The Armour Archive

Bartok

I suggest you take a look at this website which focuses on home workouts: http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/index.htm In particular: http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/schedbeginning.htm Which is a workout that can be done with minimal equipment, and is a solid full body workout. I know you aren't worrying...

Bartok

I'd go for the 12 gauge if I were you.

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It depends on what style of helmet it is.

For a heavily dished helm top like a bascinet, 12 ga. For the dished panels of a spangen helm, 14 ga is fine IMO.

What style of helmet are you getting?

Eric

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I suggest playing around with some clip art. Colour in the charges, and look for colours on colours, and metals on metals. One of the things with heraldry is that sometime less is more. The fewer things there are on the device, the more those things that are there stand out. Print out your clip art ...

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Cet wrote:Pewter works great- better than lean really a sit doesn't deform as quickly and you don't need to worry about washing your hands afterward.

Wonderful! Thanks for the info

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Has anyone tried using pewter instead of a lead block?

I have lots of pewter kicking around, but no lead. One of these days I'll have time for a project where a block will be handy and it'd be nice to know I don't have to mail order lead for it.

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My biggest gripe with touch kills on the face is that it becomes a calibration that requires you to see the shot. I wear a closed face helmet. Like all helmets there is a bit of wobble, I can brush my helmet with a gauntlet when I am blocking, and there is sometimes a little interplay between my gor...

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Toby Capwell wrote:No worries,

Everyone above, you are all on the list. Subscription will probably open in August and close after Christmas this year (or whenever it sells out). So you haven't missed anything yet.

Best,

TC

So the battle on the plains of Publishing Land went well eh?

Congratulations!

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Is Tentsmiths a solid company? Good quality, etc? I'm happy with the round I got from them. They were very pleasant to deal with. (I got the midi, which is fine for a single short person with stuff. I hadn't planned on the 75 lbs of dog, but there is still enough floor space left to manage.) Bartok

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Yes, the leather tab for pointing is much like a hinge.

I will try to take a couple pictures after work.

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I agree that points of some kind are needed to keep the cops from drooping down. But are there any artwork sources that show them? Steve I don't recall seeing any art sources that show them. I pointed mine to my cuisses underneath so it can't be seen. There is a tab of leather riveted to the back o...

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Good for you

Well done both on the authorization and the award!

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PM sent, I'm in too.

I don't do 15th century, but others do, and I'd like to have good information so I can help them

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I made mine on the bias, like my hosen. They fit nice and closely, bending well (they don't need holes or slits behind the knee.) Then I lost 25 lbs... I need to open up the back seam and take them in a bit. If anyone wants to try the same, I suggest making them an inch or so shorter at the top than...

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so for hidden i could go for the wisby cop that has shoulder plates below the leather? might this work? I'd suggest incorporating a pocket or patch on your gambeson for concealing something. While the shoulder of the coat of plates does cover some of the top of the shoulder near the neck, it doesn'...

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Vivant!

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I'll confess I am terrible with faces. I do try to greet new people, but there is always that small worry that they're locals I just don't know well enough to recognize...

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(Who comes from a place where we happily chat about our lives with some random person walking the same way...)

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I'd suggest something hidden for shoulder protection if you're gunning for that era.

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My new one just uses the 7.1 oz bleached.

Try mail ordering from http://www.fabrics-store.com/

They have nice quality linen, very reliable.

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LARP experiences varry. I tried LARP before getting into the SCA. My screen name is from my LARP character actually. I was incredibly disappointed with the lack of costuming efforts in the LARP group I had played with. Their armour rules sucked, so few people wore much of any either. I joined the SC...

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While i can understand the idea behind this i am not thrilled with the possibility of it excluding new people from getting into the SCA. I remember when i first started out. It was more about getting out on the field and learning to fight than having an authentic looking kit. How many people are no...

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You're all just lucky I'm not queen. :twisted: Anyone up for the challenge of making her queen? I regret my only hope would be if all the rest of the day's combatants came up with a crippling stomach flux :( In all seriousness, while I would like to see more people use linen, all I can do is strong...

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It's from standing around listening to you. You should get a bib. So what you're saying is that unless someone is willing to spend significant amounts of money (benchmark - full suit at Icefalcon's, ~1200$.) he/she isn't worthy of peerage? Cisco: You say you don't care about what people can afford,...

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Sometimes being a marshal means you have to be a jerk (i.e. the person who says "you can't play today")... It's one of those things that comes with the territory. Everytime anything gets added, people will bitch and moan at the marshals who have to enforce it. Such is life. This is at least somethin...

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raito wrote:OTOH, it's coming up with an unambiguous written definition of 'looks good' is hard.

It's kinda like trying to come up with an unambiguous written definition of "reasonable attempt"

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Shoes and hands are exempt, so Ice is free to wear his sneakers.

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If you've done it well in plastic (so it is shaped appropriately), doesn't say something like "Sunspun" or have a glaringly modern colour, then you have nothing to fear. "No Exposed Blue, Orange or any Blatantly Modern Plastic." Padraig is doing his best to keep the entry point low and inclusive whi...

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No worries Ernst :) I can see how you could miss the layering order, I was kicking myself for not making it more plain ;) I float in and out of the Archive depending on how busy my life is, and it's been insanely busy for a while. Thus I haven't seen the threads to which you refer. I've been around ...

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If she doesn't want a mish-mash kit, but wants the look of the St. Justina helm, you need to scrub half your plan: No visible poleyns, couters, or spaulders; no coat of plates of any sort; and no splint vambraces. Aketons appear in literary sources a few decades earlier, but there aren't any pictor...

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It will be her second kit. She's been fighting for about four years, and loves to fight for the fun of it. Her old helmet is an off the rack, which wasn't well designed, and she's never been happy with several other things about her old armour. So she asked about getting a helmet with a faceplate th...

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I want to dress this lovely lady in a kit similar to this. My theory is there is there is nothing like a womanly figure in mail ;) Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight dates this to the 1210ish date. I'm thinking of getting her: http://www.crash-pads.com/outerwearunderwear-p-58.html http://www.cra...

Bartok

5'2"
150 lbs
Heavy (sword and shield, great sword, pole arm)
34 years old
No fighting awards, just some stuff for A&S... (AoA & PoA)

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I did this up in some instructions for making a basic coat of plates for youth combat parents. The shoulder seams are to get the material to lay flat over the shoulder. I put the seams on the sides rather than the middle of the chest since it allows for smaller dimensions of the resource pieces. I s...

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And it is taped laterally, then spirally with strapping tape, before the foam is added... Shattering PVC is a big consideration when making youth weapons. At least one kingdom, probably more use 3/4" rattan for their youth weapon cores , to avoid the shattering PVC issue. It's a balancing act betwee...

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Thanks for the continued feedback everyone

I'm doing my best to follow along with online dictionaries

Winter project - new SCA kit for my friend