Steel Mittens

Mothers of squires would often tie their steel mittens together so that they didn't lose one half of the pair on their long crusades with the other boys.

This may not be the most accurate statement, but we've found that random facts found inside wrappers of various foods haven't led us astray yet.

A Knight in armour is the most courageous in battle, if not fearless.

Epic Armoury's Polished Steel Mittens are a much-needed addition to any Larp soldiers kit. This pair of hand armor consists of a series of overlapping plates riveted together, protecting the knight's hands, fingers and wrists from enemy attack. Although this pair of medieval gauntlets does restrict some movement, it is still quite efficient for true soldiers who desire the ultimate protection when facing dire situations. Each gauntlet is designed to be worn over the soldier's hand or glove and comes with a series of leather straps through which the warrior can secure it, making it simple to put on. Our craftsmen have designed this 1mm steel armour to perform well in battle, and your survival now rests in your capable hands.

Reaching out your arm, the falcon glides and lands upon your Falcon Glove. You offer it a gift and it gulps down the shrew before preening its feathers and looking noble upon your forearm.

You take great pride in this bird of prey and its ability to hunt for your pleasure. It is a sign of your status amongst the nobility, and you treasure the entertainment.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Epic Black Falcon Gloves are leather gloves with long cuffs to protect the forearm. They are made from black dyed leather with two suede fingers. All joints around the fingers, wrists and edges are stitched, improving the strength of the material by preventing it from deforming with heavy use or from exposure to the environment. The fit of the gloves can be adjusted with leather lacing along the side of the cuff.

These gloves are fully compatible with other Epic Armoury metal and leather items. Their low-fantasy look and moderate style can be used with a multitude of settings, allowing freedom to create your own unique costume.

HISTORY

• Leather has been used for gloves for thousands of years
• Leather is used for a better grip on tools and to protect the hands
• Falconry may have begun as early as 2000 B.C., and was a status symbol amongst nobles in medieval Europe

One, Two, Buckle my Arm;

Three, Four, Protect me from Harm;

Practical Protection for the Arms

Epic Armoury’s Soldier Arm Protection is a complete set of vambraces, rerebraces, and elbow cups. Designed to protect the outside of the entire arm, this handmade armour is made from 1mm steel and connected by chrome leather straps and strong rivets. The elbow cups--also known as couters--protect the elbow joint thanks to its rounded shape and reinforced ridges. The inside of the elbow features a cupped flange to deflect blows. The upper arm is protected by the half-rerebrace, while the lower arm is protected by the vambrace.

The Soldier’s Arm Protection has rolled edges that form ridges around the rims. Three chrome leather straps are used to secure the armour to your arm, and the top of the rerebrace is attached to the gambeson using canvas ties through a leather plate. With regular leather and metal care you can expect this quality made armour to last for a long time!

Inspired by Renaissance History

• 15th- and 16th-century European plate armour was attached to gambesons using arming points, which are utilized in this product’s design
• Plate armour became more popular as firearm technology became more prevalent during the 13th century
• The elbow cup is referred to as a couter or an elbow cop

Practical Protection for the Body

Epic Armoury’s Soldier Torso is a handmade cuirass and backplate, designed to protect the front and back of the torso and abdomen. This low-fantasy design is meant to fit an assortment of characters, and is inspired by historical medieval armour. It’s simple form comes in a range of sizes, and can easily be used by most people thanks to its curve and ability to overlap beneath the arms. The plate rests at the hips and has small rolled flanges around its edges.

Secure the Soldiers Torso by attaching the breastplate and backplate together over the chest. Six leather straps are riveted to the backplate, and are adjusted using the buckles attached to the breastplate. Tighten and adjust to your size, ideally over a padded gambeson for the most comfort. Made of polished 1 mm thick steel and chrome leather straps, this armour is built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

Inspired by Medieval History

• Historically designed with sculpted ridges and overlapping plates to provide reinforced protection and to deflect attacks on a chaotic battlefield
• Plate armour became more popular as firearm technology became more prevalent during the 13th century

It's time to bring on the smack down!
Pair of full finger leather gloves for LARP, with 15 cm long cuffs. Four sets of brass eyelets and a leather tie band on the outside of the cuff.

Quality
The gloves are made from split leather.

Maintenance:
Clean the gloves of dirt with a hard brush. If necessary, the leather gloves can be washed gently by hand, in lukewarm water, using special leather wash products.

The smell of disease is rancid in the streets, but you are the Plague Doctor. All you smell are the fresh lemon balm and rose hips in your mask, protecting you from the lethal miasma of the dying.

You wear a mask, robe, and Leather Gloves as your protection from the dangers of the world's illness, shielding you just as a knight's armour protects him from a fatal strike. To everyone else, you are a symbol of knowledge and healing...but also the harbinger of death. Looking into the blackness of your mask's eyes feels like exposing one's soul, and so even your patients harbor fear at your presence.

DETAILS

These bestselling Epic Armoury Leather Gloves are thick, handsome leather gloves with 15 cm long cuffs. They are made from plated, chrome-tanned leather and stitched at all joints around the fingers, wrists and edges. This stitching improves the strength of the material by preventing it from deforming with heavy use or from exposure to the environment. The fit of the gloves can be adjusted with a drawstring set through four brass eyelets on the outside of the cuff.

The gloves are fully compatible with other Epic Armoury metal and leather items and are particularly useful paired with leather and steel gauntlets. Their low-fantasy look and moderate style can be used with a multitude of settings, allowing freedom to create your own unique costume.

HISTORY

• Leather has been used for gloves for thousands of years
• Used for a better grip on tools and to protect the hands

This helmet is the classic bascinet with visor. It is a rounded face mask with slim slits for the eyes and many holes in the face for better breathing.

The visor can be moved to the top to have an uncovered face for communication and better visibility.

Additionally the helmet is equipped with a long sleeve of chain mail to protect neck and shoulders. It is woven in the classical european "4-in-1" pattern and unrivited. The rings have an inner diameter of 10mm and a thickness of 1mm.

The helmet is made from 1,6mm steel and therefore thick enough for LARP and stagefight purposes.

PICK UP / IN STORE AVAILABILITY ONLY

The best defence in life means nothing if it is eaten away by time and the elements, or even attacked from the inside.
And so it is with your own armour!
Humidity, expansion and contraction in the heat, UV radiation, rain, and the withering blows of your enemies all conspire to expose your armour to rust, but worse yet, your very own precious bodily fluids conspire to corrode it from the inside with their impurities and corruption! (which is why we only ever drink pure grain alcohol or rainwater)

You could coat your armour (and other metal objects) in a regular run of the mill lubricant, but many of them are actively hydrophobic. Great for metal but terrible for leather, cotton and other organic materials!

Lanox MX4 is a lanolin rich lubricant, and lanolin is the oil that is naturally produced by sheep to prevent them from shrinking in the rain and generally remain weather proof! It is superior to many artificial compounds and does not damage leathers or organic fibres.

Please note: Due to the pressurised nature of this product, it is NOT A PRODUCT THATCAN BE DELIVERED by standard courier. You will need to pick it up from us at a game or warehouse, or we may arrange for specialty couriers by request.

This product is available in store only and cannot be shipped as it is a pressurised container. Online orders placed for delivery will be cancelled.

The regular leather gauntlets we sell are already pretty boss for giving someone a backhand, but with a plate of brass over the knuckle you'll remain unsullied when laying in for a duel.

Sold as a pair.

N.B.: Not recommend for eye gouging.

The Ratio was never defeated, and you are a testament to that claim.

A servant of Ratio, you are a Kan soldier of the Army of Doubt. The Mirrorworld is your home, and it is your duty to stand guard on behalf of the Primordial Skeptics--the very beings a Large Host of settlers are seeking to destroy. As the army’s backbone, you will face these enemies on the front lines of battle. They will learn to fear you.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Ratio Gauntlets are a set of steel gloves designed to provide maximal protection in combat without compromising manoeuvrability. From knuckles to the forearm, you can expect these gauntlets to keep you safe. Each gauntlet protects the knuckles with a rigid, sculpted knuckle plate. A short vambrace attaches to the hand plates with a thick piece of leather, protecting the wrist up the forearm. The back of the hand and the thumb are protected with overlapping steel plates fitted onto a leather foundation. Secure the gauntlet onto the hand by sliding the fingers through the leather loop around the hand, and tighten its heavy leather straps around the wrist and two around the forearm to keep the armour in place.

The Ratio Gauntlets are fully usable with other Epic Armoury metal products, giving you the freedom to customize your character’s costume. Made of 1 mm thick galvanized mild steel and top-grain leather straps and fittings, this armour piece is built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

INSPIRATION

• Used as the uniform of choice for the Ratio, a NPC group of enemies within the ConQuest universe
• Natives of the “Mirror World,” according to ConQuest lore
• Various forms of gauntlets have been around for millennia, but reached a pinnacle during the early renaissance
• Historically used by soldiers and knights and considered an essential piece of armour

You move quickly, navigating the treacherous terrain. The rains have washed out the roads and made traveling difficult, taking any trails and footprints along with it. On one hand this has made your job challenging as a scout, but it’s also slowed down any normal party traveling ahead.

Thanks to your simple and lightweight gear, including your Scouts Gauntlets, you manage to spot trouble long before they could spot you. You’ll head back and tell your own group about the upcoming bandits.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Scouts Gauntlets are a set of mild steel gloves designed to protect the wrist, back of the hand and forearm in combat without sacrificing all manoeuvrability. Each gauntlet consists of three overlapping plates, secured together using a sturdy, but flexible strap of leather. The 10 cm wide hand plate and short vambrace are made from 1mm steel, forged to fit comfortably over the first knuckles and around the curve of the arm. The vambrace is 11 cm wide at the wrist, and increases to 20 cm around the forearm. The top 11 cm wide plate is made of thicker 1.5mm steel, shaped so that it won’t rub uncomfortably against your rotating wrists.

 These Scouts Gauntlets fits comfortably over your own leather gloves, secured with a leather band around the palm, thumb, and wrist. Made from polished mild steel with rolled edges, these demi gauntlets are practical and affordable. With its low-fantasy and neutral appearance, these Scouts Gauntlets are easily paired with other Epic Armoury metal works.

1mm steel with over 30 points of articulation for ease of grip.

Your squire buckles the straps of your custom-fit Gauntlet, adjusting it to be comfortable and snug over your hand. You paid top coin for this armour, and you expect people will be impressed when they see how it shines on the battlefield.

Your blacksmith assured you that the Gauntlets’ design was the latest in technology, able to withstand and deflect attacks--even the worst of slashes to make it beyond your sword’s crossguard. You are a mighty warrior, indeed, to be the owner of such fine craftsmanship. A fitting symbol of your godly-given status.

DETAILS

These bestselling Epic Armoury Gauntlets are a set of early renaissance articulated steel gloves designed to provide maximal protection in combat without compromising manoeuvrability. From fingers to the forearm, you can expect these gauntlets to keep you safe. Each gauntlet protects the fingers, covering them to the tips with overlapping metal plates. The knuckles are protected by a rigid, sculpted knuckle plate. A short vambrace protects the wrist halfway up the forearm. The back of the hand and the thumb are protected with finely fitted overlapping steel plates decorated with shiny metal rivets.

The steel is fitted onto a flexible leather foundation and the gauntlet is worn via a leather glove underneath. The fingers of the glove are sewn onto the steel protection, with adjustable leather straps under the knuckles and at the wrist to secure the gauntlet onto the hand.

Made from polished mild steel with rolled edges, these gauntlets are impressive but neutral in appearance and fully interchangeable with other Epic Armoury armours.

HISTORY

• Various forms of gauntlets have been around for millennia, but reached a pinnacle during the early renaissance
• Historically used by soldiers and knights and considered an essential piece of armour

Size 10 gauntlets made from 1mm steel.

With over 30 points of articulation for ease of grip!

The most gracious Bone Queen has granted you eternal life. She is the creator and goddess of the Undead Flesh, and she demands the extinction of every settler! Without tiring and with the constant assistance of the necromancers, you will personally see that every one of the mortal settlers be vanquished.

You are one of the Bone Queen’s corpse warriors, a Loyal, and it is with your help that the Undead Flesh will one day reconquest their own lands.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s CQ Undead Gauntlets are an essential for any person wishing to keep their hands protected while in battle. Consisting of articulated plating, these gauntlets protect the fingers, knuckles, wrists, and forearms without sacrificing mobility. With a galvanized finish, these gauntlets have an austere style ideally suited for a dark and serious character with ill-intention. While specifically designed for ConQuest’s Non-Player Character group, the Undead Flesh, feel free to use this armour to fit your own character’s design.

Slide your arm through the leather brace and fingers into the attached black suede glove, securing tightly with the additional leather strap over the forearm to keep these gauntlets in place. Made of 1 mm thick galvanized mild steel and top-grain leather straps and fittings, these armour pieces are built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

HISTORY

• Used as the uniform of choice for Undead Flesh, an NPC group of enemies within the ConQuest universe

Size 10 gauntlets made from 1mm steel.

With over 30 points of articulation for ease of grip!

You are a Rahk of the Black Ice Essence, a physical manifestation of perfection and complete unification. You march in unison and you fight in unison with all the soldiers and the officers of your unit. Together you are efficient.

The mortal races will all become assimilated in time. When everyone becomes an aspect of your Essence, the world will finally be perfect.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Black Gauntlets are an essential for any person wishing to keep their hands protected while in battle. Consisting of articulated plating, these gauntlets protect the fingers, knuckles, wrists, and forearms without sacrificing mobility. With a polished steel and black paint finish, these gauntlets have an austere style ideally suited for a dark and serious character with ill-intention. While specifically designed for ConQuest’s Non-Player Character group, the Black Ice, feel free to use this armour to fit your own character’s design.

Slide your arm through the leather brace and fingers into the attached black suede glove, securing tightly with the additional leather strap over the forearm to keep these gauntlets in place. Made of 1 mm thick mild steel and top-grain leather straps and fittings, these armour pieces are built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

Available in Size 10.

INSPIRATION

• Used as the uniform of choice for Black Ice infantry, a NPC group of enemies within the ConQuest universe
• Made from the Essence of Black Ice, according to ConQuest lore