Armour

• All players may wear armour,
• Players choose from the following list which is the best match to what they are wearing,
• Armour provides additional Wound Points to your base depending on type of armour and coverage,
• Players may also wear a helmet combination to provide further additional Wound Points.

Armour

Partial Armour (+1WP)

• Gambeson, landsknecht woollen wams etc
• Flexible (1mm+) leather armour vest/jacket
• Thick leather Hero Belt
• Single large thick leather or plate pauldron
• Steel 12 boned corset
• Pair of vambraces and greaves together

Half Armour (+2WP)

• Inflexible (3mm+) leather breastplate
• Inflexible (3mm+) leather demi-cuirass
• Maille shirt
• Plate demi-cuirass
• Plate breastplate

Three-Quarter Armour (+3WP)

• 3/4 inflexible (3mm+) leather armour (breastplate and 1/2 limbs)
• 3/4 maille suit (maille shirt and 1/2 limbs)
• 3/4 plate & maille suit (breastplate/maille shirt and 1/2 limbs)
• 3/4 plate armour (breastplate and 1/2 limbs)

Full Armour (+4WP)

• Full suit of very thick (3.5mm+) inflexible leather plate armour
• Full maille suit
• Full plate & maille suit

Full Plate Armour (+5WP)

• Full suit of metal plate

Helmets

Light (+1WP)

• Metal or inflexible leather head protection (with throat protection)

e.g. padded maille coif, secret helm under a hat with bevor/gorget/mantle etc

Medium (+2WP)

• Metal Helmet

e.g. barbuta, bascinet, burgonet, kettle helm, morion, sallet, spangenhelm, etc

Heavy (+3WP)

• Full metal helmet (to jawline with full face protection

e.g. great helm, bascinet with visor, armet, visored sallet with bevor, spangenhelm withoculars and aventail, etc

Banners

A warband may field a banner and gain bonus Wound Points for its members. Only players in the warbands’ costuming may claim the bonus points.

Warband Banner:

• Must be themed to the Warband and at least 2.4m tall with the banner pole ends capped to make them safe.

To claim the bonus points:

• The members of the warband must, at the commencement of a battle or at the commencement of a quarter during a battle game, gather around the warband’s banner, and roleplay praying for the favour of your warband’s patron Warhammer Fantasy god or goddess - this roleplay must be a reasonable show.
• The warband banner must be carried on the field by a banner bearer.

Banner bearer requirements:

• 1 free hand to hold the banner, no shield, and must stay with the on-field warband leader at all times).
• You cannot perform other roles such as healing or Spellcrafting/Crafting magic while you are the banner bearer.
• The Banner bearer may use the banner pole to block melee attacks if the butt of the banner is on the ground.

Definitions

• Gambeson, landsknecht wams or equivalent battlefield garments must be constructed of at least 3 layers of fabric.
• Maille includes any 1mm+ thick flexible metal armour e.g. chain mail, scale mail, lamellar.
• Plate means 1mm+ thick metal plate armour or overlapping metal brigandine.
• Ringmesh is a form of modern welded maille - it is not historical looking and so not really appropriate for characters other than high and dark elves wearing Ithilmar maille (elves don’t sell it…). Please bear that in mind when considering purchasing it, though we do understand that some people benefit healthwise from this type of lighter armour.
• Imitation armour means armour that appears to be plate armour but is made from materials other than metal. Such armour may count as very thick (3.5mm+) inflexible leather plate armour but only if it is made from an inflexible material and from an approved manufacturer (Arthammer or Wyrmwick - other brands may be added to these rules in the future). Homemade imitation inflexible armour may be approved on a case by case basis if of equivalent quality (tagged by Swordcraft Ltd as approved). Helmets made of material other than metal may be approved on a similar basis. Other imitation armour and helmets do not count as armour or helmets.

See Also

• The Rules