The Armour Archive

terribleCabbage

Stop making want to change period again. I hate you all (in the nicest possible fashion).

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belmtho wrote:yes well rebated steel. i love some of those pictures there is one where it looks like i'm going to hit one of the kids in the face with an axe!

Guess which post will be used against you if you ever end up in court charged with some sort of violent offence...

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Symon Fitz Gilbert wrote:Sir Yngvar has fallen on hard times !!

By your command!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/ ... -cylon.jpg

I must have your babies, sir.

terribleCabbage

Thanks!

I've found another picture at the http://bildindex.de (only one, unfortunately). Thanks for the link, Erik.

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Hello, I've recently stumbled onto a picture of part of an effigy that has since been identified as that of Ulrich de Huss (Or Ulrich von Huss, or Ulrich de Hass), on display in Musee Unterlinden, Colmar, France. The effigy is apparently from around about 1345-50. Has anyone got any more information...

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Yeah, the exact same helm (the cutouts might not be identical) but the one I am thinking of was high-polished stainless. That would be this one: http://progsoc.org/~rhoward/public/pics/armour/helms/roundtop/1186-583_helm.jpg Here's my own version of it (no fluting, went for the more common high-dom...

terribleCabbage

What Buran's talking about (I think):

Two holes at one end, and two split ends at the other. The two smaller straps slip through the holes and tie.

terribleCabbage

Why do I have the sudden stupid urge to try this?

Or get someone drunk enough so that they want to try it.

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Blaine de Navarre wrote:http://www.keradwc.com/1979_sca/1979070 ... rd08_b.jpg

1979

Is it just me that thinks that it's sad that the above kit is better than a lot of the kit you see nowadays?

terribleCabbage

How often does it happen -- week/month? Once a week. Who comes and roughly how many show up? A bunch of people ranging from first-week newbies and younger people, to the older regulars. Who teaches? Is instruction given, or is it a bash session, or both as needed? Mostly a bash session. A couple of...

terribleCabbage

That setup looks very nice.

As mentioned above, you might want to extend the sleeves down to the wrist (... and get mittens/mufflers.

)

terribleCabbage

When it comes to helmets, don't buy cheap ones from India, you'll only probably end up getting burnt.

Most of the ones you see in that gallery are 18 gauge, hencing making them illegal for SCA combat, and ill-advised for anything else (... besides maybe LARP).

terribleCabbage

hi, I'm the knight with the fluted helmet. I have order it to a polish blacksmith called "Piotr", you could see his site here: http://www.mardinus.c2000.pl/_en/index_2.htm You could see my costume on this page: http://www.fiefetchevalerie.com/fief/?2006/04/26/36-chevalier-champenois-xiiieme (1215 A...

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Talontwoswords wrote:Thanks for the picts. Makes Monday a little better.

Picts will always brighten your Monday. Unless you're Romano-British, I guess.

terribleCabbage

I just stumbled onto this as I was uploading a bunch of photos of my helm...

No hauberk, unfortunately, just the helm and mail:

(From the Round-topped Helm with Faceplate thread.)

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*Performs the rite of thread necromancy* Does anyone know what period the Santa Giustina statue (shown in the first post) is supposed to represent, or when it was carved? With regards to the former, the best I gather is somewhere between 1150 and 1210 or so. No idea about the latter. Does anyone ha...

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Baron Alejandro wrote:Nice helm! Nice kit! You should blacken the helm. All armour should be blackened, because blackened armour is sexy.

Thanks.

The helmets in period I'm attempting to recreate seemed to be either plain metal or painted colourfully, though, so I'm opting to keep it as it is.

terribleCabbage

*Performs the rite of thread necromancy* Does anyone know what period the Santa Giustina statue (shown in the first post) is supposed to represent, or when it was carved? With regards to the former, the best I gather is somewhere between 1150 and 1210 or so. No idea about the latter. Does anyone hav...

terribleCabbage

Did you mean this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0047265918

terribleCabbage

Fencing and karate here. Both _really_ help with my footwork, distance, and keeping track of what the person in front of me is doing without having to look directly at them.

(Admittedly I'm non-SCA, but it's still relevant enough.

)

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Ivo wrote: ThereÂ´s a lawnmower in a 14th century manuscript.
And another that looks like people on a castle wall waving cellphones.

No pictures, so sorry, theyÂ´re on the other computer, and my home network isnÂ´t set up yet.

The masses grow impatient. Pictures are required.

terribleCabbage

Ok, after much futzing around, I finally got my act together, wrote a rough spec, and commissioned a helmet from a chap called "Frodo" over here in Oz. The result: http://insanitymanga.net/images/extern/Cabbage/Helm/helm.closeup.bench.resized_small.jpg More pictures: Front Side Inside Me in most of ...

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Oh, very nice.

(... Got a pattern for it on you?

)

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I have several dresses made from 100% linen, and they get washed and dried several times a year. Although the dryer may hasten the breaking down of the fibers. I don't think it will do that appreciably (unless you have a poor quality linen to begin with OR are washing more than a dozen times in a y...

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im part of live steel so its not wood im worried about... What about all the axe-handle-wielding newbies who don't mind using the side of your head as a target? ;) im not sure about hugh's dark age stuff (i assume thats you mr hugh's brother) As far as I'm aware, Hugh doesn't wear anything like a k...

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25 bonus points To the first New Member to guess the historical documentation for this helm... Bingo... TerribleCabbage is the first (New Member) to get it. Thanks for the pic. Well... You did have it hanging up on the wall in the last picture you posted. ;) You may redeem your 25 bonus points for ...

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brunoG wrote:L'elmo del cavaliere di Santa Giustina a Padova (Padania, northern Italy)

That would be this one, yes?

(Thread discussing similar sort of helmets over here.)

Looking forward to seeing how this helmet turns out.

terribleCabbage

If the back plate isn't period, have you thought about hidden armour at all? Take Hugh's DA kit, with the knee and elbow pads. Maybe a kidney belt to go under the mail & aketon might do the trick.

terribleCabbage

And can be just as light.

(Congratulations, you've incurred the wrath of the Period Material mafia.

)

No, really, why aluminium?

terribleCabbage

ahhhhhh it doesnt hurt that mutch.. i dont even wear any armour most days.... Pippin... We pull our shots so much that it's sword-tag. Stop trying to man it up. ;) Wow, No offense man, but that web page is an unreadable mess. Dude, it's Myspace. :D (I can't see most of the pictures or videos he's t...

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Dang....nothing but an empty white square. Hear sound, no vid. I have all the appropriate players, I wonder why. I had the same problem when trying to show the video to someone on a different machine. I upgraded my flash player and it worked fine. Hope this helps... AoC ... Dang. Linux only has up ...

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Murdock wrote:i can't play it

Neither. I'm Linux + Firefox here. YouTube and Google Video work fine, this thing doesn't even display a video window. :-\

terribleCabbage

Out of curiosity, are they banning rebated swords as well, or just sharps?

terribleCabbage

Oh, please, if you could. It's too late for my first surcoat, but it might help for my second.

terribleCabbage

Ooh, thanks. Please do.

(I probably should've asked you or Elden earlier. Whoops.

)

(Edit: Oh dear. I hope still turn up even if it's raining tomorrow. *Looks outside*)

Ulrich de Huss

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