Medieval Weapons Master Rates 11 Weapons And Armor In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
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Published 2020-12-15
Capwell looks at armor and weapons within fantasy franchises, such as Sauron's armor in the battle of Orodruin in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001). He addresses how helmets in "The Mandalorian" (2019) are influenced by Greek and Corinthian styles. Using artifacts from The Wallace Collection, Capwell addresses the realism of flails and maces as seen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003). And he rates how realistic shields and swords are in "Vikings" (2014) and "The Last Kingdom" (2015).
Is it possible to reforge swords, as seen in "Game of Thrones" (2011)? And how difficult would it be to fight in mud in full armor, like Robert Pattinson and Timothée Chalamet do in "The King" (2019)? Does knightly combat look anything like "Excalibur" (1981), "El Cid" (1961), and "Tale of Tales" (2015)?
Tobias Capwell is an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. He has been a horseman and martial artist since childhood, is a founding member of the modern historical jousting community, and has fought in major international tournaments all over the world. Capwell has written many books and articles on weapons, armor, tournaments, and knighthood, including "Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450," "Arms and Armour of the Medieval Joust," and "Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection." In 2015 he had the honor of serving as one of the two fully armored knights who escorted the remains of King Richard III from the battlefield at Bosworth to their final resting place in Leicester Cathedral.
Find out more about The Wallace Collection here:
www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/
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Medieval Weapons Master Rates 11 Weapons And Armor In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?
All Comments (21)
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I like how he respects fantasy for what it is, but then becomes incredibly critical of stuff that's meant to be somewhat more realistic.
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“He walks onto the battle and you immediately know everything you need to know about this guy.” Best non-Tolkien description of Sauron I’ve ever heard.
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I love that he included the bit with The Mandalorian about the armor being an expression of the person and the close relation of the both to each other. Such a perfect synopsis of the Mandalorians. Plus, his respect of fantasy metered by his criticism of it is to die for!
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I've been a Smith for 20 years. Toby knows exactly what he's talking about, on every single point. This is a fantastic fact vs fantasy introduction for anyone who wants to know about the actual properties of historical arms and armor.
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"In the 15th Century, if you are wearing full plate armor, you can be run over by a horse and be fine, I've seen it happen" - Totally not a time traveler
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"800 years wrong" to put it into perspective, it is like depicting the Fourth Crusade being fought with guided missiles launched from remotely controlled drones.
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I appreciate how he still keeps the moving intention in mind when they are deviating from history. The Sauron flail remove was excellent because it was vaguely historical but the intention wasn't for true accuracy, it was to display what a horrifying sorcerer warrior would be wielding.
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Its easy for an expert or "expert" to pick apart things in fantasy settings and get worked up about their unreality, but the way this guy appreciates fantasy creations for their story telling/world building value and reserves the technical criticism for stuff that takes itself seriously shows understanding AND taste.
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"You can be run over by a horse in full plate armor and you'll be just fine..... I've seen it happen" Cracked me up
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I love the way he looks at the Lord of the Rings scenes. Kind of describes that typically normal knight wouldn’t use these items, but takes the context of the villain into account for the weapons. Very open thought processes!
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I love how he appreciated the witch kings flail for what it is, even though realistically it’s pretty stupid in many ways. They went through like 5 different models of the flail and Peter Jackson kept saying it needed to be bigger to have the right impact, and he was right
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As a LOTR fan, seeing every LOTR clip be given a 10/10 that it truly deserves makes me happy 😁
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"I'll give it a 2, because it's funny and it's Nicolas Cage" would fit 90% of Nicolas Cages movies
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I really like that he's able to separate artistic license from historical inaccuracy. It's really refreshing for a guest on this show to do that. It's fantastic 10/10
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I love the "Stop that!" when they melted down the swords, said like he's scolding a cat scratching the furniture. 😆 Yeah, for a series that prides itself on "realism" in comparison to other fantasy series (book and show), there are some times when they bungled that "realism" when they didn't have to (see also Viserys' death, gold does not melt that fast).
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Honestly one of the best guests they've had. He really knows his stuff as a historian and as someone with real experience. He respects that fantasy is all a bit silly and make-believe and that expressing story and character is genuinely really important in that medium. He understands when some mistakes are inevitable and when the movie makers just tried to do something cool and is more than willing to call them out on it. Wish we had more people like this coming on.
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Describing the Witch King of Angmar as having an 'evil Statue of Liberty aesthetic' is the most accurate thing I've heard in a while.
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Mandalorian, Sauron and his minions: 10/10. Things trying to be historically accurate: Disgusting. And the funny thing is he's right
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Toby is a really cool guy. I like that he can separate historical fiction from fantasy. I feel like he had to have had way more comments that got cut out. That dude is a legend
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Toby is an absolute legend. Anyone not knowing who he is, I strongly recommend checking out the armours he made for himself.
