The Armour Archive

Alan Frize

I can't say for sure, but I know someone who does.

Alan Frize

Dunno if it is germane, but there is extant footage of the Viet Cong preparing to assault Điện Biên Phủ. In a clearing in the jungle, they are cleaning and preparing their weapons, including a lot of Japanese WWII stuff. It can clearly be seen that there is one guy working on a matchlock. Z There w...

Alan Frize

[quote="Barnet"]Anyone have more info on this, pics, sites?

Barnet[/quote]

Haven't got the web addy, but if you ask the nice chaps at Foro Fidelis they may be able to help.

Alan Frize

Randall, I'd say possibly, but worth remembering that in 1345 the Scots are going through the Second Wars of Independence, so older designs that might have been cheaper may have been around as well.

Only a conjecture, I'm more musing aloud here than saying for definite.

Alan Frize

Try Get Dressed for battle, a lot of European re-enactors use them (including me!) and they're quite reasonably priced.

Alan Frize

Cellach_macChormach wrote:Thanks. I didn't take the pictures and have never seen the helm (the guys about 5 hours away).

James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:The helm in question is supposed to be one of
these. A good profile picture would have helped.
A waffenrock could work.

Any other suggestions?

Scottish army at Flodden?

Alan Frize

Tibbie, I'm not familiar with an UnderArmor-type shirt, could you explain what you mean please? It's basically a from-fitting/compression shirt (or shorts, and they've expanded the line a lot) made out of, depending on brand and type, polyester/elastane or poly/spandex, (Or nylon/spandex, etc, etc....

Alan Frize

Tibbie, I'm not familiar with an UnderArmor-type shirt, could you explain what you mean please?

Alan Frize

Another question about linen and wool: if you're wearing sweat-soaked linen under sweat-soaked wool and the temperature drops, will your body heat be able to dry the linen? Will the wool keep you warm enough despite a cold, wet linen shirt/smock next to your skin? Or do you have to change into a dr...

Alan Frize

I can't bring myself to be polite to someone who has written off what myself and others do as "boorrrrrinnngg" and how it's all a "yawn". Then ignore my posts. At least that won't take up massive amounts of page space with quotes that you really don't read or address anyway. You are hurriedly tryin...

Alan Frize

Crimthann, there's a video on youtube you may like, it's a helmet cam someone did a couple of years ago at Tewkesbury.

Alan Frize

Definition of OBLIGE - you are obliged to do something does not mean you are forced to do it. Source: OED Quoted from the OED entry for Oblige: 12. To constrain, influence; to force, compel (a person)... [and more generally:] I. To bind by oath, contract, etc. 1. trans. To bind (a person) by oath, ...

Alan Frize

A main other reason common people couldn't travel was disease. Really? So why did so many people travel after the first Plague outbreak in 1349? As you noted below, the quote comes during the time of Shakespeare. The Great Plague of London wasn't until the mid-1600's. The great plague had its first...

Alan Frize

A main other reason common people couldn't travel was disease. Really? So why did so many people travel after the first Plague outbreak in 1349? As in the ones who made it quite clear that, as there weren't enough people left to work the land, they would go and work where they were paid better to d...

Alan Frize

Dougal, I can't speak for a jousting lance, but the spears I've used for foot combat have all been either ash or pine.

Alan Frize

Just thinking, but something we found that worked really well for us is to have a group kit-making weekend. It's a good chance for people to meet each other out of season and it ensures that everyone has the same high standard of kit.

Just a suggestion I thought might help.

Alan Frize

How big is the group now Randall?

Alan Frize

So if you live in Arizona or Mississippi, or anywhere else that has hot summers should you still be wearing wool when the person you were portraying never would have worn wool if in that same situation? For the purposes of interpretation to the public, yes. If you are portraying a viking who lives ...

Alan Frize

having trouble here, so here's a link to my photo album on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=10 ... &aid=59117

Pics are from Marymass at Inverness last year, we're the chaps in the blue and white livery.

Alan Frize

zachos wrote:What kind of help do you need?

Trying to resize them so I can post them here, they're too large at the moment.

Alan Frize

Am trying to post pics, but as I'm not the most techno savvy of people, some help would be nice!

Alan Frize

Combat - this is where it gets tricky. I want the battle to be authentic, I also want it to be enoyable for not only those watching, but also those taking part. Ah, but what are you trying to do with the combat? Entertain, or educate? Are the two mutually exclusive? If not, what mechanics are used ...

Alan Frize

Randall, The highest rank of noble we have is that of man who is a distant cousin (with emphasis on the 'distant' part) of the current Lord Fraser. This means he is kept in a fashion by the family, but he has had to make his own way in the world, leading a company of men to the wars in Germany and F...

Alan Frize

Anger and Pride. I know of a group in Scotland who have become notorious for bad behaviour: If there's shite happening at an event, chances are they're involved. This can range from winding people up to the point that they're ready to hit someone (if you try to return the favour, they start screamin...

Alan Frize

Fair go James! Where am I supposed to put jewellery I score off slain nobles, archer's pay is pretty good, but pillage is sweet. Ranif I have a reverse list of things people have that they should remove to help finish a kit off. 4) Purses on armored men. So far I have seen one image of a man in arm...

Alan Frize

And getting back to the OP, the devil is in the details. Things you don't need are: Smoking - I smoke and I go and use either some nearby woodland or a tent in the LH camp that can have its entrance blocked off to the public. Soft drinks cans - just bung the contents in an authentic mug or cup. Then...

Alan Frize

Oh, not real death, but the fact that it was a very important part of life then. One of the strangest moments I had as a re-enactor was when we were doing a American Civil War tactical. We were in a line, firing and we were getting flanked on one side, and our position was getting compromised. Peop...

Alan Frize

Semantics, I don't consider an armourer a commoner, esp. one in the Lord's household. Neither would he in period. He is an artisan. Maybe you need pictures to help you. If you look like the people in the bottom picture on this pyramid, get off of your arse and make yourself a proper set of garb. Oh...

Alan Frize

My reason for asking is that in Lovat of Frasers, we've decided to hold off on having anyone portraying a any of the actual nobility of the household and instead portray the people of the household, from the armourers to the tenant farmers. There's quite a large scope there and one that can give any...

Alan Frize

Randall, will you be doing noble portrayals or the just the household members?

Alan Frize

Compromises: Now here's an idea. Over here, as many of you will know, the problem with putting on a large-scale event in Scotland is that there are too many of the 'tartan tat' brigade who'll want to turn up. So if I was putting on an event such as Harlaw (1411), I'd wan to invite the groups that do...

Alan Frize

Geln, a couple of years ago I took part in a fight that really was a pantomime - the group running it had decided that they had to be on the winning side (I have more time for groups who will put on a show where they lose) and we had them and their leader stalking the field hitting people at random,...

Alan Frize

And now, having wasted enough time, shall we get back to the discussion? I'm interested in some of the ideas coming forth.

Alan Frize

I notice a bias towards "the public" in a lot of the posts on this topic; some folks seem to think that displaying for the public is the goal of their activities. For many of us it is NOT! You may want to ask yourself---would your group still exist if the public was banned from any of your events? ...

Alan Frize

Something we've been thinking of in the group (Northern Alliance) is how about an event where we portray an event such as siege, but instead of the usual "at 2pm we form up to fight" have the event running all day. This way we can show the full range of weapons being used, we can also have small sk...

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