Wow..I can't believe someone actually got that block on film I fight great sword so..rarely, I expected to get tanked bad, and yet somehow, I always managed to get a bit of it in the way.

The event itself was amazingly fun for me...

My thanks to those who put in all the work on it.


-Ruger

The Chinese Terra cotta Warriors used the downward overlapping lammellar on the torso, changing to upward overlapping over the hips. Gives a nice wasp-waist look if you are interested in that. Obviously worked well,according to above testimony. It worked well enough to still be in use up into the 1...

I like my Malory straight, not diluted, not futzed with. Sir Thomas Malory spent an appreciable fraction of the fifteenth century confined in prison for ramping about behaving as if might conferred right. He may have experienced a change of heart in his captivity, as he used the time to write Le Mo...

No, I'm not entirely sure what the term "fix stuff" means, This is a highly advanced and technical term. I'd explain it, but according to IBoH Local #114 bylaws, I am not allowed to. (IBoH = International Brotherhood of Husbands). You can however request an explanation, as long as you submit the pr...

LMFAO Animal! I wonder what the freight would be like on 40,000 figs? What the heck can you make with figs anyway? I just like eating them like fruit popcorn. Useless fig information: There are about 50 figs (depending on quality and type) per pound. Wholesale figs are packed in 30 lb. cases. (appr...

1) before I go much further, how tight should lamellar fit? Right now I can squeeze it on over 1/4 inch of padding, is that too tight? lamellar, like maile, should have some room to expand and contract, but should also fit well. Vague? Yea :) 2) How do I do an inside right angle neatly? Make a diag...

I'm holding out for a better contemporary written description - such as "general so and so had in his inventory 3 suits of shanwenjia, each of plate size n x n, made of iron" wouldn't that be wonderful. It's all speculation if all we have are statues. Cheers, Lu-shan / Dan I'll be the first to shou...

don't put the funny little attachments on the ends of the sleeves. Aside from that you should be golden. Good luck! Those funny little attachements are actually period. Just depends on the region. They are Mongolian for the most part. Here's a cool site for you. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/east/...

Hi, I know this thread is getting old, but I don't get online like I used to with the kids and all. I read the other thread about the inconsistencies between this design of armour and pretty much everything else. I also am bothered by the apparent wastage and expecially by the no surviving armours....

eoghan_mw wrote:
For some reason I could zone on "The Fifth Element" like nothing else, I wore out the VHS tape. Haven't watched that movie since I last seriously worked with maille (two years ago).

For me, it's Law & Order on USA. 5 hours worth on any given night

I'm of the mind lately that there are few if any excuses to not come onto the field in a period (or mostly period) kit. I've heard the cost excuse, and can point to many period rigs that can be done for under $150 (minus helm). I figure, if you can afford garb, then you can afford armor. (I don't kn...

These were used from at least the 15th century right up to the 19th, but this one will be a part of a 16th century Ottoman harness. Or at least, Ottoman-like, as the helmet will be rather indian. Just a question. I have a picture of a surving piece and it looks like the center circle is much larger...

I have got a beautiful bunch of silk like this http://www.transprism.com/catalog/images/0006.jpg that my mom brought me from China (except mine is a deeper blue and has gold coin motif). What cultures and periods is this appropriate for? I mean how far back? Would it be appropriate for any European...

I just like to fight and in most cases, I could care less about what kind of tourney it is. I did however fight in a really cool round robin once that was loads of fun and gave me -alot- of fights in one day. It was a Rose tourney in the Mid about 5-6 years ago. 6 guys in the list with you, round ro...

Is there such a thing as Lamellar laced to a light leather or heavy linen garment? And if not how late was scale armor used? If you look at the pic I posted int he Pretty Chinese Armor thread, the answer to your question is yes. At least on the Oriental side of things, lamelar was usually stitched ...

I can think of two unofficial nighttime games around here: 1) "Throwing shit in the Dark". Pretty official sounding name, huh? :lol: Basically, it starts with somebody picking up some thrown weapon and throwing it at his buddy. Then the game is on. You should quickly try to grab some more thrown we...

Two that I remember real well.. 1) Climb On facility in Easton. It was a climbing school with lots of open floor space..like the size of a college gym. The 'pool' ranged from real green folks to 'multiple Dukes - no waiting'. The great thing about having a pool that went from real shallow to very de...

Two cool things I like about this armor.. 1) There is a centerline down the chest and back. The lamalae go right over left as the head to the left, and left over right as they go to the right of the centerline. 2) The lamalar rows are staggered like bricks. Ok, so there is alot of cool stuff I like ...

Diagram of the lacing.

You asked for it.

Regarding the "waste" issue. If the scales were cut from bronze then there would be no waste since it can be recast. Yea..except that post-Tang Chinese scale and lamelar armor was done in iron. The document states the armor being in use from 600-1600 AD. The Tang dynasty period is about 400 AD. (Gi...

Got any other views of this? There's a line drawing in the document that gives an idea of the holes and lacing .. but that's the only other one. There is also another suit from anothe rpart of China, though same period and same rough design (no shoulders on that one). I can post them if there is in...

Russ, but what I really wanted to target was Mongol armour like the fellow is wearing in the initial photo. It sounds like some of your comments refer to this sort of armour? I think the stuff in the original pic might be like what Carpini describes. (Leather bands soaked in pitch). I always got th...

Given all of this, the complete lack of surviving examples, and the armour's very high degree of wasteage compared to comparably-protective armor (would this be notably more protective than standard lamellar? Enough to justify the difference?), I believe that an application of Occam's Razor strongl...

Splendid. But- Link? Literature? Please pretty please!!! ARMOR IN CHINA BEFORE THE TANG DYNASTY BY ALBERT E. DIEN It's a pdf of an article from the JEAA (Journal of East Asian Archeology). The author is pretty prolific when it comes to Chinese armor. You can get reprints as well as other stuff on C...

I wanted to share this as it looks cool :) It's an existing bit of armor from the Han period (200AD), Shandong Province. (Tomb of King of Qi) As best as I can tell there are 4 different shapes of laminae and three lacing styles. (Two types of laminae at the shoulder, one for the body and one for the...

BUT no matter what anyone says about it not being worth doing because the only evidence is pictures and such, I disagree. I have seen LOTS of others doing Armour AND clothing that has only been found in pics or tapestries and using them as justification to recreate without a word of discouragement....

I'd call it a representation of the pattern, this looks to me like a miniature, so 54mm scale?? It isn't a representation of the pattern. The iconographical evidence shows no gaps between the plates. The whole point of scale armour is to overlap the plates. Robinson's suggestion does not do this. L...

Count me as interested. I've actually just started working on ideas for a better belt.. Your timing could not be better

Ive been wanting to do this for some time. I didnt know Mike that well, but enough to really cherish the conversations I had with him in the 1990s. I knew him well, though I did not own any of his armor. He did however do alot of repairs for me and stuff to keep me on the field when I was a new fig...

Sir Andreas Eisfalke wrote:Thnak you! I am more nervous than I was when I faced Iraqi guns...

Awesome!

Congrats!

Didn't Scotty give away the secret of transparent aluminum in one of the Star Trek movies?

Yea..I'm a geek..but not enough of a geek to say which one or the scene