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Kniggit

Wow, these are my favorite helm types. The Greathelm in particular. Is there any chance you can PM me the pattern? I tried to make one and I failed horribly. Thanks

Ian

Kniggit

lookin good Cat! love it!

Kniggit

Kniggit

knitebee wrote:I will definatly post some updates this summer when I get to try it out in the heat.

i guess this means you will drag me over there and FORCE me to fight you? bah! ok its been awhile since if done anyting =D

think i should fight in my greathelm? hehe

Kniggit

Kniggit

ok, after cleanin my room i pulled my almost complete mail vest out of a box, i wanted to as sleeves to it, and extend it down past my waist until almost knee level, that part is simple, but i was looking at how i might add sleeves... the way it was made so far i made 4 trapezoid shapes, and linked ...

Kniggit

hey fellahs, been awhile since i last posted im working on my maille vest, and im at the point where i am connecting the sides, ive got half of one side done, i try it on and the top of the side flops down, do i have to skip a link or two for severeal rows? or will it work itself out near the armpit...

Kniggit

Im just apalled....

hehe, from other vids ive seen of the SCA that is slow and well "Wussy" to the SCA standards

so in other words, im just appalled

Ian

Kniggit

DUDE, your nostrils are HUGE i bet you breathe AWESOME

Whoa, thats too cool.

Ian

Kniggit

I will be out of town unexpectedly

well, now we know what to expect

Ian

Kniggit

please post pics of the finished piece

Ian

Kniggit

im still tryin to shape my 2nd pair of demi gaunts the way i want them, i keep scratching the crap out of my stuff, maybe its my forms, my anvil definatly need to be smoothed out alot.... i think my first pice was an elbow i havent even finished yet. i have forgotten about it, rightr now im trying t...

Kniggit

Bump

Bump

Please, anyone have any clue when its gonna happen?

Ian

Kniggit

Ok, i dont mean to sound impatient, but i am

what is the deal? are you skipping this month because we were so behind and starting next month, or is it more problems with the site location like easyspace and your more concentrated on that than the AotM?

Ian

Kniggit

Kniggit

hmm i dunno, ok, enough bieng nice, do you know how many F**kin stupid peple there are? really? i get to meet a few EVERYDAY. It might be this guy is jokin, but where i live there are literally hundreds of stupid people.i had some guy askin if we sell NASCAR motors to put on a bike (i help out at a ...

Kniggit

Deth wrote:Does anybody make fabric with the pattern of chainmail printed on it?

WHAT?

Do you plan to use that AS armour or cover plate or something with it?? SCAdians hit hard, fabric is NOT gonna help, unless there is about 70 inches of padding (slight exageration)

Ian

Kniggit

I prefer to do everythong from scrathc, but then agsaib, im 15 and i got awhile before i can do armour combat. Yes maille is not fast, ive been workin on my shirt off and on for 4 months, and im only 1/2 the way done. I heard that cat makes maille cheap and quick, but i think you will have to wait i...

Kniggit

When is the Armour of the Month gonna be updated? its june and its still may's, i dunno about you but i cant wait to see what people have been doing and also have the patterns availible

Ian

Kniggit

maybe a fluted bascinet? i have an idea in my mind but i cant seem to put it on paper

Kniggit

Its been blackened now, looks great from a distace but crap upclose, i didnt take the hours to grind all the galy crap off. so there is alot of greenish spots on the bottom half. The cross pieces i think im gonna make new ones, this time out of thin brass, because its a pain to get them to shape the...

Kniggit

that didnt have what i was lookign for....

Kniggit

I know the guy who made this. It is even cooler in person.

Does he live in oregon too?

Kniggit

I need to locate some Macjiejowski Bible Great Helm patterns, ive tried google and i got a load of crack about the coming of jesus

This is the helm im looking for pattenrs

Please, any help

Ian

Kniggit

I like to planish everything before it is put together. Yeah, i did planish it all before i did put it together, but when i put it together i realized i needed a little center ridge on the bottom piece. So i made a blunt one and now i just have to planish it out Since it was 18 gauge i could do all...

Kniggit

SWEET

Kniggit

Thanks Cat, good luck with your Spangen, jope you are able to fix it

Ian

Kniggit

Here is my progress on the helm, welding is finished, just need to grind, planish, polish http://photobucket.com/albums/y272/Kniggit/?action=view¤t=P1050373.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/y272/Kniggit/?action=view¤t=P1050374.jpg Feel free to critique my shaping, and even feel free to ...

Kniggit

*helpless laughter* Actually, my ideal workshop would be a nice big room, with air conditiong, good lighting, and sound proof, so no nieghtbors get annoyed I would have lotsa hammers, palnishing, dishing, raising, rawhide mallets, rubber mallets, odd ball hammers, tack hammers, hell, even wooden mal...

Kniggit

Lotsa forms, hammers, stakes, and 3 anvils, a grinder with a polishing wheel,

Umm, lotsa hammers, a coupe of live female mannicans (sp?)

Err, some more hammers, o yeam tons of metal. Plasma cutter, uh some more female mannicans...

Thats about it

Ian

Kniggit

Kniggit

hehe, ive wron it, i cant feel a thing when im hit in the head, just a dull ring

Ian

Kniggit

I would love to see that 24 hout battle that was mentioned in a post awhile back...

Ian

Kniggit

Okay question for drilling of holes, do i make the slots as big as they appear in the patterns on the center piece, or do i make them the size of the holes on the hand piece? http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/demi_rainald/patterns/cuffp02.jpg I really need some advice here. Ian

Kniggit

At night you can sneak up and they wont see you

Ian

Kniggit

There is a slim chance i might be able to buy it. i will pm you soon

Kniggit

I found a chunk of aluminum, and i wanted to pound the crap out of it. I thought about and said, its big enough to make some gaunts... So i did a pattern search on the AA and used Rainalds Demi Gaunts patterns. The Aluminum is 12 guage so it wanst too soft, hand shears wouldnt cut it, so i used a pl...

Mail vest - might go all the way and make a hauberk

Maille Vest, got somethin wierd going on

AotM?

Help me please best begging look

First Helm progress

Started my Demi Gaunts