The Armour Archive

Villeman

i´ve got a model from good old eastern germany, from a VEB. Once you´ve got good Pictures or measurement, i can compare both. It looks quite similar

best regards,
Richard

Villeman

facebook did work just fine.

Eric, is there a way to long-distance-hug you? Had a rough day, been watching for a workshop for two years now, but your videos are simply great. Thank you very much

Villeman

Leider ist dieses Video, das Musik von SME beinhaltet, in Deutschland nicht verfügbar, da die GEMA die Verlagsrechte hieran nicht eingeräumt hat.

WHYYYY oh WHYYYYYYYY , i hate german GEMA...... (basically music censorship because youtube doesn´t want to pay a fixed price for every click!!!!)

Villeman

or if he is into Blacksmith-Stuff you could look at www.angele.de and order him something from there. The leather aprons for Blacksmiths are pretty expensive but so beautiful (and chrismas approved, my girlfriend bought me one last year

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Villeman

someone please go rescue this :

http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/ ... -roll-cage

look at all these tools!

(maybe picture search via tineye .....)

Villeman

Halberds? Where did you get a keg of SpatenbrÃ¤u? btw. nice use of the keg

Villeman

itÂ´s kind of sad when totally amazing becomes what you expect before seeing the images:) very nice,. very clear design

Villeman

Hey that looks like Lobeda in the second photo. Nice work

Villeman

wow, nice....

but (thereÂ´s always a but) it would look really cool if you wolud add the ridge from the original top piece to yours so that it looses some of the trumpet-look.

Villeman

try to form the "points" in the middle. YouÂ´ve flutes the whole piece and then thereÂ´s just plain metal around the two rivets. If this area would match the rest, the whole piece would certainly look more consistent and pleasing!

just try to flute along the borderline of each point.

Villeman

you could weld a new hard face on the bick. At least thatÂ´s how some anvils get restored, and milling the face flat should be a lot easyer with only a small face like a bick iron. As for the proper welding rods and so one, has anyone seen halberds ^^

Villeman

and iÂ´d guess it follows the same goal. Gladiator armour is intended to keep the fighter alive and thus making the fight interesting. The lack of cover in certain parts would be to still achieve a hit, but clearly exposed "easy" targets are covered. Same thing is with later armour, just without the...

Villeman

hi, i donÂ´t know how much harder SCA is to live-steel freefighting (blunt edge :) ), but iÂ´ve never used padding between gauntlet and glove. for me, a good leather glue and stitches along the outside worked fine, just make sure not to use a very thin twine, or itÂ´ll cut into the leather, and depe...

Villeman

donÂ´t know if it really is the same book. so i donÂ´t want to ruin anyones purchase, but if itÂ´s really that good, maybe other people want one too

Villeman

Hi there,

i think this one could be a later version of this book.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Rustung-Robe-Andreas ... %C3%BCcher

just posting for all those wo couldnÂ´t get the other one

Villeman

if iÂ´m getting this right, you should have 4 rivets in the cop and 2 of these connecting to each lame (one above one beyond) , like indicated by the crosses on the pattern

Villeman

a Kastenbrust (box-chest) is already very boxy, iÂ´d guess its flutes on this boxy-flat surface. But i havenÂ´t seen it myself. Maybe when iÂ´ve more time to spare, iÂ´ll go there and make some decent photos. (pics were made after Â´45 so i hope it survived)

Villeman

the piece is in a small church no more than 40km away from me ^^ . Its in ThÃ¼ringen (Thuringia), middle Germany.
IÂ´d like to see the one who made all the flutes in an already domed knee. Yeah i guess someone really learned to flute that day.

Villeman

Hi,

iÂ´ve found some interesting piece of armour and iÂ´d like to share it with the rest of you guys. Forgive me if itÂ´s allready well known

http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/mi10477f14a.jpg

Villeman

wire wheel donÂ´t feed on flesh, i think they just like the expression on your face, somewhat like :shock: followed by :cry: ...... another lesson, if somebody buyÂ´s an old power coupling, an is all excited because this time, the safety doesnÂ´t kill the power while welding....... donÂ´t touch the ...

Villeman

is it just me or does teaser 18 look a little bit like Zoidberg ?

Villeman

you canÂ´t actually buy them in Germany any more. Got banned for being too dangerous once you block the blade by getting the angle wrong. So have fun

Villeman

Hi,

Schamkapsel is the correct term for codpiece, die Scham is the persons private area, and kapsel means capsule. Piece this together and youÂ´ve got a storage area for certain bodyparts, and iirc a place to store your money.

Villeman

I think it will actually be quite good once it got enough wear to make the leather supple. But yeah right now itÂ´s a bit boxy ^^. Take it to the field then...

Villeman

Hi,

yupp, Bestarmour had problems with 2 companys stealing pictures from their site. (thatÂ´s why theyÂ´re all watermarked sice two years or so)

Villeman

i think it looks great, if at all, i would make the screw from brass or else. This would give it some contrast but itÂ´ll keep the mean look. Some reenforcement at the top made of brass would look nice though.
And i love the shovel ^^

Villeman

Hi, i bought Gauntlets four years ago, and i can say bestarmour makes great armour. As for shipping, took 3 dayÂ´s to Germany (well, no distance... ), but their production time was mental back then ( 1 Month for premade and altered gaunts, 1 year for a new pair, something around 2 years for the Suit...

Villeman

ok with absolutely no knowledge of such a thing, why donÂ´t you take out the stone, fix it in a turning bench or any faster turning thingy and use the normal tools to fix it?

Villeman

Ups,

of course itÂ´s Gesicht, i was rather short on time, so thank you for pointing out the typing errors. As said, a little sketch will do most of the work for you, especially if the Staff isÂ´t familiar with SCA-Marshals methods of inspection (which is near 100% likely).

Villeman

Hi, iÂ´ll give it a try, Hallo, dieses Gitter-Visier mÃ¼sste repariert werden. Entweder muss es entfernt und durch ein neues Visier erstetzt werden, oder es mÃ¼ssen weitere Stangen eingefÃ¼gt werden, so das an KEINER Stelle ein 25mm Stab durch das Visier gesteckt werden kann. (Sicherheitsanforderung...

Villeman

Wow, thatÂ´s great work! Thank you very much

Villeman

i was just looking at the picture i posted, when i realized, they used some middle way, the upper lames are riveted closer to the centre but the last one is almost at the border..... i donÂ´t wanna hijack this threat but has anybody an idea?

Villeman

I just found this picture of the fauldÂ´s inside from the SchwÃ¤bisch-GmÃ¼nd harness I asked about yesterday. It doesnÂ´t seem to be on modern pieces only

Villeman

Hi,

thank you very very much, that was EXACTLY what iÂ´m looking for. Hell thatÂ´ll be one funny chrismas (iÂ´ll see my workshop again)

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Villeman

Hello, iÂ´m reading silently for quite a time , but now iÂ´ve come to a place where asking around here seems the last chance iÂ´ve got. IÂ´m looking for a total shot of this armour because everytime i find pictures, itÂ´s from the helmet and especially the chin, so has anybody got some more pictures...

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Kastenbrust

looking for this armour