The Armour Archive

Guillaume Beauvin

What is the construction like, and how is the thumb protection?

-GB

Guillaume Beauvin

Thanks, everyone, for the insight (and the additional pictures... and the interpretive dance). I've got other projects in the queue first, but I'm hoping to base an outfit on that fellow at some point (he being one of the few "fat man" 15th century images I can find... needless to say I don't fit th...

Guillaume Beauvin

Sorry -- the image is from "Construction de l'abbatiale de St Denis" circa 1470. I haven't found a good image on the web so I blatantly stole that one from the Compagnie of st George's men's clothing guide.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a85/rick_lindsey/15th_cent_fatman_zps5jbsy7z7.jpg Can anyone tell me what that guy is wearing? Are the black sleeves/collar and blue torso part of the same garment? What's the red showing on his belly? This fellow is far closer to my own body-type than most images o...

Guillaume Beauvin

I've been out of the loop for a rather long time, but looking to get back into SCA heavy combat. I like polearms, but sadly my pollaxe (made with a yoga block) is way too squishy. Back when I was last active revival offered a talhoffer rubber axe-head, but it seems they no longer carry it. I dug up ...

Guillaume Beauvin

funny, make mine $35 then

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

I'll open the gauntlets at $25.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

What sort of prices are you look at per pound, and would you be willing to ship? .5 or 1 pound bricks stack nicely

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Hi guys. I'm looking to sell my Hjalmr stainless "skullcap" helmet. Here's a stock photo : http://www.flickr.com/photos/21215018@N07/3446189263/in/photostream It looks alot like a munitions sallet, and I bought it for a 15thC burgundian foot-soldier impression for SCA heavy combat. It's built for a ...

Guillaume Beauvin

What are you charging these days for a 6' length of slightly fatter rattan, with only the flats shaved down to 1.5" (or 1.25"), with the skin left on the ends of the "oval"?

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Thanks, I sent him an email. Though I'm still interested if someone has some leftover they wouldn't mind parting with!

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Does Windrose really want $15 to ship a single 12"square of architectural foam to alabama? That almost seems like it has to be a glitch in their automated cart, but maybe not. Anyone got 1/2 or 1/4 (or even just an 8"x4" piece) of windrose architectural foam they'd care to part with, at a more reaso...

Guillaume Beauvin

Sir Mordreth is right. If I am opening a can (polearm v sword & shield) I prefer you to come to me. I have a few techniques in order to get you to decide to do what I want you to do. As a novice polearm fighter, I'm very interested in the why/how of this -- do you not take shots while you're in ran...

Guillaume Beauvin

Thanks William, it was my intent to keep it as close to the original dimensions as was reasonable. I really wish we allowed low-profile thrusties on two-handers, but to my knowledge Meridies still requires a 2" thrusty on 2-H weapon. To my knowledge clackers are also not allowed, or else I would hav...

Guillaume Beauvin

It needs contrasting striking edges still, but I'm thinking this will suffice for practice tomorrow

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Yeah, eventually I want to make a leather based one, but yoga block was cheap and available. It's got some cush to it, but not like blue camp pad. At full block width it has hardly any give, but when cut down to 1.5" wide it gets a little squishier. It definately has more give than the minimum requi...

Guillaume Beauvin

I picked up yoga blocks... but I was still in training and not yet authorized so I was using sword/board anyways. Then I cut out a halberd head... but I had this cute little 4.5' "atlantian thug stick" on loan from my best friend, and I didn't have my own stick of rattan anyways. Finally got off my ...

Guillaume Beauvin

Thanks!! Burgundian is precisely what I'm looking for anyways. I think I've seen this guide before, but it's been awhile, and I had long since lost any link to it. I've decided that page 17, photo 14 is to be my new hero :). A fat burgundian! now to figure out how his double/hose are cut... It also ...

Guillaume Beauvin

I always wanted to build a "bed" for a round pavilion that was basically a low platform with a series of wedge-shaped foam matresses and a big semicircular sheet... pile a jillion pillows on it and call it good! Keep in mind that I still haven't finished building that round pavilion so I've never ac...

Guillaume Beauvin

brucer wrote:Why would you need tiny police?
Brucer (couldn't help myself)

A four foot cop with a five foot gun?

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

With C.15 style shoes on the way, I've been motivated to amp up my attempts to get my 15thC soft kit together. I was doing some web searching on doublets (I have an idea of how to do my "gown", but sadly, even with a RH pattern I'm having trouble with the doublet and hose), I stumbled across these g...

Guillaume Beauvin

The bruises on my shoulder and bicep are giving me -1 Charisma with respect to my wife right now. Sadly I already spent my fun money for the month on shoes instead

. I suspect these are too small for me anyways though.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Woohoo! Let my feet be shod

. No more dancing in sock feet or clumping around the feast hall in fighting boots.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Will these fit a slightly wide size 10.5 foot? If so, then if noone else buys them by friday they're mine, all mine!!! -Guillaume (who will be happy to start at the toe end of a "head-to-toe" 15th C. outfit, and in fact may be inspired to make a hat so he has head and toe... needing to work on every...

Guillaume Beauvin

Oh wow, me likey... what is the sole? Who made these?

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Have you checked with fabric and/or upholstery places? I believe drapery and upholstery fabric comes rolled on long cardboard tubes...

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

How 'bout them braves? On topic, though, I prefer to cover up my armour not because it's plastic (ok, my gauntlets are plastic) but because it doesn't meet my own personal aesthetic criteria. That said, I'm not going to skip a fighter practice because I forgot my tunic. While I get that any time we ...

Guillaume Beauvin

This may be sacrilege, but have you considered something like zoombang shorts under hosen, and the archer's knees depicted in Takeda's illustration?

-Guillaume (further back along a similar trek... waaaay further back)

Guillaume Beauvin

I hate snipers. I wish Ebay would go to a different bidding system to get rid of them. It is one of the main reasons I no longer do much on Ebay. I used to feel the same way, until I realized that snipers have absolutely no effect on my ebay experience. Unless i'm just doing a minimal bid so I get ...

Guillaume Beauvin

Would also trade for an appropriate helmet that fits my 24.5" head, or perhaps other armour for a rotund 15th century foot soldier. Or copious quantities of linen

.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

yup, thats what I ordered

. only mine doesn't have the painted slats, just the painted grill.

I'll cover shipping if anyone wants to buy this helm (the one in my pictures of course).

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

Wulfgar wrote:I'd say it's more of a munitions grade sallet.

It certainly has that look! This helmet is labeled "skullcap" in hjalmr's photostream, so I just used his term. It's my favorite of his later period helms.

-Guillaume

Guillaume Beauvin

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a85/rick_lindsey/1308628714.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a85/rick_lindsey/1308628726.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a85/rick_lindsey/1308628740.jpg Sorry for the poor pics, my cell phone got salt-watered and my wife's phone camera sucks (and the lighti...

Guillaume Beauvin

Stainless steel skullcap helmet for SCA combat, it's just a touch too small for my 24.5" noggin. My bare head fits in fine, but with .5" padding all around it's tighter than I want it to be. I'll take some pics when I get home today, but you can check out hjalmr's photos if you want a sneak peak of ...

Guillaume Beauvin

I'm not sure what the rules in trimaris are -- I also have little interest in fighting sword/shield in the SCA, but in meridies I have no choice but to authorize that way. I'm making a small (not quite buckler) centergrip heater for times when I must use a shield. My period of choice is late 15th, a...

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