Armor up! Samurai/Roman/Crusader

Hello there :) 

My name is Raffaello but I'm better known with my youtube channel name, Metatron. 

On my channel I make videos about samurai history, Roman history, medieval European history mostly focusing on arms and armours. 

I have over 500 videos and I've been a youtuber for over 4 years now and this is my first crowdfunding campain.

A while ago I have saved up some money throught patreon donation and my own savings and bought a samurai armour, tosei gusoku, a 16th century samurai armour and I have used it to make many videos on samurai history. As you know I also have a Roman imperial Lorica segmentata which I purchased for the sake of the channel and interesting content with my own savings.

The samurai videos went very well and so did the Roman ones so now I would like to enlarge these projects on my channel and acquire a Muromachi period armour 14th century to make comparative videos between how these two very different kinds of samurai armours function, and a full Roman Republican set of armour to compare it with the Imperial set I already own. 

WHY A MUROMACHI SAMURAI SET

1543 is the date of the advent of firearms in Japan from Portugal, and because of that the very concept of Japanese armour changed completely giving birth to the tosei gusoku, the armour I currently own. 

This is why I feel making comparative videos between the two different styles of armour would be very interesting indeed as they reflect two very different worlds within Japanese history. 

Upon receiving the suit of armour I would make videos horseback riding with it, running, fighting, re-evoking military campains, sleeping in the woods (with my crew there of course) and then do everything again with the other suit of armour I own to provide to you both interesting content, and food for thought for your personal studies of samurai warfare and specifically samurai armour. 

The Muromachi period armour is rather expensive, and since I don't have the liquidity to purchase it on my own, I have decided to be humble and call for help and try this crowdfunding campain here.  I'm really exited!

A lorica Hamata (mail) and a Lorica Segmentata (segmented plate) are two completely different kinds of armour, I feel being able to compare these two versions of the Roman Soldier would bring more depth to my channel and it would allow me to make interesting content for you guys, even some vs battles for fun between Roman Imperial and Roman Republican soldier. 

I woudl like to start re-enacting and making videos about The Debello Gallico from Caesar, which happened in Republican Time, and I could start speaking more about the Second Punic Wars too. 

MY PERSONAL FEELINGS

I will really appreciate any donation, what you can spare will be good for me, even if it's just 5$ you would have my full gratitude for your trust and support. 

At the time of this post I have 165k subscribers and hope to keep growing :3 Many people enjoy my content and I think it's because of the passion and true love  I have for history and educating people in a fun way. 

I spend all my free time to make good quality content on youtube, and I will continue to do so. Your support would be very appreciated as it would allow me to truly spread my wings. 

I don't have a specifi date in mind, but of course the sooner I get the fund the earlies I can start making videos with the new amour. 

I don't think there is anyone on youtube at the moment who is comparing a pre-fire arms samurai armour with a post fire-arm samurai armour, your help might make the difference for the future of my channel as original content is the key to success on youtube (and cats, but I don't have a cat...yet ;) ) 

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and thank you so much for your support. 

You can find the armour I would like to buy on the site Iron Mountain Armory  for the samurai armour and battle merchant for the roman armour. 

this is the link so you can check the price and all 

please keep in mind the price is withouth VAT and without a box and a stand for the armour which I will have to purchase too :) 

http://samurai-armour.co.uk/products/279933--japanese-samurai-armour.aspx

https://www.battlemerchant.com/Chain-Mail/Roman-mail/Lorica-Hamata-ID-6mm-riveted-punched::25764.html



Raph/Metatron