"Question on cavalry body armor." Topic
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| Korvessa | 19 Aug 2015 8:15 p.m. PST |
When did they go from "paint it black to avoid rust" (like in 30 years war) to "make it all shiny and pretty" (like Napoleonic wars)? |
| Sergeant Paper | 19 Aug 2015 9:58 p.m. PST |
Blackened armor wasn't painted, it was rusted and/or stained. I have a nice blackened breastplate that I did with salt water and sandpaper… you let it rust, and clean off the active rust, repeating until you get the shade you like… |
| Glengarry5 | 19 Aug 2015 10:49 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure it was ever all one or the other, in the War of the Roses you see bright and blackened armour. Then it seemed to be a matter of personnel choice. There were I believe some blackened armour in Napoleon's time, I'm thinking Saxon cuirassiers? . |
Frederick  | 20 Aug 2015 6:47 a.m. PST |
Austrian cuirassiers also had black armour in the Napoleonic wars |
| Gunfreak | 20 Aug 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
Didn't Russian curasiers to?
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