The Armour Archive

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you can, Magus. A killing blow is a killing blow.. I have had Marshals call in my favor when I drove someones shield down with the haft and had enough force on the head to make it a good shot. the comment was "good! but the sheild stopped it!".. umm.. no. If the striking edge hits your head with su...

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If you bow can pass through an eyeslot, bounce it. If the prods on your crossbow can do the same, bounce it as well. Make the armor safety standard fit ACROSS THE BOARD. Maeryk Side note here. Shields are not required to do so anymore AFAIK. When a friend asked why that botherd me I took her AL shi...

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Maeryk/Magus toad: Altough there are some disadvantages to the plate as proof, I think they are far outweighed by the results. I wouldn't want it for a permanent rule, but it makes a good optional rules set. Also, it gives you a reason to carry that war hammer or battleaxe. The wrestling around tha...

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Faceplates shots are "nuclear".. we are wearing open faces. Other shots require sufficient force/and or depend on hit. You hit my tasset, which is sitting OVER my cuisse, I can guarantee that arrow is not going to penetrate. Period. I dont care what you fire it out of, sub crossbow.. its not goin t...

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I dont know how much I like that idea. ANy rhino with 4 grand to spend on cap a pie will be invincible, because no weapon will be able to penetrate, and our combat rules do not allow for repeat stress to one part of the armor. Maeryk I think this is exaclty the scenario that the accepted armour sta...

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Hushgirl wrote: Arima Jinsuke wrote: WHY did I drive 1000 miles to do this again? WHY did I even bother to put my armor on? I'm beginning to have trouble thinking of a reason... Something I hear from low-ranking heavy frighters on a regular basis. If this is what you are hearing then it goes along ...

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The one on the left is safe, not pretty or comfortable, but safe. I believe Agnarr and I are speaking of the same Lady's helmet. I have however seen another mockup along the same pettern that was NOT safe. The eyes were cut way too large for the 1" rule. As always and especially with indian imports....

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I wear a set under my fencing kit and I love it so far. Takes a bit to get used to the secondskin feel.

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We tried to talk to the res hall administration dept. Wouldn't give us an audiance. Meh.

I lucked out the next two years and had a floor counselor that was of the "...don't make me report you, I hate paperwork." variety and only had to refrain from bringing in the toys past the front desk.

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The next morning, I get called down to legal and they were writing me up for bringing a "dangerous weapon" onboard the ship. I told them that it wasn't a weapon and was told that I could "kill someone with it". To that I replied, "only if I broke it in half and stabbed them with the pieces". It was...

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Ah-ha! I knew I wasn't losing my mind... okay this once.

Yeah I hada chance to play with one on the side at a tourny... t'was lotsa fun.

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At one point I remember experimental rules int eh Mid for a chain gaunt(often a butcher's glove) as a special offhand weap that allowed enclosed-thumb grasping of the blade and renderd the hand immune from drawcut. Point-thrust was still good.

I'm not sure what happened to it though.

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Three cheers! I'm always glad to see more schlager equiv blades on the field. It was a big mess when Crown of Mid(Edward?) passed the decree of no more epees/foils, but the numbers in rapier have skyrocketed since. Many I talked to were very glad to be using these blades instead of the modern equivs...

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Recieved the gambeson promply after payment, it's a nice one as well.

Mucho thanks man!

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Halberds wrote:At least they aren't buying up all the aluminum and titanium, that would = aircraft and ICBM's.....

The thought of ANY mobilization of China's armed forces scares the crap outta me.

<tasteless joke>

What does Japan do if N. Korea gets nukes?

Glow.

</tasteless joke>

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I'm choosing to take the 'legged = incap' stance as well. My main reason being the desire to have my natural knees into my later years in life. Against convention, but convention isn't worth a joint replacement in 20 years because of odd wear and tear on the already worn and torn joints. Is it a dis...

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Thank you all, I have been concidering writing a few books on armour making for several years now. My spelling skill is atrotio... attrotious... bad. My grammer is horrible and is bad too I also worry about putting out bad historical information. What I have been thinking of doing is making CD roms...

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Go to the museum and tell the armour keeper that the gauntlets what they have there are hockey gloves, and he will throw you out the window. It is just new age bull sh.... invented by SCA I understand that completely. I wasn't saying hockeygloves are better nor was I equating them in mundanity... I...

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These could be passed in the Mid (and assumedly other kingdoms) if approached as "equivelent to hockey gloves" and not "finger gauntlets".

Check with your local KEM.

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Hello, my lady and I are starting to look about for tents. I would like a yurt personally, but they are rather pricey. So we are thinking of getting a standard pavilion-esq tent. Looked at panther primitives and they come recomended from a few friends. Who else is out there? Any specific models/styl...

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I've had some pretty funky bruises due to being hit on a fold of cloth. If you can get ahold of the fighter who most likely put that beaut on you you might ask them to take a look at their tips. If you have quillions on your blade you mighta spiked yourself in close quarters on accident. Been there,...

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I love plate armor. I'm going for Ti on my kit because of it's weight and low maintenance properties. Cost I can deal with if I save smartly. (and work some OT ) My biggest advice is along the lines of Summits-Ogier. Don't just buy right away. Ask questions of other fighters in person. Ask about the...

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Anyone have advice on making gaunts with Ti? I'm looking at doing this down the road, but am having a hard time drawing up exaclty how in my brain. I know Ti is really quirky and unforgiving. Don't want to go about re-inventing the wheel and going bonkers in the process. (Well anymore bonkers than I...

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Heh we're wandering off topic, but when in Rome... I fence primarily and do heavy as the aside for fun. Yes the silly crap annoys me to NO end. I have seen some that were "silly" but well executed and apropos. Example: A person garbed as a fool using a fool's ass-eared, cock-combed baton as a rigid ...

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The pictures work just fine for me. Good looking stuff.

The pauldrons look great. How do they move for polearm use?

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Helms and full gauntlets for new people. Those are the two that, to me at least, are the hardest to get/manufacture and still look decent on a budget for Joe New-Guy.

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Sir Mrks, thanks for all the good info! I really look forward to reading of your experiences with Ti. I'm positively amazed with the metal and I hope to work towards a kit involving it.

Thanks for sharing.

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I will not be able to post pics until later this week...pc is worse than I thought. in the mean time....here is the web site for "how to" http://www.worlddomination.tzo.com/polearm/default.htm I couldn't get that link to work, but here's one that I did. http://stahlgeist.tzo.com/stahlgeist/polearm/...

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ok...but if we were to do that how would you reconcile the tourney at the end...do you have the +12 month winner fight the -12 winner to decide who wins? .....or do you just leave it at both and make it like two different divisions? Hrm... I hadn't thought that far honestly. Prehapse have a fight b...

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Here's just a thought, prehapse splitting it into those less than a year and greater than might be kinda nice? In my experiance the difference is fairly large between them in skill. Granted that's coming from one on the lower end of that timescale. I took part in a couple of these style tournies and...

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There was a weapon called a Tetsubo iir. Basically a two-hander where 2/3 of the weapon was the studded, iron-plated striking surface. Nasty business. I'm going to have to make a KONG mace methinks for backup to my pole. muahahahah Oh and WMA that kit of yours is SWEET looking. The persion one is fr...

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Care to elaborate more on the construction of the KONG mace?

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Over at my buddy's his eldest(4 I think) can be wicked fast with his boffers. He also likes to ride about the house on his stickhorse and tilt at visitors. :-p

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"plastic's not gonna do any better, it'll be light but it flexes something awful." Not necessarily true. It depends on your material. The HDPE barrel plastic I had as my first vambraces was tough as nails. I took repeated overhand shots from a glaive(a few bouts) on one and only registered that it h...

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I usually only get knocked on because I tend to hang around with a bunch of Vikings. You're doing great from what you've stated. Keep it up. I take advice from all who wish to give it. I only follow what suits me best. In the end you'll figure out what works best for you and most people should reali...

Shopping about for tents... any input?