The Armour Archive

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For women, aren't there many historical periods and impressions where the hair can be or should be completely concealed or covered? Tim Precisely. If you cannot achieve a period correct style, then cover it. I can't really think of any medieval time period where it's not acceptable to cover a woman...

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Not only were there wigs, there merkins , wigs for the ladies' nether regions. I am *NOT* going to ask about merkin usage, but what do folks with unavoidably OOP hairstyles use? Oh, and Milesent, thanks for the tip on the fillet! I have hair that is mid-back length, but is extremely fine. I also ha...

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Did you make sure she was "natural?" Because steroids, especially for women, are not period. The point is, that is what a womans muscles will look like if they become overdeveloped. Musculata are stylized torso shapes showing overdeveloped muscles. Therefore a musculata will look like that picture....

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I know replying to myself is poor taste (but when was I ever accused of good taste?) But are there documentable sources for falls, wigs, etc. for various periods? I have baby-fine hair, and the Leia Buns look I try to go for does not come off the way the pictures make out. I am sure someone back the...

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I was wondering how LHers handled the issue of hairstyles. I am sure that not everybody would be able to grow or cut their natural hair in approximations of period style (especially modern military types who are LHing a period where hair was longer). Some hairstyles in various periods are going to r...

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Rev. George wrote:I think the biggest difference is that the outline of the whole "sixpack" is more oval, and less square.

here's a pic i found on the web
[img]http://www.powerbody.biz/17.jpg[/img]

Did you make sure she was "natural?" Because steroids, especially for women, are not period.

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basically, horn prepared and treated the proper way is pretty much the equivalent of Dark Age/Medieval plastic. Its tough and springy. The benty Grange helm (I'm pretty sure it was that one anyways) reputably had plates of horn instead of iron filling in the bands, so if it was tough enough to prov...

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Can't tell you how many Frankenstein pieces came into the shop in England. 15th cent skulls with 17th cent visors and 19th century funerary garbage clapped on ... I suspect the skull on the visored helm to be something, but that visor is a fistful of ass. As for science being the end all on these t...

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I think the best way to test this would be to test the metal itself and to get a good look at the joins of the piece. If the metal itself were smelted in an anachronistic way, Bob's your uncle. If the metal is not anachronistic (say, this was a forgery using an actual piece of metal from the period)...

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I have a question:

I have read where animal horn was used as armour in various ways (such as in a coat of plates), and I wonder whether it would be tough enough for SCA usage, or whether it would splinter in interesting ways, and I'm better off using plastic. No, it would not be where it shows.

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trying to have fun and blow off enough steam not to strangle the next caller who can't find the "Any" key in our mundane jobs (okay, at least *my* mundane job involves the finding of Any keys). Have you had anyone ask where their cd rom was yet, and thought that the cd tray was a cup holder? lol No...

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...In regards to the heat question, the flax tow would probably be the less heat retaining. from descriptions, both wool and tow were used Believe it or not (I didn't until I tried it) the wool is not that bad when it comes to heat retention---or at least it makes up for it by having a nice wicking...

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Josh Warren wrote:
BrandSpankedNewbie wrote: Guess you pwned me there

Just so you know...

Okay, I'm just cranky today.

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Quoth Egfroth: "...the Bible, being in Latin, was only accessable to the clergy and the powerful, not to the common people..." Which is kind of ironic, really, since St. Jerome's "Vulgate" (the first Latin version of the bible) was so called because it was intended to be rendered into the "vulgar" ...

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I was going to go out on a limb and say "Use German - it's more appropriate". But then I got out my book of Du"rer engravings - very appropriate to the time and place of this helmet, and every inscription in all his engravings is in Latin. HOWEVER, if you're depicting a Protestant German, I think t...

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Ease up people...in the end, it really is only game... Christopher It probably is for you, and that's fine. For some it is more. A hobby. For some (not me) it is a lifestyle. For others, it is an obsession. I think we should understand that. When someone tries to eff with another guy's mundane way ...

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http://www.strangesports.com/images/content/104546.jpg Don't mess with 200-pounders. DISCLAIMER: I in no way know BrandSpankedNewbie nor am implying that her physique resembles the above in any way. no, no no, y'all---it's this: [img]http://www.jimcarreynettet.dk/billeder/vera08.jpg[/img] But serio...

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There's something else I would change in the SCA: I would peg an upper limit on the size of women in the SCA. Maybe 200 pounds. Jeez, are they big! . What's with that? There's 200 pounds, and then there's 200 pounds. The last time I was 200 pounds, I was a size 22W This time at 200 (post baby) I'm ...

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If you are not overly self-conscious, or limit it to your backyard, go walk around outdoors wearing your helm for a bit, in order to get used to it in a non-combat situation, and get used to wearing it in your ambient temperature.

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Yes, you probably can't get one that is not girly-looking... BUT Nowadays they have gloves lined with that mineral-oil-impregnated silicone that hopefully you can get on your hand. That stuff was discovered by being used in burn units, and is now used to moisturize hands. Last time I saw one was at ...

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I'm considering a pair of those Revival low boots. I'm also the biggest toe-walker you ever met. Are they easy on the toes?

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I guess in general, for just about anything, you have to ask yourself these questions: Given the amount of use and abuse to which I plan to put this thing, how much am I willing to invest in it? Do I want to take the approach of making this thing more durable and accurate, or do I want to not be hea...

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Call me crazy, but I thought that leg stuff attached to a gambeson or pourpoint, and the braies just kept modesty intact.

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What songs "describe" modern armourers? Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran - (starts taking armour orders) Take it to the Limit - Eagles - (customer que) Take it Easy - Eagles - (after taking down payment) Forever Isn't Long Enough - Michael Bolton - (due date) Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden - (aft...

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droooool. Somebody get me a mop!

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I like to use beeswax after I sand off the rust for at least the initial "I just bought it, now I gotta get the rust off." It's a pain to rub off, but I notice the stuff I waxed doesn't rust as quickly, even with my interesting body chemistry and the humidity. As for lanolin, would the stuff you get...

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The most extensive sources we have for many things are, for native English-speakers, in English. If you are looking at sources in English, you can find the whole history of the study of the subject, contemporary commentaries on various aspects of life, period biographies, commentaries on those biogr...

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It isn't appropriate. Plain and simple. You don't go to the R& whatever board to find a shortcut, because the shortcuts aren't R& whatever. Seems like it's pretty plain English to me. Again, the disconnect is almost entirely on the side of "well, my club doesn't allow such and such" - guess what, t...

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Perhaps what may be needed is a "cheats" forum, but cheats specific to preserving life, limb, and digestive system. I can accept that in period, brews were such that they tasted acceptably at room temperature, and that the temperature at which one enjoys beverages can be a matter of taste (I drink D...

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Man where have you been? this is eye candy armour.
I think you may have been spanked to much, to think SCA on this one.

[voice="Foghorn Leghorn"] It's a JOKE, son![/voice]

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Maybe there could be some kind of "life, limb, and digestive system" proviso on "cheat" questions. It's one thing to ask where to disguise a zipper in a gown. It's quite another to ask how to disguise a gorget and vambraces (for those for whom these pieces would be OOP), and a food cooler, or to add...

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PUH-LEASE! None of that stuff meets minimum armour requirements for my kingdom. They call that stuff "cookie cutters" for a reason. I mean, where are her knee and elbow cops? And OMG, she's gonna break her arm without some vambraces! Not to meantion trying to breathe in some of that stuff! Besides, ...

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Well, Emery Are you planning on this gambizon to be your sole protection, or do you plan to wear something over it, like chain or a lorica segmentata? Keep in mind that chain is really not wonderful for deflecting blows, and in most cases, enough gambizon to make up for chain's deficiencies in this ...

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people jump for the buckram rather than puzzle out how a piece might have actually been put together. Are you 100% certain that canvas stiffened with glue [buckram] was *not* used to make hats in the medieval period? I've always rather wondered about it myself, so if it has been determined that the...

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One has to admit, though, that people jump for the buckram rather than puzzle out how a piece might have actually been put together. I think this comes from the mentality of costuming for the theater. It has to look good enough from the audience's POV and last you through the run of the play--which ...

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