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Might as well post it I guess. Notes on some of the historical arms and armor of /who/:
West: Winged spear, Linothorax for militia, some reinforced with laminar or integrated plates Laminar for more professional/rich soldiers, smaller plates.
Studded or non studded leather vambrace. Only cav wears metal shin protection, mostly laminar.
Pot type helmet with some plated cheek protection, cav have laminar hanging from back, plume like roman helmets
Chain mail fashionable near the coast but no widespread use(bad against arrows and bolts)
Arming doublet with laminar inside slowly adopted esp. by cavalry
Rounded hexagonal shields. Smaller strapped shields from Eastern influence
Crossbow, trigger type widely used
less cav., mostly use couched lance, heavier horses, slower but more powerful charge
East: Atgeir like polearm. Padded coats, Hardened leather scale/laminar armor, iron laminar rarer, mostly used by Cataphracts
More heavily padded arming coats
helmet more prominent face protection, more pointed top, plume often fitted on top
Vambrace and shin gaurd with iron strip
Use of archery more prominent
Smaller rounded shield for more mobile warfare. Usually strapped with 5 bosses, still able to held in the center.
Swords have more pronounced handguard, later developed into basket like hilt, adapted to fighting on horse? Straight bladed, double and single edged, thrusting and hewing
Lance also used but swords and bow favored for most.
General trend:
Slowly transitioning from double edged to thrusting optimised sword, then starts to curve slightly, while still have front half sharpened both edge, then into more Yatagan like shape.
Both sides have cataphracts, horse only face and front armored
