![]() 1550), because without that, you don’t have the quintessential knight in high Gothic or Milanese armor (pedantry note: these historical periods are very rough and scholars of both periods argue about where the rough period-breaks ought to go between the late medieval and the early modern). ![]() 1450 or so), to which must be added the first century of the Early Modern Period (c. This arises from the same place as the problem of saying Game of Thrones is ‘medieval’ – which Middle Ages? The European Middle Ages cover around a thousand years of history (c. We’re going to see this dissonance in the very nature of the Lannister army, as well as the equipment they use. I don’t have a problem with combining elements from different periods of cultures, but some care has to be taken so that they make sense together. Let’s be up-front with the main problem here: the Lannister army is a pastiche of elements from across the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, which are not mutually compatible. Then we’ll look at armor, weapons and other equipment. ![]() This is going to be a long one – it’s not that there’s so many things wrong here (there’s really one main problem which infects the entire design, which is then executed poorly), but because explaining why this is a problem takes a bit more time.Īs before, we’ll start by looking at the possible historical models for the kit (the historical basis) which will give us some grounds for comparison. I find this design very interesting, because the concept has some clever historical precedents, but much of the context and content is mismatched and the practical execution of the concept is quite poor. Today, we’re looking at the infantry of the army of House Lannister, from Game of Thrones. Our last kit review was a barely concealed fanboy rave.
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