Faramir's armour...... vs Boromir's

[Captain Grishnahk]

The only reason i can come up with is that Boromir's armor was disigned to travel. Perhaps this is his traveleing armor...? If you see in a TTT EV flashback when he is still in Gondor. He his heavily clad in silver armor.

Hope that helps...

-Cap.

[Snowdog]

I know I'm late and its all been said but tough.

On this difference in the brothers' armor...



Faramir, and that of his command which were the Rangers of Ithilien were prepared to move quickly and quietly in the woods of Ithilien setting anbushes and such and doing their best at not being seen or heard.

Boromir on the other hand commanded the garrison of Osgoliath and so he and his men had the full battle armor that would come in handy in the direct close-in fighting.

Later, when Faramir and his men was summoned to Osgoliath as emergency reinforcements for the Osgoliath garrison, they wouldn't take the time to get 'suited up' in their armor (which Faramir later did for his suicide ride from Minas Tirith).

Also, when Boromir went to Rivendell, he was dressed so:



More suited for travel, but still quite functional.

And then you have their own personal preferences of adornment.

[calandil]

he cannot walk around in the woods wearing nice shiny armor

[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by calandil

he cannot walk around in the woods wearing nice shiny armor

LOL the simplest responses are always the funniest.

And indeed this is so. That, and given the fact we never have a description of Boromir's actual armour at Gondor, it's safe to say PJ just took what he thought Gondorian armour to look like and put it on Boromir in the Osgiliath scene. There's no real proof to why he made the suits of armour different.

[Saurreg]

The armor of gondor does look like the mail and plate sort from the fourteenth century.

The books stated that some of the Rohirrim wore Gondorian designed armor and were hence better protected than the Dunlendings. But in the movie, they were wearing chainmail armor that was more akin to the late dark ages and early medieval era.

I have personally always thought that Gondorian armor was more like that of high Byzantine ( i.e. lamellae and mail) than late western medieval.

Edit: The helm type used by the Gondorians is known as a barbute. That together with the design of the ornate cuirass makes the Gondorian man-at-arms extremely Italian in appearance!

[Alcarin]

They could kill enemies even if they were naked....so who cares about the armor?

[Luinilwen]

Concerning the difference in armour in the Osgiliath scenes from TTT:EE, I always thought it was funny to see Boromir in full armour and Faramir in padded leather. Guess who's Dad's favorite?

Denethor: "Hey Faramir, go help your brother fight the orc army. Oh, don't bother with all that armour, all the COOL warriors are wearing leather jackets these days."

to himself: that ought to get rid of the wizard's apprentice!

[Neurion]

It lives?

Originally Posted by Saurreg

Edit: The helm type used by the Gondorians is known as a barbute. That together with the design of the ornate cuirass makes the Gondorian man-at-arms extremely Italian in appearance!

Yes, the designers seem to have been going for a sort of Roman/Medieval esthetic in the visual design of the Gondorian culture.

Originally Posted by Alcarin

They could kill enemies even if they were naked....so who cares about the armor?

Because if someone happens to land a blow on you (as is inevitable in the press of battle) you're not going to be immediately disembowled.