Equipment
RL v.s. SL JOUSTING
Courtesy of the Double Dragon Academy
In RL (Real Life) Medieval armor design varied as to purpose. For jousting, specialized armor was created to reduce injury, like that worn at left by John of Saxony (1468-1532).
1 It had a 'Frog mouth helm' or Stechhelm to deflect lance or splinters away from the eye slit.
2 Small circular Besagew were used to cover gaps in armor such as exposed armpits.
3 Vamplates on the lance protected hands.
4 Guantlets were mit like, not glove like to avoid broken fingers.
5 Tassets were flexible to conform and protect bended legs on horses.
Larger pieces of heavier armor were worn to protect the left side against lance impact, eventually giving way to
6 Targes (small wood shields) covered in leather, bone, or brightly painted with COA. They were strapped
over armor and covered
the shoulder
to take the hit
of the lance.
7 Brayette
(codpiece)
LANCES
HORSES
The Horse armor above is from Medieval Designs,
the first in SL to offer a jousting lance, armor and helms.
The Aavatar armor is from Sillouette Warfare and highly detailed mesh. The Lance is not scripted. More can be found by touching the documents on the right.
WHERE TO LOOK
ARMOR
Terminology
Images and documents are used at permission of the copyright holder.
KNIGHT ARMOR
1 Sallet (Helm)
2 Visor
3 Bevor (Neck protect)
4 Lance Rest (Lance support)
5 Breastplate
6 Placard
7 Fauld
8 Pauldron
9 Gardbrace
10 Rerebrace
11 Cowter (Elbow)
12 Vambrace
13 Gauntlet
14 Cuisse
15 Poleyn (Kneecap)
16 Greave
17 Sabaton
LANCE
1 Coronal (Blunt Tip)
2 Vamplate
HORSE ARMOR
1 Crinet
2 Ear Guards
3 Escutcheon
4 Chanfron (Shaffron)
5 Armored Reins
6 Peytrel
7 Flanchard
8 Saddle Steel
9 Crupper
In SL (Second Life)
Horses are worn
like a shirt, complete
with animations such
as moving legs,
and follow the avatar.
Amor may look good
but offers little protection
and can add to script
counts, leading to lag (drag).
Lances shoot rapid fire
bullets (fade quickly)
at the avies collision plane,
to score a hit. All of these items
are 'phantom' to allow movement through physical properties.
Outfitting your SL avatar for Medieval jousting comes
down to three key elements: Lance, Horse and Armor (or clothing).
Many choices are available. Provided are lists of lances and horses, but they are often free at training sites like the Double Dragon Academy. Armor and clothing choices are too numerous to cite so a link to the SL Marketplace is provided.