Image Archive Series

Brutal Weapons & Armour

Publisher: Vault Editions
ISBN:  978-1925968804
Format: Paperback
Size: 21.59 × 27.94 cm | 8.5 × 11 in
Pages: 102
Series: Image Archives
RRP: £16.99 | $19.99 USD

Brutal Weapons & Armour: An Image Archive for Artists & Designers is a curated collection of 230 meticulously restored historical engravings of weaponry and protective gear from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Inside you’ll find detailed plates of swords, maces, axes, daggers, spears, polearms, crossbows, and early firearms, alongside ornate helmets and shields, plus armour studies for both men and horses. It’s both a high-quality reference to draw from and a practical source of striking imagery to use in new illustration, tattoo, fantasy, graphic design, and collage work.

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Each book includes a download code granting access to 230 high-resolution (300 DPI) image files, ready for immediate use in digital and print work.

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Unique Key Features

Downloadable high-resolution (300 DPI) image files for immediate use in print and digital projects

Drawn from accurate historical, scientific, and artistic studies by master illustrators of the 18th–19th centuries, offering trustworthy reference grounded in real observation

Rare and unusual imagery curated and restored by a professional illustrator and graphic designer

Who This Book Is For

Audience

Image Archives are designed to support a wide range of creative practices and are suitable for artists, designers, illustrators, graphic designers, tattoo artists, collage and mixed-media artists, students, and visual creatives.

Vault Editions

Image Archive Series

This book is part of the Vault Editions Image Archive series: curated historical imagery, meticulously restored for contemporary creative use.