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Hot off the insanity of last week's Cursed Armour episode, we're putting Toby through his paces with a trip to Middle-earth to check out the mismatched armour of the Amazon Prime series, The Rings of Power...

Don't forget, as an Extended Episodes or VIP Patron, you get an extra long episode, with a more comprehensive breakdown, and some exclusive armour sets, including the Mad Max designs of the Gaudrim armour, and the armour of the Eregion elves.

Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armour, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. On this episode of Expert Reacts, Toby is reacting to the arms and armour of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, including the armour worn by Galadriel, Elrond & Sauron, as well as the distinctive armour of the Numenor people.

Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eaGG4SnCB4

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EXTENDED | Armour Expert Reacts to Rings of Power Arms & Armour | EXP

EXP Accursed Merch is available now! Go to https://expvideo.info to check out our new collection inspired by our work with Dr. Toby Capwell! Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armour, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. On this episode of Expert Reacts, Toby is reacting to the arms and armour of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, including the armour worn by Galadriel, Elrond & Sauron, as well as the distinctive armour of the Numenor people. 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Toby's armour sin list 10:01 - Plate Armour in Middle-earth 14:01 - Middle-earth history 15:14 - Elven ceremonial armour 17:00 - Arondir armour 18:45 - Southland Orc armour 20:40 - Adar armour 22:35 - Discovery of Mithril 24:09 - Numenor armour 32:35 - Galadriel's armour 35:31 - Battle of the Southlands 39:13 - Gaudrim armour 39:51 - Eregion Elven armour 41:26 - Lindon Elven armour 43:13 - Khazad-Dum Dwarven armour 44:32 - Sauron armour If you’re interested in seeing more of Toby’s work, you can purchase his books on the Armour of the English Knight at the following links: https://www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-1400-1450-by-tobias-capwell/ https://www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-1450-1500-by-tobias-capwell/ https://www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-continental-armour-in-england-1435-1500-by-tobias-capwell/ Also you can see more about his publications and download a number of his articles for free on his Academia page: https://independent.academia.edu/TobiasCapwell

Comments

BrossUno

Always a good sign when your thumbnail has someone clutching their head, haha. Looking forward to this one!

rm

Hi Dave, maybe a few ideas for what you could do aside from regular programming. 1. Bret Deveraux over on https://acoup.blog/ often talks about questionable worldbuilding and army strategy. I don't know if it'd fit the format of the show that well, since he usually talks about things like distances and like the appropriate amount of grain to feed an army, but maybe would be a good guest for a podcast-like bonus episode? Or, otherwise, someone else who could cover good and bad military strategy in media and games. 2. I saw this some time ago on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/heraldry/comments/1qme88x/good_and_bad_heraldry_in_popular_culture/. Maybe the author (https://www.ligelinjer.dk/) would be interested in giving that talk for a broader audience? Or some other expert on heraldry talking about good and bad examples.

Paul Lees

I think the closest Tolkien ever comes to mentioning plate armour in LoTR is things like Prince Imrahils Vambraces or some of the Haradrim being described as wearing something akin to Roman Segmentata, but yeah no true plate armour, which has always been one of my gripes with the Jackson films... as much as I love them otherwise