Winged Hussar armor in the National Museum in Krakow, Poland

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Does its job well. I would be pretty goddamn intimidated if I was facing someone wearing this in battle.

pretty sure I've had my ass handed to me by this dude in dark souls or elden

Some of the mausoleum knights in elden ring for sure have wing armor like this. Cant say about the helms though as they are headless

It's always so fascinating seeing new historical inspiration turn up for these games! It's truly cracked.

coming down the mountain side...

STORM CLOUDS, FIRE AND STEEL

DEATH FROM ABOVE, MADE THEIR ENEMY KNEEL

SHINING ARMOR AND WINGS

DEATH FROM ABOVE, IT'S AN ARMY OF KINGS!

Just to say - the Polish nobleman had a duty to have equipment on their own. The Polish crown didn't pay anything for this nor for the service. If the crown require money on war, the parliament ( of nobleman) had to approve tax on themselves

I don’t know why, but my first reaction was…. Mandalorian?