Wow you people have GOT to be kidding me. The images are just attempts to throw some bones at Paradox and show the non-use of kilts, not support an academic lecture. Yeah, most of the images show incorrect weapons or (in the case of the third one) later-era soldiers [see below] but way to nitpick and totally miss the point. I used them to give a vague idea of what the first image (the contemporary relief) was depicting. Point is, long shirts, mail hauberks, iron helmets, NOT kilts. End of story. Yeah, go ahead and nitpick the images I agree, that's good if it results in more accuracy, but for frig's sake, no blue-faced barbarians.
I'm pretty sure the claidhmores/greatswords in those images are as much a "bravehertism" as the kilts you mentionned ;-)
Yes and no. In earlier eras they used large axes or shorter swords like in the contemporary relief (which the artists decided not to show for some reason, but I couldn't find better images). Claidheamhan mòra however did begin to appear in the last century of CK. Anyway like I said this is irrelevant I'm not talking about weapons but rather about clothing.
In all honesty, those troopers look ridiculous. And the first drawing looks like it was made by a guy with very little experience with metal making. What are those helmets supposed to be made of, cloth?? Ivory??
Also the huge swords. WTF. Huge swords are AFAIK an invention of the 15th and 16th century, where you would have big ass guys wielding these awkward things against tightly packed clusters of pikemen with 15 foot pikes. Against a medieval levy with much shorter pikes and spears, there would be no point in having such unwieldy swords, would there?? The relief shows much more realistic medieval swords.
Is that really how scotsmen want to see their characters depicted in a game?? It looks awful.
Note, again, that I made no mention of large swords in my text description. In the second image the artist made a mistake in adding them. I was talking about the actual clothes and armour- which for the supposed "awful" second image is quite accurate and follows the above contemporary image to a T, despite failing in terms of weapons. Just look at the relief, then at the second image, just for a second. Yep, reality can be so unrealistic, can't it? As for the helmets, no they are not made of cloth or ivory. Also, just based on the tone of your post I don't know for sure if you're trolling, being honestly ignorant, or both.
I thought the OP wanted to show us true-to-period costumes and weapons of the Scots?
First of all I DID, look at the first (contemporary) image. Thank you.
Second of all, in terms of the modern artists impressions no, you thought wrong: mainly because 100% accurate images don't exist (partially thanks to Braveheartisms and partially thanks to a very small number of images available on-line). The ones I'm showing above and below are the best (IE the least awful) I could scrape off the internet but they're not perfect. You're acting as if I drew them myself. Gimme a break!
I just realised all three of those guys wear or carry bascinets, so the images are almost certainly anachronistic.
Before you said that did you bother even looking at the primary-source stone carving (?) which was the first image I posted? The artist for the second image clearly was making an attempt at drawing whatever kind of sloped-conical helmet the figures in the carving are wearing. If you look carefully at the carving, the back of the conical helmet slopes down to protect the back of the wearer's neck, resembling a bascinet. Thing is I don't know exactly when that carving was made, so the helmets may or may not be true bascinets. In any case, even if they are basinets, who said the unit-sprites had to be from 1066 exactly? In CK I only one unit sprite was used for the whole period- hence a 14th century unit-sprite (theoretically wearing a true bascinet) would be feasable.
(Later-medieval helmet):
Potentially better weapon (Axes, shorter swords):
(Looks sort of late-medieval/early modern in terms of helmet style, but somewhat more medieval weaponry)
Yeah- that's what I was talking about, lèine. That's what this dude below is wearing, and what the two above are wearing underneath their armour. I'm not quite sure about the accuracy of the vest-like thing the Kern below is wearing but the yellow tunic looks decent enough.
(Ceitherne peasant-levy infantry):
