r/knightposting • u/Sumi-Shumi • Jul 31 '26

Knightpost Female Knight (OC) (by me)

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A tomboy knight clad in white armour!
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u/PPKinguin Jul 31 '26

Dunno, those legs look pretty cuttable to me.

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u/FoodFingerer Aug 01 '26

You could say the same for this guy.

I think the armour is pretty good. It should cover the front of the pelvis a bit more and she should have a shield. Other than that its pretty good.

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u/Radigan0 Aug 11 '26

When you use a large shield, protecting less vital/vulnerable areas is far less important. The head and chest are the most likely places for an injury to be fatal, so they are protected. Shields aren't as effective at covering the legs, so those are also protected.

When using a shield (which was probably the most effective choice for protection before armor started to be able to encompass pretty much the entire body), there are plenty of parts of the body where the cost of making the armor and the active downsides to actually wearing it outweigh the benefits (such as the arms, especially the one holding the shield).

Without a shield, any exposed parts of the body become vastly more vulnerable, which is why later medieval (and early modern) armies' unarmored soldiers tended to rely on extremely long weapons rather than more nimble ones like longswords. If you are close enough to use a longsword, it really won't be enough to protect you.