Some other historians do not fully separate Schott-Sonnenberg style from Maximilian armour.

During the 16th century, under Italian influence, Gothic armour evolved into Maximilian armour.

Maximilian armour combined the rounded Italian style of armour with the German fluted style.

Renaissance-era Maximilian armour was typically denoted by fluting and decorative etching, as opposed to the plainer finish on 15th-century white armour.

The style of armour that became popular during the second half of his reign featured elaborate fluting and metalworking, and became known as Maximilian armour.

According to an alternative version, the name is related to Maximilian II, as the last Maximilian armour was made especially for him in 1557, seventeen years after it passed out of general use.

Grover finds an exhibit filled with armor from medieval times and thinks a suit of Maximilian armour is a guy named "Max" and tries to befriend him by changing into his Super Grover costume and singing a song.

Early types of Maximilian armour with either no fluting or wolfzähne (wolf teeth) style fluting (which differs from classic Maximilian fluting) and could be worn with a sallet are called Schott-Sonnenberg Style armour by Oakeshott.