The Conan movies, anime and the Warhammer figures have had a strange influence on LARPs and medieval sport combat societies. Nowadays you’ll see guys with just ridiculously overlarge weapons that you’d never see prior to 1980 or thereabouts. <insert overcompensation joke here> Form over function.
And bringing it full circle, I guess, Mike Craughwell now makes real weapons that are completely ridiculous (although admittedly he makes 'em pretty!) for a living.
Yup, truly well fitted armor feels light (because the weight is distributed) and flexible (because it articulates where your personal body bends). If it doesn’t fit well, it’ll likely will give you some black, purple and green marks the SCAdians call “armor bites”.
