The Armour Archive

chrisvika

If you want this type of thing, I highly recommend "The Medieval Armour from Rhodes", although it's out of print, as far as I can tell, and the quality of the pictures is hardly in the same universe as the Churburg book. I recall hearing that Chivalry Bookshelf was working on a book called "Survivin...

chrisvika

Just got my copy this afternoon from FedEx (2nd delivery attempt). I've only skimmed through it for about 1/ 2 hour, but here is my impressionistic review: The downside: It was clearly done as "art" photography (and what photography it is!), rather than intended for people who want to repro armour, ...

chrisvika

Any updates on the status of this...?

Thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

I'm really interested in seeing that book. Can you bring it on Sunday? -Christian What about shaving? Any idea how that would have been gone about? Mention has been made of copper for razor blades, but what form would the razor have taken? Particularly in 14thC Europe? I picked up a book at the Muse...

chrisvika

Oooo you lucky bastard...

chrisvika

I was re-reading this thread and I noticed that I had said I'd post a pic of the spaudler from the Philly museum. Since "Better Late Than Never" should be my family motto, here it is. I apologize for the quality of the pic, but I did the best I could under the circumstances. BTW, the buckles at the ...

chrisvika

Finally got around to photographing these...

-Christian

chrisvika

Dan, I hope this exchange won't discourage you from staying in business. It seems you are the "go to guy" for medieval curbolli armour. I don' know any other armourer that makes it at the same quality as your work. I was especally impressed by the 14th century rarbrace that you repro'ed (I saw it at...

chrisvika

I get a little yellow sign that says "PROTECTED"

-Christian

Johan S. Moen wrote:
Right click on the picture, click on "open image", and then save it. Works for me.

Johan Schubert Moen

chrisvika

There is a painted late 15th century gothic cuirass in the Philadelphia musuem. The paint job looks quite old, but I have no idea if it was painted during its working life or not. I'll try to post an image in the next couple of days to see what people think.

-Christian

chrisvika

Crap! The host won't let me save the pictures to my computer. Is there any way you can burn them onto a CD and send them to me? Thanks, those were exactally the kind of images I had in mind.

y'rs,
Christian

chrisvika

That is an awsome collection of photos! I think they will very useful to me and many other armourers. Thank you for fufilling so many of my requests. I'm not sure what you mean by this: a tip learnt as well, i changed the metering mode from its default multi , to spot metering and it made a hell of ...

chrisvika

No problem, that's very interesting & helps me to understand the piece. I'm mostly working on 15th C armour these days, but I'm always full of curiosity.

-Christian

Brian W. Rainey wrote:
Christian,

Sorry for the delay. Here is a quick sketch. Hope it helps.

chrisvika

Brian,

Thanks for posting that drawing, I think it will greatly increase the understanding of how the S13 works. Would you mind doing a drawing showing how the leather articulating strips for the the side pieces work?

Thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

Thanks, I've been meaning to ask about that...

-Christian

Frederich Von Teufel wrote:
Christian, next time you come over, remind me to pull out my photos of Leeds; I have hundreds. I might even have photos of the gauntlet.

Frederich

chrisvika

Having never been to the RA in person, I can't tell you where it is. It used to be mounted in composite with the armour in the attached picture, but it clearly no longer is (BTW, I wouldn't mind having shots of that armour, also the famous equestrian gothic armour, if I'm not being too much of a PIT...

chrisvika

I wasn't expecting this thread to come up again! As long as it has, here is a picture of the new version of the arm. It is a work in progress, still needs to be sanded, polished, and assembled, but it's pretty close to being done. Unfortunately, having a 4-month old really cuts into my armouring tim...

chrisvika

Sent you a PM

schreiber wrote:Chris: I have pictures of that, but no hosting space...
I'll see what I can come up with....

chrisvika

I almost forgot, I'd really like some pics of this gauntlet from various angles. I'd be glad to send you a cd of pics I took from the Met and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in return.

Anything 15th c would be really cool, especally atypical angles, like the back.

thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

Since you asked, I'd really like details of the attached German field armour, particularly the arms, legs, back, etc.

Thanks,
Christian

Chance1234 wrote:Im back there next tuesday possibley so if anyone wants any detail or moere shots of any of the posted, then please shout,

chrisvika

I found a diagram on the internet, and it looks like the backplate was made of one large central plate with two smaller extensions attached to the sides, somewhat like several late 15th c Italian backplates from Rhodes. Is this correct? Does having the smaller plates give any movement advantage, or ...

chrisvika

I was just thinking about this topic, and up it comes. Anyway, I'd really be interested in seeing more about how you did this, if you have a chance. thanks, Christian You could also do it the way medieval armourers did, with a series of punches and counter-punches. I made my counter punches from dri...

chrisvika

I don't think I've seen any pictures of CH18 from behind. Would anyone care to post some? I'd also like to see how you (Talbot) reconstructed the Churburg plates. -Christian ... These are place differently than the ones on CH s18 which has a (possibly later) backplate. When I have made my backplates...

chrisvika

I'm personally fond of: Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons by Eduard Wagner et. al. I'd been looking for this book for years and years before Dover finally reprinted it. Very good source for 14th & 15th century central Europe, though you should be warned that it's all re-drawings rather than photo...

chrisvika

Anyone know the date and place of origin of this gauntlet? I'm guessing German early 15th c.

thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

Ok, I'll be in touch. Christian, I much prefer to work in emails, or through my website. The AA has been an invaluable advertising place for my work, but my website and email can handle more bandwidth, give the prospective client a chance to see more examples of my work, and answer all of those deli...

chrisvika

Sweeet!

Dan, I'm in the market for something just like that. Can you please PM me about prices and wait-time (if you are interested in doing another one)?

I was gonna make one myself, but I think you could do it vastly better than I.

thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

Another outstanding piece of work! I have a whole file of your pieces on my PC for reference.

I'm curious, did you weld the back of the elbow? I can't tell from the picture. Also, if you happen to have any pics of the rig dissassembled, I'd like to see them.

-Christian

chrisvika

I seem to recall that some 15th c Italian cuisses had evidence of originally having an integral lining. It may have been those from the "Avant" suit, but I'm not positive.

However, it was probably lining rather than padding.

-Christian

chrisvika

I've been researching a similar topic. I don't think a surviving homogeneous armour of the type you want exists. My advice would be to look through period manuscripts, such as the various editions of Talhoffer, the Solothurner Fechbuch http://mhewer.club.fr/Library/SFB/page_01.htm. the Beuchamp Page...

chrisvika

jmercier wrote: ...
I can get some pictures of my most recent armpits up when i get home for examples.

Yes, please post.

chrisvika

Geoffrey,

Any chance of you posting those images larger? I can't make them out too well at the size you have uploaded them.

Thanks,
Christian

chrisvika

Funny you should mention that. I was just thinking about making something like a Churburg 14 bp, but made out of couboulli. However, if you could do it for a decent price, I'd just as soon buy it from you. I'd really be interested in something more globous than what you show in the picture, though. ...

chrisvika

Looks much more like late 14th/early 15th c to me. I would be very much surprised if it dated later than 1520, on both stylistic grounds and the configuration of the armour. -Christian ... On a related note, I always liked the covered split breastplate on the St. Michael and the Dragon illumination....

chrisvika

Is this how the "Master R" velvet-covered breastplate is constructed? From the pictures I have, I can tell there is definately a shaped transition piece, but it's a little hard to see the details, especally how it is attached to the cover. Hey Lothar, ... Extrapolating from surviving later period br...

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Re: German Knightly Class 1480's Covered Breastplate Example