Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)Okay, folkes. Let's start a fun new thread.
What's your favourite #GirlArmour? Post below. I'll start.
Next in my fave #GirlArmour are these sets created by ArmStreet, mainly for the interesting use of colours. There should be more artists working in spring steel.
Please use the hashtag #GirlArmour in your replies.
A departure for my next #GirlArmour is a fantastic set of 3D printable armour for Barbie and other similar dolls, so kiddies get to play dress-up in spite of what the parent company provides.
If you wish to add to the collection, please reply with the hashtag #GirlArmour
Next in the thread on #GirlArmour is something that might better be called, #GirlSword. Seriously. Look at that thing.
Of course we can't do a #GirlArmour thread without including an image of Sámhlaoch Swords. In 2013 they won the longsword division of the Harcourt Park Invitational Jousting Tournament, beating all comers, male and female, to become the best human being with a longsword on the planet.
For today's #GirlArmour post we have Nikki Willis, posing here outside Kenilworth Castle. When women were allowed to compete in English Heritage jousting events for the first time in 2016, she was one of the first to sign up at the age of 46.
Because #GirlArmour shouldn't always be practical, but also doesn't need to be overtly sexualised we have this piece created by John Galliano for Christian Dior Fall Winter 2006 Haute Couture.
Bevan Thomas@golgaloth Elegant, glamorous, heroic, yet practical.
Mikko Karvonen@golgaloth Those shoulder pads are essentially World of Warcraft aesthetic. Well, the whole thing is, really. Which lines up really well, timing-wise.
Zorro@golgaloth thanks for this. I had never come across Sam before!
Kent Brewster@golgaloth currently known as Sámhlaoch Swords; purveyor of a kickass YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmjkdvNhUjTJLCEyMTBGHQ
funkypenguin@golgaloth TIL Samantha Swords is a kiwi 🇳🇿 / aussie 🦘.. along with #LucyLawless, so we now rate even higher up on the badass-o-meter! 🗡️
Evan Thompson@golgaloth she only won because I wasn’t there. If I was there she still would of won I just would of been cheering her on from the stands and she would of won harder.
Anthony Baker@golgaloth @colinpeters That is awesome. And methinks I need to go to a jousting tournament before I die, as it sounds amazing.
Cell@AnthonyBaker @golgaloth @colinpeters just avoid the pointy end to touch your helmet so you don’t get a end as the French King Henri II(2) got.
Oblomov@golgaloth is that a stage name or is she really called Swords?