"Before the calamity. Before the rot set in. Before the Blackguards and the Forlorn Hope marched.
There was an age of wealth and power — master craftsmen forged blades fit for kings, knights grew fat on coin and blood, women wove their own webs of influence, and lords ruled with iron hands.
Wars raged in the name of the king, calling the boldest and the strongest to seize glory — or die chasing it.

That meant every blacksmith, craftsman, and worker strove to give their best. The most skilled members of the guilds approached the status of scholars and devoted their entire lives to perfecting the crafts they were so deeply committed to.

In these times, armors of unquestionable quality appeared, forged with techniques that only the greatest of masters could replicate.

All of this, of course, is now lost to time.
What remains are a few forgotten scrolls, passed down through generations scarred by hardship and suffering, now left to rot on dust-choked shelves and in the deepest shadows of abandoned strongholds.
Only a handful of these schematics survived the devastating scourge of rot, scattered across the broken world — waiting to be unearthed, claimed, and brought back to glory!

The forge of excellence and perfection awaits you — step forward, and let your hands reignite the flame that shapes destiny."

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This series of mods aims to introduce historically inspired armors into the game.
This one is dedicated to the Crusades.

Armors added by this mod are somewhat improved versions of the vanilla items, which serve as the base for crafting these modded armors.
Templars and Crusaders needed to survive long and treatcherous journey and not die of overheating or starvation. It didnt matter that much about speed, but durability and stamina was everything. This is reflected in the armor stats.

You will, as always need a specific schematic, which can be found in newly generated ruins or may appear at the Treasure Trader (Useful traders compatible) once he restocks after you install this mod.
Due to the rarity of these schematics, their price won’t exactly be a bargain.

Anyway, this one is a bigger one so i expect some errors to pop up somewhere — let me know if you find some.
I’m aware that the recipes are VERY expensive, and that’s intentional — these armors represent very late-game technology. On the bright side, once crafted, the armor is easy to maintain.

All feedback is welcome too, and the availability of this armor in survival mode can be rebalanced in the future if there’s enough pushback.

latest version v1.2.1

You are welcome to toss a coin to your local blacksmith if you would ever wish to!

Hope you enjoy!

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Roadmap

(without any commitment and subject to change)

Greenwich style (plate armor variation) - DONE
Gothic style (plate armor variation) - DONE
Templar style (plate, scale, mail armor variation) - DONE
Combat Overhaul compatibility (Eldred Patch DONE, Thomas Patch WIP)
Landzknecht style (brigandine armor variation)
Hussar style (brigandine, plate armor variation)
Jousting style (plate armor variation)
Swiss guard style (plate armor variation)
French Gendarmes style (plate armor variation)
Multiple helmet variations for every style
Adding weaponry for each style

More Mail, Scale and Brigandine "variations"
... and anything that comes to my mind during development or maybe is suggested by you guys :-) 

I will do my best to push theese regularely but i can dedicate to modding only limited time due to busy life so im not sure how fast i can push theese out.

Thanks to

DeanBro for the uk translation

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From the Memoirs of Grandmagister Cardinalis Thomas IX. The Pure

[Scene: The forge. Smoke and fire swirl like the breath of some great metal dragon.
At the center of the workshop stands a towering, fully-plated armor, adorned
with a crimson cross on the chest. Heavy. Majestic. Intimidating. Thomas stares at it in stunned silence

before slowly turning to his master.]

Thomas (slowly, baffled):
Master…
Is that… a Templar armor?

Master Eldred (proudly, with reverence):
Indeed, Thomas!
The Templar reborn!
Is she not glorious? Is she not the embodiment of divine will cast in steel?

Thomas (confused):
But… master…
Templars haven’t existed for— I mean… it’s been nearly three centuries since the last Crusade!
They never even had plate armor like this.
Mostly mail, some lamellar, gambesons…

Master Eldred (his face slowly twisting into a volcanic storm):
Exactly, Thomas.
And THAT is why they are GONE!

Thomas (hesitantly):
Because… they didn’t wear plate?

Master Eldred (exploding with furious conviction, waving his arms like a prophet on fire):
YES!
Do you think it was politics?
The heresy trials?
The Papal betrayal?
NO!
They simply didn’t have enough PLATE!
Steel and chain are salvation, boy!
Lamellar? Wooden shingles for the campfire!
Gambeson? Cloth for peasants and poultry!

Thomas (raising an eyebrow):
Master… I think history might disagree—

Master Eldred (interrupting, fully possessed):
History is written by the survivors, Thomas!
And the survivors wore PLATE!

[He storms over to the plated greaves, caressing them almost lovingly.]

Master Eldred (now nearly hysterical with passion):
Imagine it, Thomas!
If they had this during the Siege of Acre — Saracen arrows would’ve sung harmlessly off these perfect curves!
Mamluk blades would’ve screeched in despair as they slid from these divine angles!
The Holy Land would STILL be in Christian hands!
The very course of history — rewritten by metallurgy!

Thomas (carefully, half-intrigued, half-amused):
So you believe that the entire fall of the Templar Order…
was just… a lack of sufficient metallurgy?

Master Eldred (wildly brandishing a hammer):
OF COURSE!
Steel, Thomas! The Great Equalizer!
You see weakness.
I see the antidote!
No gambeson could repel a war arrow.
But THIS? This turns arrows into raindrops!
Sword blows into gentle taps!
Axes into polite knocks on the door of God!
THIS is how the Templars should have marched!
No fragile oaths of poverty — only fortresses of iron on horseback!

Thomas (after a pause, chuckling):
Master… you’re inventing alternate medieval history.

Master Eldred (laughs like a mad prophet):
History is for scribes, Thomas.
We are blacksmiths.
We write in iron and fire!

Thomas (after a moment of thought, gently):
But master…
Won’t some people want, you know… the historically accurate versions?
The chainmail?
Maybe some scale armor?
Something lighter for the reenactors?

[Master Eldred stares at him. A long, tense silence. The forge seems to hold its breath.]

Master Eldred (slowly, theatrically solemn):
Very well, Thomas.
We shall forge their precious accuracy.
Their mail.
Their ... scales.
But only so that when they see this,
—they understand what could have been.
The glorious, impossible perfection they never reached.
The Templar Ascended.

Thomas (grinning):
Deal, master.
Though… I think I’ll pass on wearing the full plate at the next fair.
I rather enjoy being able to sit down.

Master Eldred (laughs like a thunder god):
Sitting is for the unarmored, Thomas!

[They both burst into laughter. A hammer rings out on an anvil. In the background, the bellows roar. Another masterpiece is complete.]