Best Dressed Warrior

[Docm30]

That depends on the side. Neither army was very organised in regards to uniforms, and I suppose the Parliamentarians were the worse of the two. I have to say I prefer their practicality to the foppishness of the Royalists, though.

[Duuring]

That depends on the side. Neither army was very organised in regards to uniforms, and I suppose the Parliamentarians were the worse of the two. I have to say I prefer their practicality to the foppishness of the Royalists, though.

Lol.

[König]

That depends on the side. Neither army was very organised in regards to uniforms, and I suppose the Parliamentarians were the worse of the two. I have to say I prefer their practicality to the foppishness of the Royalists, though.

Actually, I quite like the foppishness of the Royalist uniforms. Though practicality has its place.



Also, +1. 

[Nipplestockings]

I read that Tatars loved them, because you could so easily pull the winged hussar off his horse, by his wings.

I think the wings were fastened to the horse and not the rider. They were an extension of the saddle if I'm not mistaken.

[König]

I read that Tatars loved them, because you could so easily pull the winged hussar off his horse, by his wings.

I think the wings were fastened to the horse and not the rider. They were an extension of the saddle if I'm not mistaken.

I heard/seen both.

[Henk]

hoplites

[Schmidtche]

Haha yeah, I was thinking that as well. Saying a Winged Hussar can't afford his wings is like saying that a knight can't afford a horse or a sword.

Which actually happened, being a knight didn't make you rich automatically. 

[Nipplestockings]

Haha yeah, I was thinking that as well. Saying a Winged Hussar can't afford his wings is like saying that a knight can't afford a horse or a sword.

Which actually happened, being a knight didn't make you rich automatically. 

Usually it did actually, if you were a knight you were usually granted a fief to rule over so that was a large source of income, plus knights were usually chosen from already rich families. A knight with no lands or serfs was called a Hedge knight and they were usually poorer. A hedge knight could be a peasant or a man at arms who performed exceptionally well in battle so they were given an honorary knighthood but nothing else.

[Rowaan]

The SS officer from WW2. Note I do not condone Nazi beliefs, their anti-Semitic policies (or anti- anything else for that matter) or the SS's involvement with the persecution of many different races and beliefs, just as a disclaimer so nothing bad comes of it. But as this thread is devoted to good looking uniforms, the history of a uniform isn't going to deter me from liking it.

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[Docm30]

God, I hate those trousers that make it look like you've got a pair of giant hernias on your thighs. What chucklehead thought those were stylish?

[Millander]

look like a bunch of lutzow freikoprps  posers

[Rowaan]

Okay, yeah I agree with you about the trousers (they do look a bit retarded), but I was more drawn to the torso and above (because the totenkopf and the black and red can make any German outfit look cool).

[Ililsa]

God, I hate those trousers that make it look like you've got a pair of giant hernias on your thighs. What chucklehead thought those were stylish?

Jodhpurs?

Apparently came from a lot of top brass in the early 20th century coming from the cavalry, and so the style was adopted far and wide. Even by Directors who wanted to look authoritative on set, it would seem.

That's just a quick bit of wikipedia'ing done just now though.

[Furrnox]

There's a ton of fancy uniforms I can't list all I like but here are some.

Swedish Uniforms

1700 uniform Caroleanian soldier

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(Vikings not even sure what they actually whore there still pretty cool though :P)

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Other countries

roman guy

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Winged Hussar (Polish/Lithueanian)

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WW2 German Uniforms

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[Docm30]

(Vikings not even sure what they actually whore there still pretty cool though :P)

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Although whores do figure in the sagas (the Old Norse word being hóra, from the verb hóra meaning to adulter.) I doubt they dressed like that. Wouldn't be good for business.