Unless Xzibit is pimpin' medieval armor now, adding chains to the mail to make a double mail so you can chain while you mail (he's not), just choose to use one term or the other. 2. It Doesn't ...

Medieval Weapons & Armor Expert Rates 10 Video Games' Armor Sets. Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV.

Final Fantasy, Diablo, Dark Souls, and others all have one trait in common — a long history of influences behind their iconic suits of armor.

Medieval armor certainly looks heavy. And now researchers have demonstrated how the protection might have unwittingly put its wearers at a heavy disadvantage on the battlefield.

Szymanski had brand new Armor made for the battle after some research to find out what it should look like. "We found the fanciest medieval Armor there was and made a replica of it. Kings always ...

These marvelous suits are substantial works of art; the cat armor can take up to 200 hours to create. Boer first started making the suits while attending Alberta College of Art and Design.

Designer Jim Rodda 3D prints suits of Barbie armor for his "Faire Play Battle Set", adding yet another version of the iconic toy. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV Subscribe Subscribe ...

But, according to art historian Matthias Goll, much of this vision is a myth. “It’s an old fairy tale that medieval armor was incredibly heavy,” he says. It was, in fact, ...

Running with armor took 1.9 times the energy as running armor-free. The result, Askew said, is that men in armor end up moving much more slowly than men without armor.