Get dressed for war with a generic Western / Central / Southern European Infantryman!

Cloister Demon

Knight Flagellant

Another English soldier from around 1400. Same gear as before, but this time wearing a bascinet instead of a kettle hat.

One of my favourite fantasy sallet designs is by @gerrorforse.bsky.social

Arming garments from the later 14th century into the early 15th. Stout, relatively thin, and lightly padded, this is the type of garment worn under Late Middle Ages plate armour, not gambesons. Later 15th c examples weren't even padded or quilted at all. Just sturdy fabric.

English soldier from around the year 1400. He has a kettle hat, jack, sword, dagger, and spear.

Base layer

French Knight, ca. 1450

Portuguese or Castilian Knight, ca. 1470-1480

English Knight, ca. 1475

A Knight from the Imperial Duchy of Ostalbischland (English Knight, 1475)

Tough pill to swallow for many bare armour enjoyers, but it was overwhelmingly popular to cover your armour (mail and/or plate) with a garment in the 14th century. Even 15th century, too.

Visited Kuttenberg last night

I've got a shiny new belt

French Soldier ca. 1346-1348 Based on "Soldiers at the Holy Sephulcre" in Strasbourg, France

Kriegsknecht

What an English Knight would've looked like at the Battle of Crécy in 1346

A Man-at-Arms from Albelond

Huntsman

How soldiers identify friend from foe in the Gottesreich. Hopefully this explains why the dudes I draw often have little symbols, badges, heraldry or insignia on them somewhere.

A Sergeant-at-Arms from Ponce

A Young Nobleman from Ponce

Going somewhere?

It's getting colder

Sentry

The Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later? Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day (Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)

Nun

Kriegsknecht

Kriegsknecht

A couple hunting outfits from Gaston Phoebus' Book of the Hunt (1405-1410)

More bascinets

Huntsman 2

Huntsman

Italians ca. 1415

Italian Man-at-Arms around 1415

Bascinets

Sources for my 1380-1420 Arms/Armour Part 3: the Sword

Sources for my 1380-1420 Arms/Armour Part 2: the Gauntlets

Sources for my armour part 1

Man-at-Arms ca. 1400

A while ago , I came across this awesome photo of @mudnblood.bsky.social on Reddit he’s wearing this spectacular blue jupon and armor. The contrast between the blue and orange was so striking I had to paint it. Swipe to see the original photo, and check out his profile for more medieval warfare art.

Knight / Man-at-Arms in the Order of St. Lubomir, Ruthovia

Troops of Ruthovia

Ruthovian Man-at-Arms

Man-at-Arms

Ruthovian Knight