Ovy wrote:So much of my life time wasted making custom thermoplastic armor.
I wonder if it's too late to move my life to Hong Kong? I could be 'Western expert'. I would even allow them to use my face scan for headsculpts. And I should delete all my stupid internet comments beforehand.
But are you going to take Valiarde to Hong Kong with you? And please don't delete comments on our forum. It is sacrosanct!
Ovy wrote:I also had to think of the Red Guards from Star Wars, I think they had a very beautiful design.
I agree, they did look interesting, and I even own one -- reconstituted from parted-out parts. But I felt that they were trying too hard to make something reminiscent of the original and yet different (and you can say that about a lot of their design), and that is it doomed by simply being part of the irredeemable Sequel Trilogy.
TravelGuide wrote:nevermind, found the answer. Gothic plate armour was developed during the 15th century in Germany.
Ovy wrote:It's based on the art/architecture style called Gothic, 12+century. (Cologone Cathedral for example)
The style was named by some Italian architect using the Italian slur 'gotico', which meant barbarian or something negative because he found the buildings to look brutal.
The word probably evolved from the Latin words the old Romans used for the Goths.
Later the term 'Gothic' was reclaimed as something positive because those Gothic cathedrals etc actually look kinda cool.
I guess the Gothic Armor was called that way because it was developed and made around the same time (~15 century) and looked so detailed and intricate like you would expect from the art style. Although they probably called it 'Gothic' only some hundred years later.
You have most of your answer, I'd only point out that the reason for calling it "Gothic," originally in reference to architecture and 3D art, later in 2D art as well, was to come up with a name that implied something different from "Romanesque." Romanesque hearkened back to Late Roman (and "Byzantine") art and architecture, with lots of round arches, decorative brickwork, etc. Gothic, with its pointier arches and details, was different. So what is different from Roman? Gothic -- as the name of a Germanic group that fought the Romans (and sacked Rome in 410), before settling down and gradually Romanizing in Italy and Spain. Anyway, that's the origin of the name. Given the influences and presences of art on the later medieval armor, it gets called Gothic too. Interestingly enough, probably because there is less art applied to it in any obvious way, earlier armor is not described as Romanesque or anything.
In American usage, "Gothic" also refers to dark, even horror-related literature and art (usually set amid "Gothic" art and architecture); and, by extension, the Gothic look or lifestyle or whatever it is.
