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Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit You're free to use them for anything, even commercially. I tried to focus on details not usually represented in available reference material drive.google.com/file/d/1NRzg... Here's a small sampling:

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Here's a link to more stuff, this time from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Time for another reference dump! This zip file contains 2,566 photos (6.58 GB) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art arms and armor collection. I tried to focus on the types of details you don't see in most available reference, like hinges and fasteners. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1emF3...

LOVE old armor so much!! Grew up near Worcester, MA and would beg to go to the Higgins Armory at least once a year. Was SO happy to being my fantasy art/literature loving GF (now wife) to see it before it closed down.

Maybe I will just use the opportunity to drop some pictures I made from the East Frisian Landesmuseum in Emden in northern Germany. Just casual Smartphone pictures and the pieces may not be as fancy, most are late 16th/17th century, armor for the local militia and mercenaries:

Thank you so very much for this! The close up of detail and the angle of the shots are fantastic and well needed for reference images. It's also reassuring to know this is real and not ai.😭