The Armour Archive

Alexander Younger

maybe in plush?

http://www.scifigenre.com/itemDetail.aspx?nItemID=16004

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Doesn't the SCA use foam swords for the lower ages of Youth fighting?

Otherwise, fine review. I never really thought of the movie as SCA related, probably because I'm too aware of LARP, and a local group called LAIRE.

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http://www.eastkingdom.org/mediawiki/images/c/c3/AlexanderYoungerDevice.gif Argent, six pellets in annulo Choose for one major and few smaller reasons. Major reason. Really easy to draw. small reason, I mundanely work for a Medici, and this is (vaguely) like the old Medici arms. And since the old M...

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Didn't go to Pennsic, but found a picture from the A&S displays that looked somewhat familiar ... http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn7/SleepyUnicorn/Pennsic%2040%20Arts%20and%20Sciences%20Display/IMGP3531-1.jpg Those are me, The cup in the front right was partially painted and fired at Pennsic. A...

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Partial update: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h90ASHdQWR4/TiyKgpTcWvI/AAAAAAAABZk/ziPIo5zVJco/s640/11+-+1 First, it's not a 100% successful process. Mistakes happen. Second. I did find an example of a later cup, 1670's that has three sets of arms on it. One set for a person, and two for localit...

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Hard to say. While there is a trend for identifiable heraldry in the later-period Central European enameled glassware (including the humpen et al.), I suspect this could well be heraldic design that's just decorative, without being associated with a particular individual or family or whatever. That...

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Oh, brother. I'm rather disappointed in the description. If that is an accurate replica, that shield isn't yellow, but white. Yeah, I noticed the next day that I put the wrong field on BOTH of those cups. I've scraped it off and will be redoing the fields tonight. You can't see it, but the blue in ...

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Does anyone know whose arms they are? That might go a very long way toward explaining things...or not ;) At least one of the arms is on the Zuricher Wappenrolle with the name NELLENBVRG http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ZurichRoll/ circa 1320-1330 Roughly the same time as the cup being made. I don't ...

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One of my project to do before Pennsic was to make some awesome drinking glasses. They are going to be finished this weekend. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_J_rxKPAtQc/TidBsuJqF2I/AAAAAAAABEU/_Zt5aQCQTAk/s512/photo%2525281%252529.JPG They are based off the Aldrevandini beaker in the British Mus...

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You can also drag and drop the image into google image search.

I didn't find any bigger images however.

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kfinna wrote:(And I think Max was making a reference to "We don't need no stinkin' badgers!", rather than being purposefully unhelpful. )

For full reference to the "Stinking Badges" I found this. http://www.rudebadmood.com/badges/allindex.shtml Which proves that people will make lists of anything.

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Robert of Canterbury wrote:Larger than lifesize, (The piece is 22x30mm) the Royal sigil for the second reign of Gabriel & Constanza of Lochac. Forty-odd pieces in pewter, cast in a limestone two part mould.

What did you use for the gold coloration?

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WOW... One question of "Is this rumor true" leads to this.. Guys/gals, seriously all I was trying to do was find out if a rumor was true..There is no way it could have been as has been pointed out that the East never signed on so how could they stop something they never started... I don't know if y...

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More pointedly, the East has never recognized the White Scarf for just the reasons Tailoress states. Tailoress, thanks for heads up.. I didn't know the East didn't recognize the White Scarf to begin with The East was briefly in the treaty, but left in October of AS XXX, 15 Years ago. So this is... ...

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East has two really cool events on that weekend... War of the Roses and Panteria. Last year I went to both. I wish they were on separate weekends, but I'm selfish that way. There's also Quest in Settmore Swamp that I'll be attending. This year should be a good year, despite the weather predictions....

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I don't know offhand anything from that time period, but "The Bean Eater" is 1580's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaneater

Edit: Which is covered in the post above. I need to be faster.

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Agreed not in court... would be cool if I could make a production of dying on the battle field and have my body carried off followed by an in camp funeral/Irish send off. The only problem with that is it would probably freak out the marshals and others on the field when they hear someone died. If y...

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I think all of Critter's fights are here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10-hPr ... re=related

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LiamStLiam wrote:Does anyone have a list that includes consorts?

http://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/springcrown2011.html

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This thread made me think about making a bandsaw blade into a mobius loop.

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Alexander - What diameter black pipe did you use? Did you have much sagging with the queen size? I think it was 1" or there abouts. I thought 1/2" would be too small, and so I went the next size up. I remember the drill bit. (have to use a forstner bit) was slightly too small, and I have to use the...

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My plan for the bed was to make one like this http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Other_Articles_II_Furniture.pdf but with two completely different sets of ropes that share a center rail. The idea is that we could each adjust our side the way we want it. I made of these for pennsi...

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Goblets.

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I'm not sure if this is the right place for woodworking hints, but here goes. On SCA-ish projcts, when I make stuff out of pre-ripped wood, I go over the exterior surface with a plane, so it takes off the outer sanded surface. It leaves an open grain that's just as smooth, and holds up under very cl...

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Chris Gilman wrote: Here you go: The Indian is a replica toy version from the film, the knight is an original figure from the film.

You own an (in)action figure, of you?

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a d8 with re-rolling an 8 would work too. Or having the 8 be a zero.

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I did a quick search and I didn't see "Gisant: knight in armour" At the Princeton Art Museum. direct link http://mcis2.princeton.edu/emuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=Text¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=Gisant:%20knight%20in%20armour&quicksearch=Gisant:%20knight%20in%20armour&se...

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Can you make one of these? See, that looks way more 16th-17th century to me. Agreed! The Roemer glass comes in around the 1630's. Nowhere near appropriate for the 14th c. Period Dutch paintings usually depict the Roemer glass filled with white wine. The Germans still use a variant of that glass for...

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ahem

http://www.larsdatter.com/feastgear4.htm

no thread is complete without the link to the larsdatter.

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for pewter buttons, there's always billy and charlie

http://www.billyandcharlie.com/bell.html

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I'll back up the statements that soapstone is easy to carve and use. It's very easy. But I'll also suggest something I haven't actually tried yet, but may work well. I've found that using a flat piece of wood as the flat side of a soapstone mold worked out. I'd be tempted to say just using a wood mo...

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I believe Billy and Charlie does custom work too.

http://www.billyandcharlie.com/cus.html

He's on the archive, and rather helpful too.

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Leo Medii wrote:We could use one or two.

I'll be up for filming this.

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Chris Gilman wrote:Sunday the 1st. I should have enough tools, but all that is neded to put the house together is, a 7/16 socket and a straight and phillips screwdriver & an allen key, if you have these, extras couldn't hurt..

What size Allen key?

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So, what would be a good house warming gift?
An Italian lamp, or vase, perhaps? A Flemish drinking cup?

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