sorts
Possibly a well liked and skilled huscarl to a Thane or Jarl... perhaps a mercenary or accomplished raider with an ambitious Chieftain? He doesn't seem the sort to be a ruler, much too hands on with his own equipment, but an accomplished warrior he may be to afford this much.
@@captare I see someone has noted the little details as well. Odin might want an eye that sharp.
2:12 It's Almost Harvesting Season
3:56 less talking, more raiding
Today the Gods will decide your FaTe!
That's a nice head you have on your shoulders
HUEEH?
Harvesting heads
Gjermundbu helmets are so freaking cool and terrifying bro, it’s a shame they’re almost never used in games and shows/movies
the rigging is difficult, you can never get the vertex weights good enough to not get weird stretching in extreme head positions. then there's the whole modular bodies workflow that separates torso and head adding an additional layer of difficulty and depending on skill impossibility to the implementation of anything sharing weights on two rigs.
Nothing like the TV series "Vikings" BDSM costumes without helmet in combat.
Viking helmets were actually pretty rare, at least that's what we could deduce if we look at the numbers of actual viking era helmets found. But yes, all the leather shit totally ruins the immersion of the show
@@JA-mg8cn I even don't want to start saying that the Eastern nations and the Rus were shown idiotically and stupid, its not that you cant say its "a mistake".
@@JA-mg8cn it's actually debatable and depends on what can be considered a helmet, because leather caps and hats were worn quite a lot at the time and did not survive through the centuries. But yes, actual metal helmets were quite rare if we look at the archeological evidence.
Ivar's men start wearing chainmail and helmets later in the series, and you see it more often rather than the leather get up after that.
@@seimar1671 ehhh... No. Its like you would say in season 2 there are angol-saxons with 16th century helmets and gods know what kind of armour, even thou you can basically google it, and make good and cheap replicas. The TV series that once was good, turned into uncontrolled garbage, when Bjorn suddenly cries for entire season, dies, ressurects. Yes there are cinematic rules, but Netflix doesn't care even a little about this. The last good season was 4, that's it.
That is the exact manner I expect a proper penguin to wear his body armour
This is the equivalent of a man wearing a sports car worth of wealth.
Between the armor and the sword, a sports car and a brand new pickup truck, with options.
Depends on the era. Early middle ages? Yes. Late to high middle age? Not so much. Steel work become much more common. Even common infantry were about as well equiped. Most infantry had plate armor. The full plate suits were usually Nobility but Men at arms would have a cuirass and gear like this. Hell even peasant Levy had chain mail.
@@chris-il4qu very true but early Middle Ages up until a before the high Middle Ages is really the time of the vikings (769 - 1066 for English history) so vikings kitted out like this would’ve likely been veteran soldiers who’d plundered lots of wealth or maybe a jarl or bodyguard to one like others have suggested
@@chris-il4qu the video was about the mid viking period armor mate.
Not really. There are thousands of swords found in Scandinavia. Many sportcar owners then. It was for the richer warriors for sure, but sportscar.. meh. Helmets? Not many. But not because they didn't have them probably, more likely because they smelted them down when someone died.. there aren't that many helmet from early medieval times either even tho we know they wore them.
Can't express enough how much I love the baggy pants that the Vikings and the Rus used. Awesome kit btw
Problem is they not really Viking there's no prove that they wore them in Ireland or UK mainland etc same with leg warps. It really depends on what part of the world you came from.
@@thebelfastvikingmartinbrow3603 how would the lack of evidence in the UK and Ireland mean that vikings didn't wear them?
@@grimwaldgrimaldi5399 I think he's referring to the actual meaning of the word "Viking" whereas you are referring to the norse people in general. Barely anyone was "Viking", it's just a word to refer to when they go on raids.
@@syrvysa3637 That's what I assumed. I just misread I guess
Pay attention, brothers and sisters, but not just with your eyes, but with your heart, and see the care he takes in the representation of our ancestors. Take care of each other and pass on our history, so that it may never be forgotten.
We'll said
Ok brother
Cringe. I guess "OuR AnCeStOrS" would be proud of all the IKEA furniture, the good manners and the neonazi-antimuslim-supremacist younglings
@@marcosnore8763 you are... insane
Lovely atmosphere and well filmed.
Thank you!
Everybody gangsta until ya homie brings out that helmet with the ABSOLUTELY SEXY chainmail veil
Your right but ye know the real name for “chainmail” is chain armor or just chain
@@nickkoekenbier7924 wrong the actual name is mail (or as the french called it, maille)
Normal clothing, gambeson or some kind of arming coat, mail hauberk or shirt, sword as secondary while axe or spear primary, helmet with noseguard and aventail
@@GanjaMasterBlaster oh i meant mail but i forgot
@@nickkoekenbier7924 it's ok dude
Damn, this looks much cooler than Strips of leather, tied bones and a horned helmet! I wish that more filmmakers should interpret any upcoming Norse-inspired media with this type of armor.
Witcher 3 skellige soundtrack is gold as always 😍
Always makes me nostalgic
I don’t care much about ballerina witcher, but yeah the song is good
Loving the simplicity of the video! No flashy edits or long winded explanations, just a man gearing up for a fight.
I knew I recognized the music, skellige haunts my memories to this day.
Perfect. Now how long are we gonna have to wait to see this in movies/ video games?
most likely a few skyrim mods with armor like this
@@darthalex3 there are already some mods, the ones I've heard of the most are factions armours, and realistic/historical accurate armour or something like that
we already have bannerlord
Mnb warband viking conquest. Armor and weapons are a chef's kiss
Look no further than Kingdom Come Deliverance
LESS TALKING, MORE RAIDING!
I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!
TODAY THE GODS WILL DECIDE YOUR FATE
THAT'S A NICE HEAD YOU HAVE ON YOUR SHOULDERS
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE*
“Less talk, more give!”
These are hands down the coolest helmets in all of human history.
everyone has their favourite, think of samurai helmets, corinthian helmets, roman helmets and even of the more modern knight helmets
Yeah have to say greek and samurai are WAAAAYYYYY cooler. Especially ft. The menpo, samurai face mask
It's the Spartan helmet for me.
I think this looks so much better than the leather and fur that Vikings seem to wear on all movies and shows.
Yeah And also on any portrayal of any game All the leather armor and the horned helmets digust me
@@GanjaMasterBlaster but that's more realistic than chainmail, helmet and sword... 95% of Vikings fought in gambeson with a n axe and no helmet lol.
@@HOTD-qi1nu source
The song making me cry, it's really reminding me of the old days;(
If the Vikings show had authentic costumes like this guy, it would make for more visually interesting battles and villages, and it would make specific characters easier to spot.
The lone warrior dissappeared into the forests, some say to fight the gods, some say to find glory, others believe he was in search for the giants.
And some said it's just to jog in the forest
Nah, mans had to take a shit.
fight the Gods? Lol
More believable lmfao
vanishing in the all embracing mists of times eternal flow
I really like the style you presented your gear. Nothing extreme, but simple and real.
I was like: "Damn! The music sounds like the Skellige Theme from TW3. Ishould play that game again." Then, I looked at the description and my heart began to melt.
Naw man! You've got it all wrong! That's so inaccurate! Everyone knows that vikings were filthy and unkempt and they only wore cross-stitched black leather clothes...
Oh darn! *smacks forehead* of course! How could I have made such an oversight!? I'll begin the new new viking video with the proper black leather haha
@@teutonicpenguin9593Thank you very much, greatly appreciated! Also, I can't stress this enough, but it also has to be sewn with the most atrocious cross-stitch imaginable, because it's also common knowledge, that nobody in the medieval world was able to use a needle!
@@teutonicpenguin9593 Don't forget the overlapping leather strips to make a chestpiece and cloak made entirely of wolf furs. Every Viking worth his salt had one of those. Oh, and strap some metal washers to the front of your armor too - very protective and very accurate!
Oh and don't forgot horns on their helmets You know, those things enemies could grab and control your head in the middle of a battle? Yeah those things totally makes sense for a warrior to have
@@goldietheswagbear8288 They also definitely wouldn't redirect the force of a blow struck on the horns right into your skull. No sir, physics does not exist.
Nice kit. I appreciate the simple, plain practicality, which makes it more historically realistic. Great job.
This can't be what Viking armor was like! He's not covered in leather or fur! 😂
Fur a can undestand.
And the Horns are missing !!1!11!!!11 🤮😂😂
And the bdsm biker gear
If you see a shield maiden, she should be wearing a bikini armor.
To be fair the Vikings were very well involved in the fur trade in Europe, it was probably the #1 export.
Virgin fantasy horn helmet fan vs chad effective helmet enjoyer
Amazing kit as usual!!! This is why im into hema!(also crippling autism) History is beautifully violent why not imbrace it!!! Arming videos like this and getting dressed in armor is comforting to me... the ringing and clanking of the steel eases my anxiety the weight of armor also keeps me calm... fighting is just fun everything else is practically therapy for me...
You mean my twin and I aren't the only autistic people who are into this stuff? Wanna be autistic viking buddies?
@@keatonliluye271 shure! Tho im landsknecht/knight not viking
@@Sir_knight_trooper sorry for the long delay. Had to do a basic look over on what a landsknecht was. Which setup are you going for? From what I saw, they liked their pikes and arquibus'. Maybe you're presenting yourself as a Doppelsöldnern? Those are the veterans who get better equipment right?
@@keatonliluye271 im going as YES
@@Sir_knight_troopereh, good enough for me.
This was beautiful. I'm so glad you show us all your gear, it's magnificent to watch.
Very impressive and good focus on the historical side aswell nice job.
Really great breakdown of all the kit for re enactment. Really detailed and well done.
Amazing armor and I love the Witcher music in the back. Stellar!
The iron helmet is what make Viking a Viking. Truly masterpiece.
He got drip
For those of you who compare "Vikings" to real Vikings. Show was about characters. Huge part about character is face. When they are in battle it adds more depth to it when you see emotions etc. If everyone had helmet, noone knew who is Ragnar, Rolo, Lagertha etc in battle... And also it would be challenging to create audio if everyone was in armor etc. There are many aspects into filmmaking.
But you could still know who's who though. They had ways to do that in history too. Banners, helmet decorations, patterns painted on shields etc
@@thrownswordpommel7393 yes in large scale. But i am speaking about individuals. Also it reinforce feeling of bravery, strenght,... when you see some muscles and notice how enemies were portrayed. They had helmets, similar uniforms, same colors, they were in general smaller and they looked weaker and scared. What's better way to show primal dominance than staring and showing teeths in anger while face is covered in blood? Also fighting is portrayed very hollywoodish, if they would fight historically correct in shieldwalls in slow pace it would be boring and not interesting for major audience. After all it was created for business and entertainment considering major audience knows nothing about history and knows only popculture stereotypes
I can't stop re-watching this!
You and Shadiversity should collab on this stuff.
The fact that more authentic Viking armor looks cooler than fantasy depictions just makes some of the fantasy depictions look so cheap.
That was beautiful and an enjoyment to watch. Thank you
Wonderfull armor. It looks very authentic indeed!
Already a great kit, I like the dane axe and the clothes! The shield looks nice. Since you asked for feedback, just some minor stuff: Gjermundbu-Helm did not have an aventail all around, the occular was free of mail (such kind of aventail is vendel period). Very long belts are a reenactorism, there is no evidence for them. If you stick the scabbard into a waist belt, it does not flop around so much, especially between the legs.
I think old helmets with the full mail could be used. Not everything was cutting edge tech they would use their grandfathers helmet.
It's really coming along! Good stuff man. I look forward to scraping it up next month. ;)
Thanks brother!!! Me too!
I'm building my own reenactment character right now, and am currently collecting the necessary parts. I love when other more experienced reenactors give good examples like this to help us new guys!
I really enjoy these videos, thank you.
I love this kit so much! I am 150% wanting to put something similar together... just struggling where to begin in terms of research or reliable makers for it.
Legend says hes still wondering the England to the very day
good gear. smooth sailing. have fun.
Really enjoyed this video! Good to see accurate norse armour being shown
That looks like Byzantine gear....wait... Varangian Guard: Exists. Now seriously, that is the most badass viking equipment I've ever seen.
The Byzantine empire was just the Roman Empire continued. And it was the Romans who made chain Mail standard soldier equipment across the entirety of Western Europe. So it májese sense that they’d look similar
Now you just need to rescue some treasure from a burning monastery and give some work to some unemployed people in the area of manual labor and production. Nice video. I like that you are well equipped and don't have metal touching your body directly or some of the clasic fantasy things.
Awesome kit!
Love the kit, very authentic!
Definitely neat to see. And heh, I wouldn't have even noticed the fairly modern outsoles on those boots if not for putting so much focus on them. XP
Oops 😅
Love the helmet
This was satisfying to watch. Took me back to a time I didn't live in, but it felt like I did.
Watching this is a dream come true for my 13 year old me...thanks!
Молодец, парень! 👍 Очень всё красиво и аутентично
What???
Не совсем аутентично,в основном стилизация
@@user-ns1sn5fd2y в сравнении с тем, что сейчас показывают в современных фильмах про викингов - это получилось весьма аутентично.
Nice video, i really enjoyed it! The scabbard though is very unhistoric. this 45 degree angle is from the high middelage /renessance. Also it is very uncomfortable, imagine walking in a crowded street with that thing. More accurate would be a Scabbard hanging straight down from your belt. it was either a kind of clip on it to connect it to the belt or there was a loop on the scabbard your belt goes in, like on modern jeans. I hope this helps for research. I really like the socks and your woven belt! keep it going and sorry für my bad english! :D
This was amazing, I felt like I was right there back in time! Great job on the video!
I like this so much better than the black studded biker leather of most depictions. (History channel)
B-But...where's the horns? The mud? The dark toned leather? The unecessary greatsword? Bah, hogwash! Totally unrealistic!
@@Kasandra_148 It seems as though you're the fool in this scenario, as you never even realised that it was a complete joke of a comment that I made.
@@Kasandra_148 Aye yeah, good to meet you too
Could someone finally create a game in which there will be such historical costumes like this? We don't want those fancy, unrealistic, shiny armors anymore...
Kingdom come deliverance
Give Mordhau a shot
Or drab, ugly biker leathers either.
Really well done, looks pretty accurate to what real-life Vikings would have worn.
your tunic is so cool i love the wide flare cut amazing historical accuracy!
How many sets of hauberk do you own? They look amazing!
I currently own 4 and thank you!
@@teutonicpenguin9593 outstanding!
Awesome kit! While I know the helmet is adapted for your Viking combat events, I’m not entirely sure the maille aventail going completely around the helmet is historically accurate. I could be wrong though. Also, where did you get that long, grey undertunic from?!?
The gjermundbu helmet has evidence of a open on the face aventail so does the yarm helmet but don’t rule out the full aventail since we only have two fully constructed helmets that have been found
And there are more than two helmets found yet they are not complete most common is the nasal or the brow of the ocular found such as the tjele helm fragment
We have several examples of full maille on helmets but none from viking helmets. That's one of the discrepancies with my kit that I'm debating. I just love the look of full maille tho lol. For my next helm I'll probably leave it open on the face
@@thebronzeviking4375 and what for the chainmail? I was under the impression that it wasn't common at all ?
@@pentheus_1644 chain mail wasn’t common on the battlefield yet we have found some examples from incredibly from really wealthy Vikings .gjermundbu helmet and the yarm helmet there are pieces of chain mail along with holes for the mail to go into on the helmet just not fully around the head
Very awesome!
Beautiful music!!!
looks more comfi than my kit on my channel
Lovely channel my friend! I love the look of the armor on you and your friends! Really good stuff
@@teutonicpenguin9593 Thanks Man :D
When in your town has been built a new church:
Bloody brilliant mate!
I thought that soundtrack was Unbroken at first! Great video and kit, thank you.
I'm wondering how many people thought that Vikings had horns on their helmets 😂
How tf does the closest to this i have seen in media come from Vinland Saga, an animated show?
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That type of helmet with the mail veil is literally 👌 👌 It is genuinely my favorite helmet design, both historical and fantasy, nothing is in my mind more imposing.
I Was about to say that ! Love that design and i am big fan of Vendel period helmets. They look so good
Great kit and nice editing on the video!
They should of hired you to be in charge of the costume department on the Vikings tv show instead of whatever hack they brought in.
Friends we show heart, foes we show our axe. Remember that.
Fantastic equipment btw
Even the hair is accurate, i like that viking armor set nice
Eh well the norse men would probably also cut there hair some times
Where u get ur boots?
VikingLeatherCrafts.com
Thanks man id oneday love to do a viking video with u, we have such similar gear ill do a video soon to show yah.
So historically inaccurate! Where is his leather vest! Where is the shaved on wide side haircut? Where is the eyeshadow! He's not even black!
Lol
A very wealthy Viking indeed.. Odin has favored his trip to Valhalla! Very nice Representation Good Sir.
Now THIS is what Vikings look like, not Mad Max characters pop culture media has drenched this genre in.
Splendid recreation! I'm actually going to reenact a maid-status viking warrior!
it was so satisfying to see the shoes and helmet go perfectly in
Great video. I loved the war witch.
That witcher 3 soundtrack is amazing and very fitting 👌
Beautiful.
Brilliant!!
Extremely pleasant music,very beautiful presentation of armor and presentation
Thank you!
Looks great!